What are these marks on my penis/testicles
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Hi,
About 12-13 weeks ago I was cleared of scabies. For the past 6 or so weeks, I've started to have many new spots appear on my scrotum and also on my hands (mainly the palms) (especially in the past 2-3 weeks).
These spots on my hands will disappear if I put hydrocortisone on them for 1-2 weeks. On the penis less so - they persist for quite a while (maybe like 6 weeks?). Then new ones will pop up in different places to the old.
I know that my scabies hasn't come back. I do have some minor residual itching, but its nothing like it was. And I dont think the spots would just disspear if I still had scabies. Worth noting that I dont have any spots in between the webs of my fingers like I did when I had scabies.
What could these be? I went to the doctors 2 weeks ago, he got 3 people to look at me and they were all as confused as the next one.
They got me tested for Syphillus, HIV, Gonnorhea and Chlaymdia and tested negative for all. I even paid privately to do a herpes test and that came back negative too.
Could this continue to be a post-scabies reaction 3-4 months after being cured? I'm pretty confident that I don't have scabies (as was the doctor)!. Could this be something totally unrelated? Something going on internally in my body? Heaven forbid, some form of cancer?! Gluten allergy?
It's worth noting that the spots are painless on my penis. The scabs on my testicles are painless but can be quite satisfying when I scratch them. On my hand/palms they are like fluid filled craters that get biggish and then leave yellow dried skin after (similar to Pompholyx)
Very confused by it as google is telling me it's either Syphillus (tested negative), Herpes (tested negative) or Scabies (I really doubt that it's back). The doctor said post-scabies shouldn't really be lasting this long.
The doctor tried freezing them with nitrogen to see if they react like molluscum contagium (not sure on spelling) and it didnt react to the nitrogen as if it was that...
I've just tried applying permethrin to one of the spots on my penis to see if that helps. Will be interesting to see.
I will go back to the doctor in a few weeks, but asking on here out of convenience.
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kim12266 Guest
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the one on your finger looks like a wart
kim12266 Guest
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it look like molluscum on the penis but if u have been tested for that that im scratching my head a bit at wat it could be u need to be going bck to your doctor so he can figure out wats going on
Guest kim12266
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Hi,
I haven't been tested for molluscum per se, he just applied some nitrogen to it to see how they reacted. It wasn't a blood test or anything like that.
Regarding herpes - I tested negative for it, and have blisters on my hand, so can't imagine that it's that.
I think it's either post-scabies reaction that has become infected, or molloscum since the latter hasn't been tested categorically using a blood test like all the other options: HIV, syphillus, chlaymdia, gonnorhea and Herpes type 1 and 2.
michelle27664 kim12266
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what are you lot doing here lol
kim12266 Guest
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i would re test for scabies to defo rule that out once and for all
kim12266
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i have heard of people having scabies still after treatment but 4, months after seems like a long time
marc-2961 Guest
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they look like herpes laisons to me.
kim12266 marc-2961
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what about the ones on his hands tho 😕
kim12266
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herpes dosnt hang around for 6 weeks either 😕 there usually gone within 7/14 days
Guest kim12266
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Yeh definitely longer than 14 days and also blisters on my hands
kim12266 Guest
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scabies is common on the hands tho isnt it but i thought was more common between the fingers 😕 molluscum can spread to other parts of the body aswel i really dont know wat to say it looks like one of those two to b honest with you 😩
kim12266
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syphilis can cause a rash on the hands and soles of the feet but it dosnt look like the same spots u have
john21553 kim12266
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mine looks like that and my fingers have got blisters
kim12266 john21553
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u need to go to doctors then
Guest
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Hi,
To help other people out that might stumble across this in the future, I think I've found the answer.
I asked an online specialist online (had to pay).
It is called "Nodular Scabies", which is present in about 7% of paitents following successful treatment of scabies. It is a long term skin reaction to the dead mites that can be present for many months, if not years after successful treatment. It is especially present in the penis/groin area as the skin packs fat cells under the skin there (or something to that degree).
Google it, the symptoms are very similar 😃
It can be treated by Tacrolimus 😃
kim12266 Guest
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thanks for the update i thought scabies related but wasnt sure how long it persisted for after treatment which is wat made me think of other things glad u got a definate answer
touqeer7587 Guest
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i am having a similar situation but it still itches alot. i treated myself for scabies a month ago at first itching seemed to have gone away but then new bumps started coming. and those small pimple like things but my problem is that I'm in china and it's very difficult because we have a communication problem as the doc is chinese
Elami Guest
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had to register just to thank you, this has been stressing me out for so long iv nevrr been able to find answers
Fatashrolls Guest
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Hi there
i think i have the same thing going on just on my second treatment for scabies and have the same lumps come up in the same areas and also top of my legs and bum.
Reading you post was a bit of a blessing as i was getting very worried about them as i seem to get one or two new ones a day at the moment and they itch so much.
Please keep us posted on you get on and if you manage to get rid of them.
wishing you the best
d12966 Guest
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Did the doctor tell you to put Tacrolimus everywhere where the reaction is present like hips etc? also how long did you use it for?
thanks!
harman2320 Guest
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hey sir or mam
this problem happens to my Husband
i'd like to know is it really treated by Tacrolimus