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Redness on tip of penis - tightness on left side of neck - are they related? What's going on?

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Hello,

This is a little embarrassing to post, but I'm feeling kind of desperate.

About 8 months ago, around May 2019, a week after a sexual encounter, I noticed some redness on the tip of my penis around the urethra. I initially thought it was an STD, but I was tested twice since then and everything came back clean. I was even tested for a bladder infection, and nothing. My doctor thought it might be stress or anxiety related, and since I went through a breakup this made sense, so she told me to not worry about it and that I should learn to possibly live with it since it didn't seem to her to be a lot of redness. I saw it though, and to me, it's an issue. It feels as though there's some kind of inflammation and get's more red when I have sex or if I masturbate. After a few months with no sign of getting better, I visited a private urology clinic. Even though the doctor told me it didn't know like something to worry about, he gave me Azithromycin to take every day for a week. It looked like it was going away slightly, and when I finished the medication, the redness was still there. Shortly after that, I got a cold and my throat lymph nodes were a bit swollen. Ever since then (it's been about 5 months), the left side of my neck seems tight and it feels like there's a ball there that's quite bothersome. It's not painful, but I feel it. At times, the right side of my Adam's apple feels like there's something stuck in it and clicks when I swallow. It comes an goes - I'm worried it might be something serious, but every time I go see a doctor, they brush me aside (one doctor laughed a bit and told me this happens when a cold hits the body and that I should meditate to keep my anxiety levels low). I know my body, and it doesn't feel normal anymore. For 8 months, I've been feeling trapped in my own body and not knowing what to do. I want my neck to feel normal again, and the redness at the tip of my penis to look normal again. (Now it's just slightly red, so even if I do go see a doctor, they don't notice anything). Are these two things related? What should I do? What are these conditions? An autoimmune inflammatory disorder? Any help is very much appreciated!

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  • carlo86905
    carlo86905 Guest

    Posted

    did u check it with a dermatologist ? how painful is it?

    • Guest
      Guest carlo86905

      Posted

      It's not painful really, it's more of a feeling that it's not normal. It's a bother, and I feel the inflammation especially when I have sex or masturbate.

      I have gone to the dermatologist, and because it's not THAT noticeable to others, he brushed me off. But I know that it's different, I see the slight redness and I feel it.

    • noah1836
      noah1836 Guest

      Posted

      hey mate, any update on your condition? I'm experiencing the same Symptoms. check out my discussion. hope to hear from you

  • joshuapryce1987
    joshuapryce1987 Guest

    Posted

    Meditation is good, but that heals the mind not the body. You need to work on your health and drink plenty of fluids.

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