I'd give my left nut to actually see a case!
I've been reading about this shit since medical school, and have yet to see one.
It is an unbelievably rare infection caused by a chlamydia. I forms supporating buboes (yes, that is a medical term) in the lymph glands in the groin. Hurts like hell, and eventually the swollen, inflammed, festering gland erodes into the skin releasing all sorts of scuzzy muck.
I have read it's showing up in gay guys here in the continental US. Not uncommon in the Carribbean or Africa, just really rare here.
And it is very treatable, although it does form scars.
Don't lose too much sleep over it, but if you do find that you've got swollen, painful glands in your groin, please, see your doctor pronto!
Dr Danny
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