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Confused after doctor visit, what could it be?
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Confused after doctor visit, what could it be?
by WorkingMan, Jun 01, 2006 12:00AM
I am 23 and had sex with a girl 12 or 13 nights ago. The condom broke, everything was fine until about 4 days ago I experienced some discomfort in my urethra after urination, very very mild though. It started to freak me out like most people on here so I became very anxious. Went and got my urine looked at, as well as a swab which came back negative for Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Herpes. I have no sores or anything on my penis. But I have a general discomfort around the left groin area, at the epididymis and slightly above. When I was 20 I had a UTI/Bacterial infection from food poisoning which led to epidiymitis(right side). The girl I had sex with was an aquaintance, don't know her that well, but she says she's clean and gets checked regularly. I have had a bit of a problem urinating like normal, and sometimes i get a discomfort/very minor burn after or during urination. And when I drink a good amound of water I seem to be going more then usual, and not able to go normally when I do urinate. Before the tests came back he gave me doxycycline to take just in case it was chlamydia. It seems the more water I drink, the easier it is to urinate, Since I've been anxious I haven't been able to pass bowels like normal. Is some of this brought on by anxiety? or what else could this be?
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jun 01, 2006 12:00AM
, Jun 01, 2006 12:00AM
The lab tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia are reliable evidence you didn't have eitehr of those infections. But if you had had chlamydia or gonorrhea, the doxycycline would have cleared them up (almost 100% reliably against chlamydia, 90% effective against gonorrhea). In any case, your symptoms don't really suggest any STD, especially the variable ease of urination with or without drinking fluids. And of course no STD can affect bowel movements in the way you describe.
As I have pointed out before, when a person suspects his or her own symtoms might be due anxiety or other emotional issues, they probably are almost always right. In any case, your symptoms do not sound serious and you definitely can relax about STD as a cause. Follow up with your health care provider if they persist.
Good luck--- HHH, MD
As I have pointed out before, when a person suspects his or her own symtoms might be due anxiety or other emotional issues, they probably are almost always right. In any case, your symptoms do not sound serious and you definitely can relax about STD as a cause. Follow up with your health care provider if they persist.
Good luck--- HHH, MD
But whatever you had then could indeed be causing pain now, without necessarily meaning a new infection. People with previous ankle sprains often get recurrent pain in the ankle from time to time; and women with past PID (fallopian tube infection) often get recurrent pain without new infection; etc. The same can happen in any injured body part, without meaning new disease or injury.
If your pain persists, you should have it examined (and right away if you develop fever or testicular pain or swelling). But no STD causes the kind of pain you describe, or in the locations you mention.
HHH, MD