After having protected sex with a street
hooker on may 14th (not sure of the
quality of the condom, plus the prostitute
did all the putting-on and taking-off for
me xd), i've developed tiny needle-like
white growths in the coronary groove plus
reddish irritations on the foreskin which
was diagnosed as pearl anthema, and the
doc gave me medications to ease the
irritation and kill the yeast. However on
june 1st i've noticed that there were
large patches of ulceration in my coronary
groove and there were some kinda yellowish
glue-like secretion under the foreskin and
it was extremely painful trying to pull
the foreskin back, I got panicked and went
to another doc, she said it's probably
balanoposthitis and gave me some
medications including potassium
permanganate, ebastine tablets and several
kinds of ointments (basically used to
treat yeast and skin problems I guess).
She also suggested that I take tests for
all the stds yet I doubt whether the
results of only 3 weeks after exposure
would be of any reliability...
questions:
1. I've read that penile candidiasis,
balanoposthitis indicate a possible hiv
infection? Quote: "both adults and infants
with hiv or aids frequently develop yeast
infections in the skin folds of the groin
and unfortunately these same patients can
be more resistant to treatment, with the
symptoms reappearing when the treatment is
completed..." gawd! Xd (i know the only
way to know whether i've got hiv is to get
tested after 6 weeks~3 months but this has
been truly agonizing...) oh and also i've
read it could be resulted from aids
phobia, stress or hygiene problems. Oh and
I do have a redundant foreskin *yet* i've
never had penile candidiasis or
balanoposthitis before! Xd
2. I've made up my mind to get tested for
all the stds tomorrow yet I doubt if the
test would actually yield any reliable
results? It's been only 3 weeks after the
possible exposure and the window periods
of most diseases are pretty long, darn.
3. The doc doubted that my balanoposthitis
could be a symptom of chlamydia, syphilis,
herpes or sth. Else so if this was
actually true, would the test result for
the relevant diseases be reliable? I mean,
if my balanoposthitis was a symptom for
syphilis, would my syphilis test result
immediately become positive?
4. I've heard that syphilis is somewhat
the most infectious among the stds and
i've also read that it could be
transmitted by saliva, sweat and other
means of daily contact, is this true?
I'd greatly appreciate it if you would
provide me with your professional
expertise, thank you so much for your time
and patience.
god bless you all,
p.S.: I got tested on the 15th day after
possible exposure for hiv, hcv and tp,
they all came up negative, it doesn't mean
anything though
