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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| YEAST INFECTION OR NOT? | 2/11/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I havent had time to go get it checked out and last night i had sexual intercourse with my parthner. ... A: Wally, Vagisil is not an antifungal medication. Monistat for women contains the same ingredient as ... | ||
| YEAST INFECTION OR NOT? | 2/11/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I havent had time to go get it checked out and last night i had sexual intercourse with my parthner. ... A: What type of jock itch cream did you use? Some of those creams use older, less effective antifungal ... | ||
| I just want to know, so please help | 2/9/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: my name is joshua and I'm 15 years old. As you can see, i came to ask you some questions since I ... A: This list is to discuss sexually transmitted diseases, not normal sexual development and ... | ||
| fecal matter public bathroom, real risk, potty training | 2/8/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I hope this is up your alley. Didn't really see anyone in epidemiology or infectious diseases. I ... A: If it were as easy to get terribly sick from public washrooms, we'd all be sick! It is difficult to ... | ||
| Is this an STD? | 2/7/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I have been monogamous for over a year now. Prior to that i have mostly always used protection but ... A: DJ, The bumps in the second photograph more clearly show a variation in the skin known as "lichen ... | ||
| PINK SPOTS ON PENIS | 2/7/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: My name is Allen, I am 38, I live in Miami and I am circumcised So this is the situation and I will ... A: Your having a positive IgG antibody test for herpes means that you had an infection in the past. The ... | ||
| HIV transmission | 2/6/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: "Hi there, Here's my situation., we were drinking on my friends house with this girl, we have done ... A: Your touching a wet vagina (they usually have some degree of moisture!) with your finger, even if it ... | ||
| Small red spots on penis head | 2/5/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I am a 16 year old male from Queensland, Australia. In the last 5 days I have noticed small red ... A: It looks like you are uncircumcised, and the red bumps on the glans (head; not "glands") may be be ... | ||
| Penis spots | 2/5/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I'll begin by telling you how I got to this point. I had unprotected sex with a woman about 2-3 ... A: Chlamydia is an infection of the urethra (tube draining urine and semen through the penis), NOT the ... | ||
| Bump around penis from hand job, am I at risk for STD? | 2/4/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: Three days ago, I went to massage places in China for 2 straight nights and did not use condoms. The ... A: I cannot say whether this may be an infection caused by an STD, but it could be. A photographic ... | ||
| Yeast infection and chlamydia/gonherrea at the same time? | 2/4/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I went to the doctor because I was having itching and thick white vaginal discharge no smell to it ... A: Yeast is a totally different condition that may coexist with either chlamydia, gonorrhea, or both. A ... | ||
| Odor | 2/4/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I am 34 years old, in very good health, and am extremely hygenic. I have never had an STD or any ... A: Unpleasant vaginal odors can be due to several causes: Bacterial vaginosis is a condition of ... | ||
| Red rash / infection on penis head | 2/3/2012 | DW |
| Q: I've had this issue for about 6 months now. I've seen my doctor and two different dermatologists and ... A: If 3 doctors cannot help you, then I don't know if I have any further ideas. If you still aren't ... | ||
| Growths and changes around the head of my penis | 2/2/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: My name is Adrian. I had unprotected sex with a girl, which I barely knew more than 9 months ago. ... A: The bumps that I see on your penis appear to be warts, from infection with human papillomavirus ... | ||
| three very small red bumps near the head of my penis | 2/1/2012 | DW |
| Q: I'm 18 and about three days ago i noticed three small red bumps on my penis. Two just where the ... A: Sometimes the partner doesn't know if they have a sexually transmitted disease, that is possible. I ... | ||
| Penis head redness, spots, scaley | 2/1/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: Alright well about a month ago I had unprotected sex with this girl. about 24 hours later I noticed ... A: The skin does look a bit red, but that might be either a normal variation, or a mild skin irritation ... | ||
