What kind?

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So I went to go get tested for everything but I don't get my results till a week or even later. I'm in the dark with this whole thing. I was wonder if anyone can take a guess at what I have by just me describing my symptoms.? I have these red bumps in my pubic area below my navel and above my penis. At first they were a full redish color but now they seem to be going away but they are still there. Just as an estimate they are all the size of a regular pimple, more or less. They were a little raised but seem to be going down. (I first discovered these bumps on the 1st of Nov and it’s now Oct 13.) Also with these bumps I had now what I believe to be swollen lymph glands in my groin. Is there an guesses on what it could possibly be? Any STD’s that match any of these symptoms would be a help.My doc prescribed me Naproxen and Doxycycl but I don’t know if that will help. Also about two days ago I noticed a pimple like bump on the side of my penis. It seems like two of them bunched together but they are pretty small. For all I know they could of been there forever and I’m just noticing them because I’m parnoid and constantly checking my body for anything knew. Just to also add I’ve been itchy on my left shoulder and now that I think about it I’ve had that itching the day before I noticed the bumps and side pain. I also have gotten cracked lips somewhere after the discovery. Only on my bottom lip but it’s very sensitive. Could this be oral herpes or just chapped lips?

Cracked lips is not a symptom of oral herpes.

I have these red bumps in my pubic area below my navel and above my penis. Folliculitis, perhaps?

Oh I see. Well it seems like my lips were so dry that they cracked and I have two openings that look kind of like paper cuts on my bottom lip. Anyways that’s a relief that it doesn’t sound like oral herpes. Folliciulitis? Can that cause swollen lymph glands in the groin area? I pretty sure the two are related because it would be to much of a coincidence to happen to have both things at the same time and for them to be separate problems. Oh by the way I meant I discovered the bumps the 1st of nove and now it's 13th of nov. I tried to edit it but it says it was to late.

it would be to much of a coincidence to happenMaybe it's related, maybe it's not, but I wouldn't say it's too much of a coincidence.

Oh so that small bump on my penis has turned into two more. So I have a total of three and maybe one more starting to form. They are not clustered together. They are pretty small. If you look close enough there seems to be a black dot in the middle of them. I don't know but it could be a scab but it's really small and in the center of the bump. Any know what it could be?So my doc says the bumps in my pubic area seem to be from shaving and when I told her I don't shave she said they seem to be a staph infection. Along with that she found blood in my urine. My penis has been stinging at the tip and I figure that might be from an STD but she says it's probably a urinary tract infection because of the blood. If you have an STD does it also cause blood in your urine as well?So she gave me SMZ/TMP (sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim). I tried to do my own research but couldn’t find anything. I was wonder if this medication will cure my staph infection as well as my UTI?

It's a strong broad-spectrum antibiotic, so it may well.

Oh ok, thanks So I'm like really nervous and am not sure if I have herpes. I mean two docs told me that it doesn't look like genital herpes but I did some looking around and by the descriptions it seems like it's a possibility. One doctor says if it is it’s a rare case of genital herpes and the other said no it’s just a staph infection and urinary tract infection. One of my docs said oh no no it can’t be herpes cause it has to be an open sore like. It doesn’t have to be an open sore to be herpes right? My symptoms are red bumps in my pubic area, pain in my side and recently I started to get pain on my other side, urinary tract infect, tingling/burning feeling on the tip/side of my penis and some bumps on my penis. What do you guys think?

If you have an STD does it also cause blood in your urine as well?Perhaps, but blood in the urine is definitely a symptom of a UTI.The antibiotic you were presrcibed is used to treat UTIs. Finish the prescription, take with a full glass of water, and stay out of the sun while on it. (I once was on a similar antibiotic, and I got really toasted when I spent not that much time in the sun -- and that was in Boston.)

The pain in your side is probably caused by the UTI. The staph infection diagnosis sounds very reasonable.Why do you think you have a herpes infection on your skin? Are the sores very painful? Has anyone suggested an antibotic ointment for your skin, since they think it's a bacterial infection?

I believe I have herpes because I've been having unprotected sex. Plus what I have read it sounds like what I have. Plus these bumps on my penis make me believe further. They are small but still noticable. My penis is actually kind of burning right now. And I also get pain on both sides. I don't seem to have any pain from the bumps in my pubic area though. But I also read that you dont have to have pain from these bumps. OH yeah and no they havn't mentioned or prescribed me anything for my bacterial infection. What gives!

If you're really worried about what's on your skin, then have them do a culture. See a dermatologist, since other doctors don't usually have a great deal of expertise in diagnosing skin conditions. In any case, staph skin infections are very common.If you do have a herpes infection, there's not a lot that that can be done to treat it. If it's bacterial, then antibiotics can help, but a wide-spectrum antibiotic ointment, I think, would make more sense then an oral antibiotic.The pain in your side may be caused by your bladder or ureters (the tubes beteween the kidneys and bladder) being inflamed and/or infected. I'm not sure how an infection would get up into the ureters, though.

Yeah a dermatologist sounds like the smart thing to do. It seem like these doctors I've been going to don't know. I just looked at my penis and this new bump has gotten a bigger. So yeah I'll be getting a blood test in for herpes this coming week. How accurate is a blood test for herpes?

Herpes Diagnosis

Does not sound like Herpes to me. Typically when people get something unusual they tend to think they have everything they read on the internet. Relax a bit. Look at this picture:http://www.abcpedia.com/virus/virus-genital-herpes.jpegThis is very typical herpes outbreak.

Haha ok I'll try to relax. Well that picture doesn't look like mine. Mine are more red like. Yeah I think that's true because when I was reading about STD's I thought almost everything is what I could have although herpes does comes the closest to what I have.

Well I did come up positive for oral herpes. It was a blood test by the way, which I've learned is not very accurate. They they did a culture test for my bumps and came up negative so I'm still not sure what it is or if it's still herpes. I'm thinking it is herpes since my blood test did come up positive and I have symptoms in my genital area. I don't know.

These bumps are now on spreading upward! I seems to be getting new bumps on my penis to. I was waiting for a letter from the dermatoligist for an appt but I found out he can't see me till sometime in January so I'm on the waiting list. So I've decided to stay on the list but also see a different doctor to see is he or she can help me. :confused: