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Psoriasis or herpes
I had a hook up with a random girl and then a few days later I had a itchy spot on the side of my penis. A few days after that I got the itch between my scrotum and my anus. Felt like jock itch. All the creams I was given didn't work and neither did the pills. This started 7 months ago. My penis has itched in the same spot every since, the jock itch feeling last about 3 months and went away and then came back this week. I got test for herpes at 4.5 months and 6 months, both IGG tests and all were negative. I looked up psoriasis and it seems to fit what I have based on looks, but doesn't explain why my urethra has a real bad pain in it for about 12 hours during the first 2 weeks of infection, so confused as to what this really is!
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Hi Joel136,
Well your description makes it sound like a fungus because of the itching but then later you mention bad pain the first two weeks and that sounds like something else. Herpes hurts a whole lot. You are lucky that the herpes test were negative most people by the time they are adults are positive for at least herpes type 1 IgG cold sore. That would have showed up in the blood test. Did you get checked for all the STD's? Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomonas, Syphilis, etc. Also, STI's Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma genitalium and maybe some other species? All can cause symptoms of genital pain and or not. Sometimes they don't and sometimes they linger. Usually, things that just itch are fungal (either something like joch itch or a yeast). Have you tried any thing that has terbinafine (Lamisil)? That works better than the other antifungal creams because sometimes the fungi are resistant to the other ones. This is over the counter and yes you can use it in the genital area not just on the feet etc. It takes about a solid week or two to go away and use it several times a day (whatever the package inserts say in the medication). Usually, joch itch has an itcy burning feeling. If this doesn't help then I would see a dermatologist to see what exactly it is. They can help you get the right medication if it is psoriasis. It is not likely to have it in that area alone.
mkh9
Well your description makes it sound like a fungus because of the itching but then later you mention bad pain the first two weeks and that sounds like something else. Herpes hurts a whole lot. You are lucky that the herpes test were negative most people by the time they are adults are positive for at least herpes type 1 IgG cold sore. That would have showed up in the blood test. Did you get checked for all the STD's? Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomonas, Syphilis, etc. Also, STI's Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma genitalium and maybe some other species? All can cause symptoms of genital pain and or not. Sometimes they don't and sometimes they linger. Usually, things that just itch are fungal (either something like joch itch or a yeast). Have you tried any thing that has terbinafine (Lamisil)? That works better than the other antifungal creams because sometimes the fungi are resistant to the other ones. This is over the counter and yes you can use it in the genital area not just on the feet etc. It takes about a solid week or two to go away and use it several times a day (whatever the package inserts say in the medication). Usually, joch itch has an itcy burning feeling. If this doesn't help then I would see a dermatologist to see what exactly it is. They can help you get the right medication if it is psoriasis. It is not likely to have it in that area alone.
mkh9
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