Rare STI?

I have done every STI/STD test that my sexual health clinic offers and all came back negative. However I am convinced there is something very wrong. I have an ulcer down below which i was told is a scar (bearing in mind i have told them the area around it has gone completely numb). I now have the same ulcers in my mouth and on my neck (now numb as well). I have been reading up a lot came across donovanosis which is supposed to be very rare in the UK but it describes the symptoms i have been having. I don't know where to go as i have been to my GP and to the hospital/sex health clinic numerous times. I feel like the docs and nurses won't do anything because they have probably not even heard of it. Is there a test i can do? I am getting a bit desperate now and really worried.

[21jumpstreet]

Calm down. Make sure you got the herpes 1 and 2 selective antibody testing (not the urine PCR or blood PCR). If the ulcers are still wet, u could get the herpes viral swab performed on the ulcers. As for donovanosis, that’s a very rare condition and the person you’re active with would have lesions too because it’s very contagious. Are you having bloody diarrhea? Could be skin manifestations of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease or Behcet’s syndrome, all which also present with oral, skin and genital ulcers. If your herpes select is definitely negative, I’d visit a rheumatologist for testing of autoimmune conditions.

[Galen70 in reply to 21jumpstreet]

please see my reply in relation to antibody testing

[saj01]

H I wasn't sure about Donovanosis... so looked it up. Rest assured that clinics here are aware of it as it's listed on the NHS website... even though it's not very common here, but as it's a bacterial infection they would be able to test for it and treat it.. Without asking personel questions are you likely to have been in contact with someone from those countries? If so, then maybe it is a possibilty.

If you haven't already spoken about it with your clinic then it's certainly worth asking about testing for it... if nothing else, to rule it out.

Hope you find the answer soon.

[Galen70]

An ulcer ( broken skin with fluid coming out ) and a scar ( pale or sometimes dark skin which is closed over at the site of previous injury ) are very different. Donovanosis is extremely unlikely unless you have been sexually active in the tropics , particularly Polynesia. The NHS in the UK will not usually do type specific HSV antibody testing as the prevalence of HSV in the community is very high and often doesn't help in the diagnosis.

[Christ_the_Redeemer]

You're finished mate