Hi folks, thanks in advance for any night you can shed on my situation, i'll start at the beginning...
Around a month ago I kissed a girl and she went down on me, something didn't feel right so thats as far as we went.
A few days later I got flu, I haven't been sick in over a year but the whole town had something going around so i think it was that. Then I got what I believe to be a small coldsore, tiny, unoticable to anyone else but I had been concerned that I was having my first outbreak for weeks up until this point (before this girl) because of these small dots on my lips. Then about a week later (three weeks ago from now) I started to notice a very mild prickly sensation as I walked. I felt it in the area where inner thigh becomes scrotum, kind of like I could notice the hairs rubbing there all of a sudden (I read recently that jock itch begins in this area usually). There was no irritation if I touched the area with my finger though. This continued for 4 days and then I noticed the upper set of my lymph nodes in my groin were swollen with no pain. The next day I felt some tenderness in the node area and My scrotum started to itch and looked red. By the evening small red dots covered my scrotum and stung for the rest of the evening, varying in intensity. The dots were red but didn't seem to contain any liquid. By morning all but a few of the dots had disappeared but the now painless lymph nodes remained and they are still swollen 2 weeks later.
I have spots on my thighs but they appear to be regular looking spots, I sometimes notice them anyway but they seem more frequent at the moment. I haven't had any lesions but I know you can have herpes with mild symptoms. I went to the doctor and she seemed confused by the staggered onset of unusual symptoms without a full scale herpes . breakout and couldn't say either way but suggested i get some blood tests done for syphylis, hepititus and aids (just covering bases I guess). Thing is a herpes blood test is useless as i get coldsores now anyway so i would get a positive result so i'm stuck with these symptoms and no positive ID. I also have a red area under my inside my forskin that she diagnosed as a yeast infection, thats another reason that what makes me think that it could all be a fungus infection (jock itch).
I have some canesten yeast infection cream that i am applying to all of the affected areas.
I convince myself that have Jock itch then the next day i am convinced i have herpes, i've lost my mojo, confidence, happiness. Do I continue life thinking I have herpes with a chance I don't or continue life thinking I don't with a chance I do?
Thanks for reading, let me know of similar experiences and symptoms I appreciate your feedback.
Much love.
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Hello again!
Any ideas?
So my glands are still swollen 2 months after I first noticed them to be. I get spots on my inner thighs, in what looks like different places each time. Some times my anus itches and my gooch stings in a small area. No sores that I can see though and... the results from my IgG test came back Negative, i'm still unsure whether to trust the results after finding out there is a 15% chance they are incorrect and it is possible to be That person that it is undetectable in, without a sore swab, which is impossible without a sore.
Action plan: retest in a few months so that if i have it I will have developed enough antibodies to be detected by the test, then if it comes back positive I know where I stand. If it come back negative... I don't know! I'll either have to work on changing my belief that I do have it or accept that I do without having proof. If i do have it I must have been breaking but mildly for over 2 months. My quandary is, if I have been/am breaking out constantly, what the f**k do I do? I'm stuck.
Psychologically I have been doing better, potentially because the negative test result re-stoked the fire of hope, whether this is delaying the inevitable I don't know. I have also been working on being present with the people around me and when doing the things I enjoy, this was sparked by the leaving of my good friend, I realized that I had wasted so much time wallowing and having my mind elsewhere and missed out on so much. For now enjoying what I enjoy to do and the people around me will have to do, but deep down I know the possibility of herpes undermines every interaction I make, especially with girls. I am noticing on a primal level how much of my interaction with females is underlined with sexuality, even with girls that i'm not attracted to. It's interesting to observe this but not a fun place to be, especially if The vibe is there, it feels unnatural to resist the flow but it must be done, at least until July when I retest.
What else could it be?! Can I produce symptoms with my thoughts without actually having anything?
Thanks for taking the time,
Much love.
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Hello James. I can sympathize with your concerns aUnfortunately my friend. I've Veblen struggling with groin and butt crack itch for a very long time. It progressed from a small tender patch on my scrotum as a young boy. I saw doctors for years who prescribed creams and corticosteroids, but nothing seemed to cure this thing. The side effects of these creams is a weakening if the skin and because of this, I'm always skeptical to prolonged use. For me, I feel I'm dealing with skin atrophy due to the itch, the creams and the stress of having it... Yesterday I finally told me sister in law about my condition. She is a nurse practitioner and she prescribed Triamcinolone Steriod Cream to be applied 2-3 times a day for 3 days And I'm to let her know if the conditions changes. I'm on day 1 so hopefully, prayerfully I will see some change because this sh*t SUCKS. It affects me mentally because this itch is so strong that when I go to the BR and begin the wiping process, can nearly go into a damn trance cleaning and itching the area because NOT wanting any debris or flakes down their... It does flake up and it is very uncomfortable/itchy... I also have sebbhoric dermatitis in the scalp Which is tough because I have black hair and when it itches and I scratch, it shows up on my clothes and in my hair... the sebbhoria bleeds down to my forehead and face a little and shows up around the areas where I shave. It's light on the space, but it's just enough to itch and flake the skin occasionally. i have been diagnosed with mild psoriasis so to me it's all related, but with these other symptoms around the genitals, groin and butt areas, my fear too is that it may be something else.... So you see we have the same concerns. Anyway you look at it, this sucks and affects EVERY area of our lives. I don't know if that was helpful at all, but let me know if you or anyone else has any thoughts regarding this matter.
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