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Q: Burning
asked by: killmexsoftly on January 10th, 2006
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My boyfriend & I have been having sex for the past 6 months. In the beginning everything was perfectly fine, but a couple months ago I started experiencing pain, redness and burning. During sex, everything is fine but afterwards these things occur. And this only happens if we have intercourse. Since i'm on birth control, we do not regularly use condoms. But, when we do, I don't experience these problems. Also, we used ky jelly (i think this brand or astroglide?) and we think it started happening sometime after this. Could it have caused a problem?

I looked up semen allergies online and these are some of the symptoms of it, but I really have no idea. Could it be a yeast or bladder infection or even an std? My boyfriend & I have talked about this and really don't think it could be an std. I have only been with one other person & have been tested at my gyno visits. (the same with my boyfriend now- hes only had 2 other partners who were checked) however, this past partner cheated on me, although i'm not sure if he had intercorse with someone else. But, if it was and std wouldn't I experience these problems in the beginning with my partner now and my doctor would have found it, right? (sorry if this isn't enough info) please help!!
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tasha82
replied on January 10th, 2006
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If you had a yeast infection you would probably have itching and discharge. If you had a bladder infection you would probably have burning during urination and a feeling that you have to go all the time. And you would have symptoms all the time, not just after sex without a condom. As far as stds, i'm not sure...It's always possible. You can have them without having symptoms, and some of them take awhile to show up on tests. How long ago were you tested? And how long after possible exposure were you tested?

If you found information about semen allergies and it sounds like what you're experiencing, it's something to keep in mind. It seems strange that this is happening only after unprotected sex, so that would be a logical explanation. I do think you should go to the doctor to make sure everything is okay, because you can always have something without necessarily having all the symptoms. Then you can also ask the doctor about a possible allergy. Good luck :)
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