I had sex on thursday evening. Shortly afterwards that nite i noticed a rashy redness on the shaft of my penis. There were no blister looking pimply things or real sores. It was more of a flakey dryness then anything.
When u look REALLY REALLY close u can see that there is TINY TINY pin head sized bumps that are no colour and at times seem more shiny and smooth then anything. There is no wetness to it.. its very dry and doesnt hurt in the least to touch or rub or even be there,
The symptoms continued over the weekend. I felt some itch in my general pubic area and it burned a little to pee one day.
I was SCARED really bad so i went to the doctor on monday.
He looked at it for all of 4 seconds (if that) without touching it or getting up close.. and immediately said HERPES. I almost died. He sent me for tests the next morning. Both blood test for and urine.
I suffer from bipolar and anxiety/panic disorder. Im being treated for each as im pretty bad. As a result of the whole herpes and telling my gf situation i went into a CRAZY downward spiral of panic attacks that ended me at the hospital.
They got the result of my urine test back and cleared me for chlamydia and gonorrea.. and told me it would take ten days to get the results for herpes back.. but the doctor at the hospital inspected me herself.
This time the doctor put on gloves and used the light thingy they use to look into your ears.. and got a hands on up close and personal look at my "rash".
She claims to be 99% sure that it isnt herpes and has perscribed a mixture of hydrocortisone and nystatin telling me to put it on the area three times a day. Im worried she might have told me this to stop me from panicking.. at that point i was passing out from anxiety.. Ethically can a doctor do that??
Im so mixed up i want to die. One doctor says i have it. one says i dont (99% sounds like a no to me). I have to wait ten days to get the real results and its crippling me emotionally.. i cant stop panicking.
Ive looked on google for treatments and the cream perscribed by the second doctor of the hydrocortisone and the anti-fungal nystatin is not recommended in a case of herpes.. and will most often make things worse.
Im stuck between two doctors and two different diagnosis..
Can anyone help shed some light on this?? PLEASE?!?
When u look REALLY REALLY close u can see that there is TINY TINY pin head sized bumps that are no colour and at times seem more shiny and smooth then anything. There is no wetness to it.. its very dry and doesnt hurt in the least to touch or rub or even be there,
The symptoms continued over the weekend. I felt some itch in my general pubic area and it burned a little to pee one day.
I was SCARED really bad so i went to the doctor on monday.
He looked at it for all of 4 seconds (if that) without touching it or getting up close.. and immediately said HERPES. I almost died. He sent me for tests the next morning. Both blood test for and urine.
I suffer from bipolar and anxiety/panic disorder. Im being treated for each as im pretty bad. As a result of the whole herpes and telling my gf situation i went into a CRAZY downward spiral of panic attacks that ended me at the hospital.
They got the result of my urine test back and cleared me for chlamydia and gonorrea.. and told me it would take ten days to get the results for herpes back.. but the doctor at the hospital inspected me herself.
This time the doctor put on gloves and used the light thingy they use to look into your ears.. and got a hands on up close and personal look at my "rash".
She claims to be 99% sure that it isnt herpes and has perscribed a mixture of hydrocortisone and nystatin telling me to put it on the area three times a day. Im worried she might have told me this to stop me from panicking.. at that point i was passing out from anxiety.. Ethically can a doctor do that??
Im so mixed up i want to die. One doctor says i have it. one says i dont (99% sounds like a no to me). I have to wait ten days to get the real results and its crippling me emotionally.. i cant stop panicking.
Ive looked on google for treatments and the cream perscribed by the second doctor of the hydrocortisone and the anti-fungal nystatin is not recommended in a case of herpes.. and will most often make things worse.
Im stuck between two doctors and two different diagnosis..
Can anyone help shed some light on this?? PLEASE?!?
Hi. I can only suggest that you believe the second doctor that actually had a decent look and wait for the blood test results. Use the cream in the meantime, from what I have read the use of creams is only bad because it can mask symptoms and lead to misdiagnosis.
Good luck
Good luck
Hello! I would agree with the second doc since herpes doesn't look like what you described! Herpes "bumps" have clear liquid inside and may ooze and when they dry, they become crusty and covered in gold-sugar brown crusts.
I think you would know if you had it! Of course, you should go with the second treatment you got and wait for the results! Good luck!
I think you would know if you had it! Of course, you should go with the second treatment you got and wait for the results! Good luck!
thanks to both of you who have replied.
the anxiety involved with this whole situation is driving me insane. not to mention what it is doing to my gf.
The 50 50 mix of hydrocortisone and antifungal cream seems to be
curing the red rashy spots.. theyve been almost scaley.. i so hope the second doctor is correct. Im confused if this implies that it wasnt herpes cause its seeming to remedy the isue.. or could it be that if the first doctor was correct that they have just run their course.. or might it be herpes and the cream is helping. My family doctor is away until the third week of may and i have no physician i can trust in which to inquire about anything.
