I been having issues with always needing to scratching my scrotum and anus at night and in the morning when taking a shower. During the day I find myself to be really uncomfortable in a chair for 8 hours and need to readjust my boxers or go to the bathroom to readjust my boxers. I do see red rashes between my inner thighs from time to time and redness underneath my balls. My girlfriend went to get a blood test done and it came out negative and I plan to get tested too before having sex again just to make sure. Any idea of what it could be before getting tested?

Home / Answered Questions / I been having issues with always needing to scratching my scrotum and anus at night and in the morning when taking a shower. During the day I find myself to be really uncomfortable in a chair for 8 hours and need to readjust my boxers or go to the bathroom to readjust my boxers. I do see red rashes between my inner thighs from time to time and redness underneath my balls. My girlfriend went to get a blood test done and it came out negative and I plan to get tested too before having sex again just to make sure. Any idea of what it could be before getting tested?

I been having issues with always needing to scratching my scrotum and anus at night and in the morning when taking a shower. During the day I find myself to be really uncomfortable in a chair for 8 hours and need to readjust my boxers or go to the bathroom to readjust my boxers. I do see red rashes between my inner thighs from time to time and redness underneath my balls. My girlfriend went to get a blood test done and it came out negative and I plan to get tested too before having sex again just to make sure. Any idea of what it could be before getting tested?

It’s difficult to say what could be causing the issue without being able to ask you some questions and doing a physical exam. What I can do is give you a bit of an idea of some of the things I have seen in the clinic that can cause itching like that.

STI related I have seen pubic lice causing itching like this. I have also seen non-STI things like yeast infections cause these symptoms as well. I have also seen situations were it looks like something irritated the skin and caused it to itch initially, but now the continual scratching keeps irritating the skin causing it to always be itchy.

You have a good plan of going to see a health professional for a STI check up. Just mention the symptoms you have outlined above and see what they say.

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Health Nurse

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This answer was posted on May 23, 2015.

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