Have a ring of red spots around the base of my penis, not a perfect ring and only 8 or 9 of them. Had sex on sunday, two of the spots showed up around tuesday and after going the gym last night the others showed up. Could this be a reaction to the condoms i was wearing??? Im guessing this because they are at the base were the condoms were tightest??? Was using a different brand than ususal, flavored too, with flavored lube.The spots are a bit tender to the touch, but not itchy. Could it be the start of genital warts? How long do they take to show up??? A heat rash from the condoms and going the gym? Going the clinic on tuesday but thought id post here to see if i could find anyone with a similar experience?? Im going out my mind with worry!!!!Cheers.
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Red Spots
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Been there done that!I would guess that you had a reaction to the condom.alergic to latex?you could be alergic to the lube the manufactorer used.you also have to remeber that its sort of odd that if it was an alergic action that it should of shown up sooner.I would not rule out that it was a reaction to something but I would not bank on it either until I had been checked up.you said at the gym,do you shower and wash real often?I used to work 12 hour shift in a hell hole of the earth where the average temp was 130 f.around my crotch and under my arms and places that hold in so much heat I used to get a prickly rash that looked alot the same.It was actually diaper rash from teh sweat sitting so long and drying then getting sweaty again after breaks and the like. I twa also a chlorine enviorment so you need to know when cl2 hits h2o ( like sweat ) it turns to hclf and that was part of the probem add to that a hour and ah alf ride home before a shower and it was easy to get shit like that.I washed well and used some diaper rash shit on those parts effected. I had it to some degree every day I worked there for 10 years. It would be healed up by the time I was on my second day off and fthen when I returned to work it started over again. You do not need all the extreme shit I had to deal with to get the same effect.look into washing better and rinsing better and follow up with your clinic visit next week that is alrady scheduled, it never is a bad idea to get checked out.
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Glad to see that your going to the clinic! We have to tell lots of people to do that.
It sounds like it could be some sort of heat rash type thing. Most stds like that are itchy(yeast, herpes)
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I was in the gym for 2 hours (hour on the bike, hour on the cross trainer, some weights), so yeah i was dripping in sweat, soaked through, i sweat alot anyway, so i think thats what might have brought it out. I shower every morning and straight after i work out. Thought i might have absorbed some of the lube and it was that which was causing the spots, as i sweated it out.Scary all the same.Cheers, ill still go the clinic but might have a try at the diaper stuff, see if it has any effect between now and then.
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Oh, anybody know how long genital warts take to show up after an infection, think they are my biggest worry!!!
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I never had genital warts.
I did as a kid though have warts on my hands a few times.
they started off like a dry skin spot and just grew up from there, up being larger and raised.
Thats not exactly a accurate description but its the best I can manage to come up with for you right now.
I do not recall ever having them be red spots then turing int a wart.
Maybe genital warts are different?
Often when I was using condoms I would get a similar reaction to them if I went to sleep after and layed there for a few hours with the girl but it was always that I would see them when I woke up or with in a few hours or when I woud get home later and get into the shower, it was never a day or two later before the reaction occured. -
Yeah, its the lack of itching, im convinced theyre lulling me into a false sense of security. I wish the clinics where 24/7!!!!!
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Bit random, but i just took a shower and realised the spots had hairs coming from them, so there from my hair folicals, that make sense? Im guessing warts or the like would be more indiscriminate and appear wherever??? Not just from hair folicals???Im driving myself mad....!
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That would be my thoughs as well.but what do I know for certain?warts I think can be ruled out, just my opinion thuogh an its certainly an uninformed one.I think however that there is alot more chance there now.I mean the lube woule be more apt to soak into the the the folicle then just anyplace on the skin an maybe its a infected hair folicle?do a search on this site, there is alot of posts Iv seen that lead to that. I cant recall what they are right now but I know Iv seen alot of that in the past on this site
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Just had a search and couldnt find anything. I guess ill find out tuesday (ill be even more stressed if they dont know what it is!). Cheers grvtykllr, Im of too worry myself to sleep!
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They are not warts. It's probably a localized infection of the hair follicles. Look up folliculitis... maybe that can help.
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Think that might be it ^^^^ Aparently you can get it from yeast infections. Ill be making a fone call......