| bumps on shaft | 1/31/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: For the last couple weeks Ive been getting dry red bumps on the shaft of my penis. Some seem to go ... A: These bumps MAY be unrelated to any sexually transmitted infection, or they may be related to HPV. ... | ||
| Red Bumps | 1/31/2012 | DW |
| Q: Hey just recently after having oral sex, I have some little red bumps on the head of my penis. There ... A: Yes, you need to visit your doctor. This could be a sexually transmitted disease or it could just be ... | ||
| urinary desease | 1/30/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I have an urinary rebel infection, I feel a burn when I urinate. For more than one year I am looked ... A: I'm sorry, but I've not heard the term urinary "rebel" infection before. You my resist urinating ... | ||
| small bumps on penis shaft. | 1/30/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: in there hours of worry. Q: I had stupidly unprotected sex 3 Month ago. Instantly after have had ... A: Your repeated episodes of unprotected sex do not seem related to the bumpy area in the photograph. ... | ||
| Penile Cancer? | 1/30/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I have HPV. I had this thing show up a month ago, It's red, some white, itches sometimes, tried ... A: Were you diagnosed with HPV, or is that your assessment of your situation? Lysine and baking soda ... | ||
| I might have a std.. | 1/29/2012 | DW |
| Q: We'll I barely had oral sex about two weeks ago. Right after, the oral sex I noticed a bump. My ... A: You should go to a doctor and get a checkup. Please refrain from oral sex or regular sex. These can ... | ||
| stds | 1/29/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: if two person who are not having any kind of sexual desease,have an unprotected intercourse then is ... A: Sexually transmitted diseases include a bunch of bacterial, viral, protozoal, etc., all thought of ... | ||
| Did my treatment work? | 1/29/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I am sixteen years old and about a year ago I was treated for Chlaymdia. I was given Azithromycin, ... A: Azithromycin is an excellent treatment for chlamydia, but it requires that both you and your ... | ||
| rash on my penis | 1/29/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: A: It looks like you are uncircumcised, and that you have an irritation caused by a skin fungus. It is ... | ||
| could this be an std? | 1/28/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I am a 25 year old female, I haven't had sex in over 6 months, in which it was protected. I did have ... A: Influenza (the flu) is an upper respiratory infection that does not cause diarrhea. You may have had ... | ||
| White papules on the foreskin | 1/28/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I recently (past 3 months) developed several white papules on my foreskin (just below the glans). ... A: These do look like warts caused by HPV. HPV can remain dormant for many years, but remember that HPV ... | ||
| Penis STD Problem? | 1/27/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: My name is Coby I'm 16 and I'm from Toronto. I have had this white/pink rash(on the glands of the ... A: Your penis looks fine. I am unable to see the white/pink rash on the glans (head) that you speak of. ... | ||
| My boyfriends penis hurts | 1/27/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: Mark, My boyfriend recently told me that his penis is sore and burns briefly when he pees. He has ... A: Is your boyfriend's penis sore only while urinating? Or is the skin itself irritated and painful? It ... | ||
| Syphilis | 1/26/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I live in the UK and am 69. My father contracted syphilis around 1940 and was treated. I found this ... A: My guess is that if your father was treated for syphilis, it was done EFFECTIVELY, and that he did ... | ||
| Red Marks of Penis Head | 1/25/2012 | DW |
| Q: Lately I have spotted some red marks on my penis head. I had a small one a week ago, but it went ... A: You can't have a sexually transmitted disease unless you have had sex. You might have some kind of ... | ||
| Urethritis | 1/24/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: Mark..... I need help. I had unprotected oral and protected vaginal 6 months ago. I then developed ... A: The shot you received was probably Rocephin (ceftriaxone) for gonorrhea, and the Z pack an ... | ||
| I think I might have a std. | 1/24/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: Jesse Age 15 Chicago, IL Well last week i had oral sex. It was pretty normal until the next day i ... A: The image isn't easy to see clearly, but it looks like you are uncircumcised. Saliva has some ... | ||
| Oral HPV | 1/23/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: My boyfriend was diagnosed with hpv about 4 years ago in a walk-in clinic. All he had was one ... A: It's tough to speculate what your boyfriend had. It may have been HPV/wart; it may have been ... | ||
