Prostatitis?

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About ten days ago, I started having painful urination. Had strong urge to go, but it just trickled out slowly then stopped abruptly, but still felt like I had to go badly. Saw an unfamiliar GP as I'm traveling, urine test showed no infection, gave me antibiotics anyway.

After a week, things started to improve.

Anyone else go through this?

If no sign of infection, why antibiotics??

NIH did a study that showed men who ejaculated a couple of times a week while taking antibiotics improved more than men who did not ejaculate. So the report recommends ejaculating, with or without a partner, as part of the treatment plan.

When this started, it killed my erections, not that the pain had me keen to try to ejaculate anyway. But now sleep and morning erections are back. But I do still have pain in the area...junk, taint, rectum, so that gives me pause.

If you have been through this, did you find ejaculating helped your recovery or did it hurt or make things worse?

I've been in contact with my regular doc about this (secure patient portal), but was hoping to get some fellow patient perspectives while I await her reply regarding ejaculation. She is pretty easy going; told me sex is important and I should have more, before this issue came up.
 

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Antibotics are for two reasons....

There are 2 main types of prostitis(actually a few more but they are rarer)....but the common types are....bacterial and chronic....

When you first present we PRAY it's bacterial....a dose of antibiotics and your cool....easy peasy treatment

Unfortunately 90 percent of the time it is NOT.....

If I was your doctor....well my bedside manner would kick in....I discuss treatment...tell you how common this is (it is btw) and send you to a urologist

But since I'm not your doctor....I'll lay it to you for real....if it isn't bacterial.....prepare for a world of shit
 

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Oops I forgot the second reason for antibioltics....antibiotic modulate inflamation in a mechanism different from nsaids (nepoxin iburophene Advil...etc)

They tend to cause some pain relieve even in chronic non bacterial cases ....

Oh and third reason....just because a infection doesn't show up on test...doesn't mean you don't have it....so it's safer bet to treat it anyway

So what did they give ya....bactrium or tetracycline?
 

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Oops I forgot the second reason for antibioltics....antibiotic modulate inflamation in a mechanism different from nsaids (nepoxin iburophene Advil...etc)

They tend to cause some pain relieve even in chronic non bacterial cases ....

Oh and third reason....just because a infection doesn't show up on test...doesn't mean you don't have it....so it's safer bet to treat it anyway

So what did they give ya....bactrium or tetracycline?
Bactrim at first, then cephalexin because no improvements with Bactrim.
 
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Okay, so, late update:

Followed up with my regular doc about six weeks after this happened (when I got back to the US). She had me do some labs. PSA came back very high, but the doctor who treated me overseas warned that would likely happen as a result of whatever the issue was. Anyway, my doc referred me to urology because the high PSA worried her.

Urologist did no exam, just ordered a 4K score blood test. That came back with a score of less than 2% risk of developing prostate cancer. He told me to follow up in six months for physical exam of man parts, but to go to lab for another PSA two weeks prior to appointment.

PSA came back well within normal range; I abstained from ejaculating for a week prior to labs. Urologist said he didn't need to do any physical examination of anything based on the low PSA and sent me on my way.

Verdict: The problem was prostatitis.
 
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I can tell you I had this very same problem several years back. Mine was asymptomatic except for one, small, very distressing symptom: bloody ejaculate. Let me tell you it gets your attention when you see dark pink semen come rocketing out of you!

Thankfully my doctor gave me cephalexin and it cleared up. If you've had a hernia in the past (mine was an old weightlifting injury I didn't realize I had) you can get it.
 
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I was treated on and off for this for years. Maybe 3 year ago I got recurring UTIs so underwent cystoscopy. That revealed a hitherto undiagnosed urethral stricture.
I asked why it had never reared it's head before, the uro told me, as we age, like everything else the urether gets less elastic.

Next was optical urethrotomy (space invaders with a green laser).

No more UTIs and I pee with a force that would embaress a racehorse :)
 
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Had more than one bout with this. Started pretty young too. Despite ongoing prostate maintenance and good hygiene it can flare up, thankfully not often. Basically an enlarged prostate leading to UTIs and deferred pain in my balls and when taking a whiz. See docter, take antibiotic, repeat.