Im finding it hard to sleep at nite.. and the strain on my daily existance with the panic anxiety and guilty feelings are hard to overcome...
after spending the day at the hospital crippled with anxiety and panic once this week i wish this would end quickly and with a favorable outcome..
wow.. im overwhelmed.
the anxiety involved with this whole situation is driving me insane. not to mention what it is doing to my gf.
The 50 50 mix of hydrocortisone and antifungal cream seems to be
curing the red rashy spots.. theyve been almost scaley.. i so hope the second doctor is correct. Im confused if this implies that it wasnt herpes cause its seeming to remedy the isue.. or could it be that if the first doctor was correct that they have just run their course.. or might it be herpes and the cream is helping. My family doctor is away until the third week of may and i have no physician i can trust in which to inquire about anything.
Im finding it hard to sleep at nite.. and the strain on my daily existance with the panic anxiety and guilty feelings are hard to overcome...
after spending the day at the hospital crippled with anxiety and panic once this week i wish this would end quickly and with a favorable outcome..
wow.. im overwhelmed.
Hi. If the cream is relieving the symptoms then it is most likely that it was just some kind of rash. Please try to relax, you can't do any more than you are. Wait for the results of the herpes test to know for sure, but in the mean time try to reassure yourself that it is only a minor skin condition and nothing to stress about
Ive been using the cream as directed and the rashy red dry patch has disappeared. I got the results of my hsv IgM today and they were negative.
IgG hasnt come in yet and they tell me it can be a while yet before that.
The doctor who explained the results to me today though told me i shouldnt worry.. he told me i could tell my gf im herpes free. He believes that i had a yeast infection or something.. because the antifungal + hydrocortisone cleared things up.
I did some googling after i got home and found some results that continue to worry me a little to be quite honest. Ive talked to the lab techs at the hospital and they explained the test a little and assured me that if my IgM was done while i thought i had an outbreak that it should have detected it and that i should trust the doctor when he says everything is fine.
Wow i hate being like this.. should i be ok now or is there still reason to worry? I love my gf and if i didnt get this FROM HER i certainly dont want to GIVE HER anything.
Ive never had lesions or spots or any indication of herpes until a week and a half ago when i was itchy in the groin and had the initial red rashyness on my shaft..
Opinions?
IgG hasnt come in yet and they tell me it can be a while yet before that.
The doctor who explained the results to me today though told me i shouldnt worry.. he told me i could tell my gf im herpes free. He believes that i had a yeast infection or something.. because the antifungal + hydrocortisone cleared things up.
I did some googling after i got home and found some results that continue to worry me a little to be quite honest. Ive talked to the lab techs at the hospital and they explained the test a little and assured me that if my IgM was done while i thought i had an outbreak that it should have detected it and that i should trust the doctor when he says everything is fine.
Wow i hate being like this.. should i be ok now or is there still reason to worry? I love my gf and if i didnt get this FROM HER i certainly dont want to GIVE HER anything.
Ive never had lesions or spots or any indication of herpes until a week and a half ago when i was itchy in the groin and had the initial red rashyness on my shaft..
Opinions?
I wanted to give you some support and kind words..I have Herpes, I was diagnosed Thanksgiving day of 2004..The doc looked and said herpes, as was my feelings as well.
I take daily suppressive therapy and do not worrk about outbreaks because I do not get them.
Blood tests and others should be very accurate, and if the tests came back negative than you should be all clear.
I take daily suppressive therapy and do not worrk about outbreaks because I do not get them.
Blood tests and others should be very accurate, and if the tests came back negative than you should be all clear.
so after googling most of the day i keep finding articles online that say that igm is meaningless and that its just done out of habit.
i dont understand why the doctor would tell me im clear if in fact those things about igm are truthful. anything ive read seems to poitn towards igg being the test that really is the determining factor.
wow this has been a horrible dilemna up until now. doctors giving conflicting diagnosis.. along with tests that might not mean anything according to some the internet and articles i have found.. while they do mean something according to the doctor i saw today and the lab i talked to..
I had my blood drawn and tested 7 days ago.. can anyone give me an idea of how long this IgG test will take.. should i believe the doctors that i am in fact herpes free even before these results come in? I mean the doctor i spoke to today when i asked him straight out "are you telling me i do NOT have genital herpes" .. he answered flat out "no"
Wow im mixed up.. my heads doing flips and spins and wow...
i dont understand why the doctor would tell me im clear if in fact those things about igm are truthful. anything ive read seems to poitn towards igg being the test that really is the determining factor.
wow this has been a horrible dilemna up until now. doctors giving conflicting diagnosis.. along with tests that might not mean anything according to some the internet and articles i have found.. while they do mean something according to the doctor i saw today and the lab i talked to..
I had my blood drawn and tested 7 days ago.. can anyone give me an idea of how long this IgG test will take.. should i believe the doctors that i am in fact herpes free even before these results come in? I mean the doctor i spoke to today when i asked him straight out "are you telling me i do NOT have genital herpes" .. he answered flat out "no"
Wow im mixed up.. my heads doing flips and spins and wow...
