uncircumsized penis glans peeling

[steelie13]

Hi Doc I sent you a question a few months ago about gettin oral sex and fingering a girl and I was worried about HIV transmission and you said I was at no risk. It has been about six months and my glans under my foreskin seems to be shedding a lot. I can rub my thumb over it and it seems the skin comes off. I also had a few white looking bumps that when rubbed they seemed to rub off and leave a red dot which left small crater. I am terrified because I don't have any pain or itching or pain urinating. I have had no discharge and this started a couple of months after I had that sexual encounter with that girl. I had a condom on when I had intercourse but it only lasted a short time because I could not maintain an erection due to being drunk. I am terrrified it is herpes or an STD but it took a couple of months for this to happen and it seems to come and go. Please set my mind at ease Doc!

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Thanks for the thanks, but it's just luck when we reply so quickly.

As I said, you describe nothing that suggests herpes.  Stop worrying about it.

[steelie13]

Hey Doc thanks for getting back to me so quick you guys are awesome. In my question when I described the bumps they almost looked like blisters so could I have gotten herpes. I just wanted clarification on that one point.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

No STD causes such symptoms.  That includes herpes, HIV, or any other STD.  And based on the exposure you describe, there was no signficant STD risk anyway.  A yeast infection or the condition called "nonspecific balanitis" might be a possibility.  Improved hygine might be all that's needed to clear it up.  Retract the foreskin and wash gently with soap and water twice a day.  If that doesn't clear it up within a few days, see a health care provider.  In the meantime, you need not worry about STD as a cause.

Regards--  HHH, MD