Male infection/virus - Candida-related?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I know it may be a bit of a long shot here, but a good friend of mine down

in SoCal has had Candida problems for a while. He recently went through a

bunch of stress, and his girlfriend got cervical cancer. Shortly afterwards,

he started developing some severe symptoms (below). He thinks it could be

HPV virus, but his symptoms don't really indicate that (as far as I know).

Could this just be a severe yeast infection? Or bladder infection?

The thing about that is he took a two week dose of antibiotics, hoping they

would clear things up, but they had no effect. So things like gonorrhea and

Chlamydia have been ruled out. Dr's are scratching their heads and telling

him it's psychosomatic.

Or could this just be severe Candida? It seems like the antibiotics would

have made that worse, or at least the whole condition better in the short

term. Or could it just be the physical manifestations of severe stress?

He is essentially losing his mind, so any info or ideas at all would be

wonderful.

(his description is below)

Thank you!

_jason_

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> Age: 43

> Sex: M

> Country: US

>

> Main problem: Symptoms noted below present since

> January 4, 2006

>

> Current diagnosis: ?

>

> Signs and symptoms:

>

Intermittent sensitivity of corona and tip of

penis,itching of penis, scrotum, inner thighs, itch

around anus, inside ear, edge of mouth, eyelid.

Intermittent (nerve?) pain inside pelvis, groin, legs,

feet, hands. Irritation can grow worse by evening,

particularly a burning sensation in the thigh near

scrotum. Also recurring throat infection.

No typical warts visible,

Notice possible abnormalities around opening of

urethra when erect.

>

>

I have had occasional herpes episodes at base of nose

only, lasts for two weeks since 1990

>

> Current medications: herpes episode treatment with

> acyclovir.

>

> Allergies: no

> Surgical history: no

> Medical history: high stress/ low immunity

> Smoking history: no

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