| Genital Herpes | 1/23/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I'm 28 yrs old and from outside Philadelphia. 7 weeks ago I had unprotected sex with a friend whose ... A: Joe, The second photo does not look like herpes either. There are several types of herpes blood ... | ||
| Genital Herpes | 1/22/2012 | Mark Behar |
| Q: I'm 28 yrs old and from outside Philadelphia. 7 weeks ago I had unprotected sex with a friend whose ... A: The image does NOT look like herpes, and your herpes IgG test means that you didn't have herpes 2 ... | ||
| Off Odor... | 1/18/2012 | DW |
| Q: I am 34 years old, in very good health, and am extremely hygenic. I have never had an STD or any ... A: I have never heard of this problem before and am a loss of what to tell you. I could recommend that ... | ||
| I think I might have herpes | 1/15/2012 | DW |
| Q: I recently got the flu and noticed that it started to burn when I urinated I thought the flu was ... A: I advise you to get a 2nd opinion. Perhaps the doctor did not check for herpes and they just thought ... | ||
| Painful Red Bump On Clitoris | 1/14/2012 | DW |
| Q: Maybe around once a year, I get a small red painful bump on my clitoris. It is somewhat painful ... A: Denise, I am not able to diagnose over the internet. But I think you should go to the doctor when ... | ||
| stretched broken penis skin on bottom area | 1/13/2012 | DW |
| Q: I have been using bathmate penile enlarger for a 2 week. My skin changed on one area on my penis ... A: I don't recommend using this. This can cause problems such as you are mentioning and other problems. ... | ||
Mark Behar
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
Almost any question or concern about sexually transmitted infections, abnormal Pap smears, anal cytology (anal "Pap smears"), gay men's health issues. There is no such thing as “d/d free” or “clean” (free of infection), so why do so many of us deceive ourselves into thinking that some people are indeed totally free from a potentially infectious disease, like HIV, herpes, hepatitis, syphilis, chlamydia, warts, gonorrhea, etc., just because they say so? Clinical laboratory tests are not perfect, and having a “negative” or “nonreactive” test does not mean that a person is free from infection. Perhaps at the moment the test was taken, the person was uninfected; or, perhaps, the test wasn’t sensitive enough to detect presence of the infection. There is really no way that anyone can determine that they are truly “disease free,” and there are over a hundred of infectious conditions that can be spread without your knowing anything. Rather than trying to “prescreen” or “serosort” a potential sex-mate with deceptive questions that are impossible to know by today’s technologies, a wiser option may be to consider everyone infected with something, and either use appropriate protective measures (“safer sex”), or accept the responsibility and conseqences of possibly “catching” something from someone who’s hotter than expected (pun intended!). There is much research that supports the contention that an HIV positive person reliably taking HIV medications, and having an undetectable viral load, presents a lower risk for transmission of HIV than people who may think or say they are HIV negative, but are not. Food for thought!
Experience
Family Practice PA since 1981;
Volunteer Clinician for Brady East STD (BESTD) Clinic, Milwaukee, since 1977; answer STD questions submitted to their web site.
Professionally lectured at national and regional Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner conferences, and at national gay & lesbian health conferences on topics including HIV/AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, STDs, human papilloma virus (the cause of venereal warts), abnormal Pap smears, gay and lesbian health issues, among others.
Organizations
Co-Founder, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Gay Physician Assistant Caucus of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, Inc.;
Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants;
American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP); Board of Directors, National Association of Black and White Men Together: A Gay, Multiracial Organization for All People (NABWMT)
Publications
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (JAPA)
Education/Credentials
Physician Assistant Certified, since 1982;
Masters in Physician Assistant Studies;
Colposcopy Recognition Award, American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP);
Awards and Honors
Colposcopy Recognition Award (CRA), from the American Association of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology;
Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Physician Assistants;
Fellow, Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants
Past/Present Clients
Brady East STD Clinic, Milwaukee, WI
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