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So I Had A Few Encounters With My Ex, The
Question: So I had a few encounters with my ex, the last being vaginal, no protection about 4 months ago. I have had no signs or symptoms of any stds and neither has my wife since this time. 5 days after the last encounter my ex took a full board of STD tests and told me all was clear with her. She sent me some screenshots of the gonorhea and chlamydia test since those were the two I was most concerned with. A month ago, my wife was complaining of what felt like a UTI, she drank cranberry juice and her period started and has not said anything about it since. She performed oral on me about a week ago and was complaining of a sore throat a few days later (she has also been having sinuses lately) now during her period this week she’s saying that she has been having stomach issues. About a week ago, after she gave me oral and told me about her throat. I felt some discomfort in my penis(no discharge) but it seemed to go away each time I peed and after drinking the amount of water, that I am supposed to in a day, for a few days the pain went away. I should also note that during this time I had some dull pain in testies and some lower back pain.
Am I just associating all these things into more then they are? I feel like if there was any std from my ex that symptoms would have showed up sooner in my wife and I. I also feel like the only things that match the symptoms are gonorhea or chlamydia but my ex tested negative for both of these and I have not done anything with anyone else except my wife. Any help is definitely appreciated.
Am I just associating all these things into more then they are? I feel like if there was any std from my ex that symptoms would have showed up sooner in my wife and I. I also feel like the only things that match the symptoms are gonorhea or chlamydia but my ex tested negative for both of these and I have not done anything with anyone else except my wife. Any help is definitely appreciated.
Brief Answer:
Most likely not an STD
Detailed Answer:
Hello, I'm Dr. Branch, thanks for using 'Ask a Doctor'. With your ex testing negative after your last encounter with her, I would say the chances that you have an STD that was passed on to your wife would be very small, and most likely you are just being more aware of any symptoms than you normally would be because of the possibility of STDs. There is a small chance that the test had a false negative, or that your ex had recently acquired an STD prior to testing that it was too early to detect, so if you wanted to be sure, you could test yourself for STDs, but I would expect that to be negative, and especially since the episodes you describe in yourself and your wife only lasted a short while, I would say testing yourself is probably not necessary, unless symptoms become more prolonged or recurrent. Still, if it is possible for you to get testing, that would be a definitive answer to whether you have an STD or not.
I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions about that, and I would be glad to discuss it with you further.
Most likely not an STD
Detailed Answer:
Hello, I'm Dr. Branch, thanks for using 'Ask a Doctor'. With your ex testing negative after your last encounter with her, I would say the chances that you have an STD that was passed on to your wife would be very small, and most likely you are just being more aware of any symptoms than you normally would be because of the possibility of STDs. There is a small chance that the test had a false negative, or that your ex had recently acquired an STD prior to testing that it was too early to detect, so if you wanted to be sure, you could test yourself for STDs, but I would expect that to be negative, and especially since the episodes you describe in yourself and your wife only lasted a short while, I would say testing yourself is probably not necessary, unless symptoms become more prolonged or recurrent. Still, if it is possible for you to get testing, that would be a definitive answer to whether you have an STD or not.
I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions about that, and I would be glad to discuss it with you further.
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