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It is unfortunate that you were given herpes treatment, in my opinion, when you did not have any diagnosis suggesting herpes and that really got this herpes ball rolling for you. I have never heard of genital herpes causing electric sensations in the arms and hands of a single side. You mention having a negative IgG test at 4 weeks for all STD’s. Do you mean for herpes? The other STD tests don’t look for IgG really. When you describe a low grade fever, can you tell me more specifically what your temps were like?
Nothing that you have described here makes me concerned that you might have herpes. And I also don’t think that a single brief intercourse with condom would put you at much risk of acquiring herpes. Is there zero risk? No. But less, I would think, way fewer than 1 in 1,000. But honestly, if you were our patient, we would probably revisit a urology referral for more intense evaluation of the prostate gland. This generalized boxer short area burning would be more suggestive of a prostatitis that might take weeks rather than days of treatment. But these symptoms really aren’t consistent with the STD’s that we normally think about. When will your 12 weeks be up for further STD testing? No these symptoms don’t sound like an STD to me.
Terri