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Lorry

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I thought I had genital herpes (2 clusters of tiny blisters on the glans, burning), so I took aciclovir.

After 10 days,  it became erosions, so I saw one of the skin doctors recommended here. One look: "Oh, it's herpes, it's healing. "

 

It didn't heal. I went to Bumrungrad. One look: "Oh, it's yeast." I got the usual steroid-combination and an expensive Eucerin cream. The Eucerin helps, the steroids I didn't take. 

 

Instead I went to the Institute of Dermatology. "It looks like yeast, let's do a lab test" The test confirmed yeast,  I got oral and local antifungals. 

I asked the lab technician whether they can do herpes PCR - no.

 

All these private hospital dermatologist do anti-aging, Botox, Laser etc.  Almost all are women. I don't think a female Botox specialist would be appropriate for me.

I would have expected the private hospitals to do some tests, but no.

 

Can anyone recommend a male dermatologist who is interested in skin diseases,  not aesthetics, for the future?

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1 hour ago, Lorry said:

I thought I had genital herpes (2 clusters of tiny blisters on the glans, burning), so I took aciclovir.

After 10 days,  it became erosions, so I saw one of the skin doctors recommended here. One look: "Oh, it's herpes, it's healing. "

 

It didn't heal. I went to Bumrungrad. One look: "Oh, it's yeast." I got the usual steroid-combination and an expensive Eucerin cream. The Eucerin helps, the steroids I didn't take. 

 

Instead I went to the Institute of Dermatology. "It looks like yeast, let's do a lab test" The test confirmed yeast,  I got oral and local antifungals. 

I asked the lab technician whether they can do herpes PCR - no.

 

All these private hospital dermatologist do anti-aging, Botox, Laser etc.  Almost all are women. I don't think a female Botox specialist would be appropriate for me.

I would have expected the private hospitals to do some tests, but no.

 

Can anyone recommend a male dermatologist who is interested in skin diseases,  not aesthetics, for the future?

Have you seen Pof. Niyom at Bumrungrad?

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47 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

Did the antifungals help?

I tried antifungal cream when it all started,  it made things worse. 

I will start again. Its anothe cream. 

49 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

 

I am failing to see the problem here. Why are you still searching for a doctor?

For the future. This was not a pleasant experience,  and not for the first time. 

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2 hours ago, Lorry said:

I thought I had genital herpes (2 clusters of tiny blisters on the glans, burning), so I took aciclovir.

After 10 days,  it became erosions, so I saw one of the skin doctors recommended here. One look: "Oh, it's herpes, it's healing. "

 

It didn't heal. I went to Bumrungrad. One look: "Oh, it's yeast." I got the usual steroid-combination and an expensive Eucerin cream. The Eucerin helps, the steroids I didn't take. 

 

Instead I went to the Institute of Dermatology. "It looks like yeast, let's do a lab test" The test confirmed yeast,  I got oral and local antifungals. 

I asked the lab technician whether they can do herpes PCR - no.

 

All these private hospital dermatologist do anti-aging, Botox, Laser etc.  Almost all are women. I don't think a female Botox specialist would be appropriate for me.

I would have expected the private hospitals to do some tests, but no.

 

Can anyone recommend a male dermatologist who is interested in skin diseases,  not aesthetics, for the future?

Please tell us her name and the bar where she works. 

 

YIKES!

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3 hours ago, Lorry said:

I thought I had genital herpes (2 clusters of tiny blisters on the glans, burning), so I took aciclovir.

After 10 days,  it became erosions, so I saw one of the skin doctors recommended here. One look: "Oh, it's herpes, it's healing. "

 

It didn't heal. I went to Bumrungrad. One look: "Oh, it's yeast." I got the usual steroid-combination and an expensive Eucerin cream. The Eucerin helps, the steroids I didn't take. 

 

Instead I went to the Institute of Dermatology. "It looks like yeast, let's do a lab test" The test confirmed yeast,  I got oral and local antifungals. 

I asked the lab technician whether they can do herpes PCR - no.

 

All these private hospital dermatologist do anti-aging, Botox, Laser etc.  Almost all are women. I don't think a female Botox specialist would be appropriate for me.

I would have expected the private hospitals to do some tests, but no.

 

Can anyone recommend a male dermatologist who is interested in skin diseases,  not aesthetics, for the future?

Wrap the head of your "friend" up in gauze.  Change it whenever it gets damp.  Keep a lot of gauze around.
You'll heal up quickly.

Typical caveat: I'm not a medical practitioner and what I'm suggesting is from personal experience.  It works.  You need to wick that dampness away so your friend can heal.  See a doctor and use whatever meds he/she/whatever gives you - and use the gauze.  Or don't.  Up to you!  ????

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42 minutes ago, connda said:

Wrap the head of your "friend" up in gauze.  Change it whenever it gets damp.  Keep a lot of gauze around.
You'll heal up quickly.

Typical caveat: I'm not a medical practitioner and what I'm suggesting is from personal experience.  It works.  You need to wick that dampness away so your friend can heal.  See a doctor and use whatever meds he/she/whatever gives you - and use the gauze.  Or don't.  Up to you!  ????

Very good advice,  I know. 

An urologist in Iran once suggested I should be circumcised, I was horrified. His reasoning was similar. 

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18 hours ago, DudleySquat said:

Please tell us her name and the bar where she works. 

 

YIKES!

67% of the global population have herpes.

 

It's more common than you think.

 

"More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 -- about 67 percent of the global population -- are infected with herpes simplex virus"

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-thirds-of-the-world-population-has-herpes/#:~:text=More than 3.7 billion people,are highly infectious and incurable.

 

More likely than not you or your partner have it also. 

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3 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

There are STD test clinics all over the place most include herpes test.

 

They do PCR for herpes from the urine.

The correct way would  be to do it from a swab from a fresh lesion.  I have yet to see anywhere in Bangkok where this is actually done.

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2 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

You had blisters in exactly the same place before?

No, different places. 

It made me think I might have had herpes first, and it really healed,  and then I developed yeast (I had to take antibiotics for an unrelated condition, which is a risk factor for yeast)

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Dermatologist are not all women.  When you get an appointment for any doctor you have a choice to request a male or female.  Just because a dermatologist is a female doesn’t mean she is only interested in skin aesthetics. 
See the dermatologist that Sheryl recommended at Bumrungard. Dr. Niyom.  He was my dermatologist when I lived in Bangkok.  He is very good.  And explains everything. 

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30 minutes ago, swm59nj said:

Dermatologist are not all women.  When you get an appointment for any doctor you have a choice to request a male or female.

In several of the usual hospitals your choice of male doctors is exactly 1 person.

 

31 minutes ago, swm59nj said:

Just because a dermatologist is a female doesn’t mean she is only interested in skin aesthetics. 

Correct. But just scroll through their interests,  experiences,  fellowships etc. and most of them (and their male colleagues,  too) are really mainly interested in aesthetics.

 

33 minutes ago, swm59nj said:

See the dermatologist that Sheryl recommended at Bumrungard. Dr. Niyom.  He was my dermatologist when I lived in Bangkok.  He is very good.  

Thanks for this.

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22 hours ago, DudleySquat said:

Please tell us her name and the bar where she works. 

 

YIKES!

No so simple, he may have gained the virus years / decades ago.

 

Plus he may have passed the virus to many bar girls /  casual sex partners etc., many times. 

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