To everyone who helped with kind words and encouragement and just a response so i didnt feel like i was alone thanks.. the results of my igm as i had mentioned were negative.. and i recieved my igg results today as well and was negative there as well. i talked to yet another doctor and was told again that i was free of herpes. it would appear that the first doctor who didnt seem to care enough to even examine me from closer then five feet across the room really triggered a huge downward spiral for me..
having never had any indication of herpes ever before it was a shock to be told i had herpes that day. ive been in and out of hospitals for the last year dealing with severe depression, bipolar mood disorder and the effects of ocd.. finding out i supposedly had herpes triggered two weeks straight of time on google researching article after article and picture after picture to try and find something that would show similar to what i was dealing with.. i never found anything that resembled my symptoms visually on any site i checked.. ive already so much to deal with.. and this could have been avoided had the doctor taken the 2 minutes to actually get a really good look.
now i have my results and three doctors who tell me NO U DO NOT HAVE HERPES. I also spoke to the lab and they said the same thing.
again.. thank you..
having never had any indication of herpes ever before it was a shock to be told i had herpes that day. ive been in and out of hospitals for the last year dealing with severe depression, bipolar mood disorder and the effects of ocd.. finding out i supposedly had herpes triggered two weeks straight of time on google researching article after article and picture after picture to try and find something that would show similar to what i was dealing with.. i never found anything that resembled my symptoms visually on any site i checked.. ive already so much to deal with.. and this could have been avoided had the doctor taken the 2 minutes to actually get a really good look.
now i have my results and three doctors who tell me NO U DO NOT HAVE HERPES. I also spoke to the lab and they said the same thing.
again.. thank you..
Thats good to hear, it is very annoying that there are so many doctors out there that don't really give a c**p.
I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I had Herpes, but if I have it then how come my boyfriend does't have it? I have the HPV Virus, but I've had UTI's and Yeast Infections inthe past. Could this Foriegn QUACK I've never seen before be wrong because my boyfriend and I think there's a mistake somewhere.
A large percentage of people who have herpes are completely unaware because they do not display any symptoms of having herpes, while others who have herpes get the occasional outbreak. I was told back in 2008 that I have herpes by my doctor. I contracted it from an ex-girlfriend who had never shown any symptoms of having herpes. After it was confirmed that I had herpes, she was tested 3 times and her test results came back negative twice. The last test results showed that she had herpes - just as I had suspected.
When I first got the news, I too panicked and thought my sex life (which I adored) was over. After reading some pamphlets given to me by my doctor I learned that it was not as bad as I had first imagined. The only real fear I had was that if things didn't work out (long-term) with my then gf, that I was doomed to a life of loneliness and that no one would want to be with me. Luckily, I was wrong. After said gf and I broke up I met a wonderful and understanding woman who happened to be a Registered Nurse. Explaining my condition to her very early on in the relationship (before we had any sex) was not as tough as it could have been with someone who was unfamiliar with herpes.
That relationship also dissolved. Her and I had unprotected sex 100s of times (at her request - because she was allergic to condoms). We still see eachother from time to time and she assures me that to this day she is herpes-free. Thankfully.
Hopefully you have someone in your life now who is understanding. The worst part of having herpes is that it is next to impossible to find someone willing to be with you in a relationship. I have been single now for 7 years, mostly by choice.... I just can't bring myself to date any more and have to go through having to explain -- and most likely subsequently getting dumped.
There are worse things in life than being single for the rest of your life. A part of me wishes he could love again, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I have come to accept that I will always be alone. :(
I hope things worked out for you either way. Best wishes.
When I first got the news, I too panicked and thought my sex life (which I adored) was over. After reading some pamphlets given to me by my doctor I learned that it was not as bad as I had first imagined. The only real fear I had was that if things didn't work out (long-term) with my then gf, that I was doomed to a life of loneliness and that no one would want to be with me. Luckily, I was wrong. After said gf and I broke up I met a wonderful and understanding woman who happened to be a Registered Nurse. Explaining my condition to her very early on in the relationship (before we had any sex) was not as tough as it could have been with someone who was unfamiliar with herpes.
That relationship also dissolved. Her and I had unprotected sex 100s of times (at her request - because she was allergic to condoms). We still see eachother from time to time and she assures me that to this day she is herpes-free. Thankfully.
Hopefully you have someone in your life now who is understanding. The worst part of having herpes is that it is next to impossible to find someone willing to be with you in a relationship. I have been single now for 7 years, mostly by choice.... I just can't bring myself to date any more and have to go through having to explain -- and most likely subsequently getting dumped.
There are worse things in life than being single for the rest of your life. A part of me wishes he could love again, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I have come to accept that I will always be alone. :(
I hope things worked out for you either way. Best wishes.
I would tell you that I would say you have jock itch. Pretty much a bad fungus or yeast infection. Look at decreasing your alcohol as well as other things that feed yeast
Could be a yeast infestion. My boyfriend and I had sex and I didn't know I had a yeast infection as it probably just started. It was a red rash with flakiness too.