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Difficulty Urinating, Burning Urination, Scab On Urethra. Infection?
A little over a week ago, I spent a day out on a small lake with several friends. This was not a particularly clean lake, and we even joked about getting things like giardia from urinating while swimming in it. About 3 days after the day on the lake, i noticed that urination became more difficult and burned sometimes so severely that I would gnash my teeth. At times the burn is less extreme, but I have now noticed a tiny scab like spot at the bottom of my urethra, abou the size of the head of a sewing needle. That was there for about 3 days, now there are 5 total timy scabs spread around the Glans and just above it on the penis. Do you think I have some kind of parasitic or bacterial einfection? Could I have contracted an STD from close proximity to others in the lake or swimming pool? Thank you,
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hello,
ya you are right the symptoms you have mentioned are due to swimming in that lake and you need to take antibiotic treatment for this and drink plenty of water to avoid this burning micturition.have a good health.Take care.
ya you are right the symptoms you have mentioned are due to swimming in that lake and you need to take antibiotic treatment for this and drink plenty of water to avoid this burning micturition.have a good health.Take care.
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