Hi, I received unprotected oral sex from a prostitute in Thailand 9 months ago. I am worried I may have contracted an STD, specifically Herpes. Around 12-18 hours after the event I noticed flat, reddish purple spots in a couple of places on the shaft of my penis. They were painless and shaped more like blotches - the closest thing I can compare them to in appearance are love-bites. They faded and disappeared after about a week. Around 2-3 months after this, I noticed a single raised spot on my penis that had a purplish centre, which was also painless and disappeared in a few days as well. My intitial reaction to that spot was that it was a blocked sebaceous gland, as I had masturbated the night before. I have not seen any symptoms since, but there is another thing of note that has caused me concern. Around three weeks after the oral sex, I experienced a flash of nerve twitches across both of my calves, that was so pronounced that I thought a butterfly or something similar was brushing off my legs. I had a bad fall the night before this, and experienced trauma to a nerve in my arm between my tricep and bicep which left the heel of my hand completely numb; I put the nerve spasms down to this. Since then however, I have experienced nerve twitches and fasciculations in my legs and sometimes in other parts of my body. Seeing as Herpes is a viral affliction, I thought this may be a reaction of my body to the virus. As you can see, I can provide hypothetical explanations for each of these individual "symptoms", but I am worried that this is me subconsciously trying to reassure myself that I have escaped an STD. I realise that the best thing to do is to get to an STD clinic and get a blood test, but I am having trouble forcing myself to confront this issue, and felt that posting this online would help me to organise my thoughts and compel me into action. Thanks for any help
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