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[stdhelp69]

Hi,I am a married male and uncircumcised. My wife does not like to perform oral sex on me so once every 6 months, I recieve oral sex from someone I meet online.Never vaginal sex. I make sure  I clean off right after. 10 days ago, i had kinda rough sex with my wife and woke up to red glans penis. Over the next 3 days it went from small red bumps, forming of a whitish layer and then peeling off of that white layer and the penis returned to normal. My wife complained of slight, burning and itching in the area too. I checked her and the external vagina was slightly red.No discharge. We had sex again and my symptoms reappeared and are healing now after abstinence.. I researched STD pictures online and the closest conclusion I can come to is candida balanitis. My question - Can I have contracted candida infection from  my wife? She never had this infection. Or could this be oppurtunistic infection due to HIV? I am 38, 5'11", 190lbs, very hygenic.No fever, no discharge or any other symptoms. Any advise would be much appreciated.Thanks !

[Vance2335]

See a Dr. This has nothing to do with a STD

[stdhelp69]

Hi, last week my wife's obgyn called and said the test she did came out positive for vaginal yeast. We both have been using monistat for week now.After using it for 5-6 days I stopped it. My sysmptoms resolved.I mean they bagan to resolve even before using the cream. 2 days after I stopped, the tiny scattered pin head pimples returned. No discharge, ulcerations, burning urine or anything. Just pinkish red pimples.

I am imagining the worst case scenario here - I received oral sex, got HIV, i am immunocompromised and so the candida infection. Or could be just recurrent/resistant candida.  
I dont have any other symptoms though - no fevers, cough, rashes, enlarged lymph nodes etc. I stand 5'11", weigh 195 lbs,( no loss, infact gained abt 5lbs). Please advise !

[Vance2335]

She says she never got a yeast infection but that is hard to believe. Anytime she ever took an antibiotic she probably got one. Yeast infections are common.

[stdhelp69]

Hi, thanks for the response ! I am not HIV positive. Never been sick.Just trying to figure out if I could have contracted it through receiving oral sex.

Update - my wife went to her gyno for annual exam. Gyno examined her and said she does not see typical symptoms/signs of yeast inf but after she listened to my symptoms( i did not tell her i received oral sex from someone) she said it sounds like an yeast infection that i got from my wife  and asked us both to use Monistat for a week. My symptoms/eruptions have dissapeared and glans penis is back to normal and we are using the monistat.

I read about candida infections and it says that they are common in diabetes, immuno compromised individauas like those with HIV, cancer chemotherapy, and those on antibiotics/steroids.

We both are normal healthy individuals so I am just curious how we got this. My wife says she never got a yeast inf in her life. So, here iam trying to research and doubting the worst possible scenario. Plaese advise. Thanks again !

[Vance2335]

Why are you trying to related anything to HIV? Are you HIV positive?

As for what is going on, you would need to see a Dr when you have symptoms for an exam. Can't say what this is or might be, but an exam is best way to go.