Prostatitis from Gonorrhea & Chlamydia?

Question

I had a brief struggle with Gonorrhea and Chlamydia. It cleared up rather fast and symptoms were minimal. But a few months after the infections, I noticed dull ache in the prostate. Pain is not terrible, but it is nagging and is not getting better. What are the odds that Gonorrhea and/or Chlamydia damaged my prostate for the long-term? Is this something I will have to deal with forever?

gracefromHHP · Answer

bottom line is if you feel that you have prostate issues you need to be seen and get a proper work up done. It could be something completely unrelated to the chlamydia you had and properly treated. follow up and get better answers.

grace

neilTH · Answer

I have found many web sites which claim there is a connection between chronic prostatitis and chlamydia.  This seems to be a topic of hot dispute, it is hard to prove either way at this point.

Here is one site that details the possible relationship between chronic prostatitis and chlamydia:

http://www.prostatitis.org/chlamydia.html

Many claim that chlamydia can get into the prostate and be hard to reach by anti-bacterial medications once it gets in there.  Thus chronic inflammation and pain can remain in the prostate, even if large amounts of anti-bacterial meds are taken.

What makes you so sure that chronic prostatitis can not be caused by chlamydia?

NGU_Fool · Answer

You could have developed acute bacterial prostatitis from the Chlamydia infection, but it's probably not likely if you caught it early and got treatment.  Not much is known about the causes of prostatitis but typically they say it's not caused by an STD or STI, and depending on the form or prostatitis, it's not long term and could be cured with longer treatments of antibiotics.    

You should follow up with your doctor to be cheked out or see a urologist.  There could be many other explanations other than prostatitis.  Depending on your age you can be at risk for certain prostate issues and also if you've bike, perticularly road bikes, you could have irritated the prostate.