Unknown Std -- Please Help Posted: 10-02-05 16:56pm
28 yo male: I have a problem that i've
been dealing with for over a decade,
during which time it has never improved or
changed at all. I'm hoping that someone
might be able to shed some light on the
root cause of a basket of symptoms that
none of the dozen or so doctors have ever
been able to correctly diagnose and cure.
All of these symptoms presented
themselves within 24 hours of a sexual
encounter when I was 17:
initial cancre on underside of shaft,
which left a scar, and clamminess in
surrounding area
innocuous raised bumps on underside of
glans
swollen glands at hip-flexers and sore
muscles surrounding the area
soreness in pelvic bones
occasional pain in urination and split
stream
redness at tip of glans after ejaculation
no discharge, but a yellowed ejaculate
over the years, I have been prescribed and
taken huge doses of every antibiotic on
the market, none of which have ever
yielded any results whatsoever.
I took the trichomoniasis medication about
8-10 years ago. Not sure which one,
though.
I also took acyclovir which made the
yellowness in the ejaculate disappear.
I've been told by every doctor that i've
seen that these symptoms were
transmissible, and i've never transferred
anything to subsequent partners.
Again, i'm hoping someone may be able to
place the symptoms and steer me in a new
direction in solving this, thank you.
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fedup1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 3
Posted: 10-14-05 00:40am
I have a similar problem. About 3 days
after a sexual encounter, I had 4 chancres
which looked like syphilis, no blister and
circular scattered at the base of the
under shaft. It was painless and shallow
in the skin. I applied neosporin and they
went away in a week. A few days later it
came back in various other areas on the
shaft. Its stages were:
1. A red irritated dot on skin 2.
Progressed to a dark-red circular scabbish
crackling of the skin, looked like
syphilis 3. Slow healing rate, three
weeks later, as it tries to heal, the scar
remains and is dark-red with minor
"pinhole" cracks in it.
Three weeks later I went to the doctor,
took a syphilis test, with normal results.
I took doxycycline for a week as it
seemed to be trying to heal, and
eventually the dark scars turned to normal
skin. A week later the last chancre that
formed before came back, so I immediatly
took a 2 week doxycycline med and got a
herpes test. The test came back normal
and after the 2 week treatment, they still
remain and now over three weeks my under
shaft has a 3/4 inch diameter dark-red
circle of seemingly scar tissue with
little pin holes in them. Ive stopped
treating the problem and it seems to be
healing at a rediculously slow pace,
almost like it stopped. When I pour
alcohol on it, its has a 8 second delay
before I feel a slight pain. I think
another patch of it is forming on the
shaft and I am getting fed up. Anyone
have any experience with such problems?
Since the 3 doctors have no answers for me
and are suggesting I have a biopsy
(removed skin analysis....I dont want them
carving into my tool leaving scars)
