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Do i have syphillis?

Im a male, im going to be often i often scratch my butt area very often because it itches and feels good to relieve the sensation a few days ago i started noticing odd things like my feet getting really dry and being easily able to peel off and my tongue having dotts on it i have a sore throat but its recovering now, and days before i had muscle soreness and what i presumed to be a fever. I am still a virgin because im young but i often touch my hole area alot with bare fingers and or through my pants / underwear is it possible i couldvr contracted syphillis from myself lole from bacteria on my fingers when i touch my butt area?
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Yes you should alert them . But you only get it from close contact such as what I mentioned. I don't think the carpet would be the culprit unless it is bed bugs. You would have to get tested to get the right treatment and treat the house properly as well. If it is bed bugs those are more easily spread so family could have gotten that easier. So you need to find out which one you have. Usually, you can see bed bugs if you look for them. They are in the creases of  the bed or couch etc.

        Adult bed bugs are oval, flattened, brown, and wingless insects approximately 1/4" to 3/8" long (5-9 mm). They are similar in appearance to a wood tick. After the bug has taken a blood meal, its color will change from brown to purplish-red.

Here is a good article on finding bed bugs.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/bed-bugs-in-residences/

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is it possible i couldve got mites from a carpet? za few weeks ago i wasnt suffering from these bites but my theory is that when my parents went shopping they bought me a fur carpet and the carpet was infected which eventually spread to my bed and me and so on.im itching right now  and its 12:04 am around the bottoms of my thighs and my feet and on the head of my penis and im very worried to sleep in my room
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thank you so much oddly enough recently ive been complaining of what i thought was a bednug that was biting me in my sleep, i recently found out about mites but i didnt know about scabies so yeah o think scabies is the problem i couldve spread it to people like my girlfriend or my relatives should i alert them if ive been diagnosed with scabies?
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It could be scabies which is caused by a mite. You should get checked for this. You can get it from skin to skin contact and from sharing personal items like bedding or towels. So once you get treated you would have to wash these items and all clothes that can be contaminated and pillow cases etc. You have to get diagnosed first. If you have it they will give you a prescription cream to use all over. Anytime you have an infection you could have a swollen lymph node. But it could be part of the bumps due to this infestation or infection. So, you need to see a doctor about it. It would explain alot of your symptoms.
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there was one that looked like twobites but they were together so yes there was one track bite out of 5 bites the rest were single around the shaft and on the area above the penis under your belly buttonn, i wokeup todwy and the bites were gone but these bumps on my finger one is a track and the other is a single and they look similar to the "bites". The only sexual activity ive ever had was oral both ways and touching, Im going to the clinic soon to talk to my doctor to clear anything up. But what explains the odd bump near my ear.. when i touch bejind my ear and run it to the back of my head, on the curve to the side of your head that runs to the back theres a bump that is uneven whem i compare to the other side... is that a swollen lymph node? Its a fairly noticeable bump
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Not sure what the bites are. Do you have any tracks or tunnel looking marks or just single bites? I guess best bet is to see the doctor they can take a skin scraping. It is hard to determine bug bites on here. The itchy scrotum may be a fungus. You can try an anti-fungal spray or cream. One with terbinafine (Lamisil) is best if you can get it. Follow the package insert for use.

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it doesnt happen during the night randomly during day and night it gets itchy, and sometimes my genitals get itchy around my scrotum but there are no noticable marks or rashes, the fever has gone away, and the sorethroat os not present  but mucas accumulates in the morning, i forgot to mention during that time period my weight dropped from 150 to 141.3 and a few days ago i wokeup with red bumps that looked like bedbug or mite bites which i thought was what they were but they werent itchy they made my penis feel drained they were red after id shine a light on them and in atleast some of them i could find a tiny hole mark in the right angle
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i just noticed now near my ear theres a bump like i hit my head, and on one of my fingers i have two noticeable bumps one larger then the other and they have these tiny holes on them
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Well, firstly you can't get syphilis from just scratching yourself. You have to get it from sex. So if you didn't have sex with someone else you didn't get syphilis. Be sure to wash you hands if you scratch your anal area as there are lots of bacteria and you can get sick and make other people sick if you don't. The question is why you have such an itch anus. Is it just itchy mostly at night? If so you could have pin worm. If it is all the time it could be from a lot of things. Some things are not washing or washing too much. Scratching too much will irritate it, also yeast infection, allergies to detergents, eczema, and psoriasis, anxiety, or getting pleasure from it. It is a bad habit if that is the case.

So your sore throat went away? Did your fever go away too? The dots on the tongue may have been due to a virus or the fever. Also, the muscle soreness probably was from the fever. Drink 8 glasses of water a day and rehydrate yourself. You sound like you are not drinking enough. But don't drink too much that is not good either.
Hope this helps.
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