Hi, back in early Jan, I noticed I had a swollen pubic area and penis, with irritation when I urinated. I assumed it was a yeast infection and went to my GP, who didn't check me out and assumed I had thrush. Took a week of flucanazole and used canesten.
The canesten cream harshly burnt my glans and the symptoms persisted after 2-3 weeks of seeing my GP. So I went to my local GUM clinic, tested and diagnosed with NSU and was given Azithromycin. During the next week i experienced the most discomfort yet, mainly in my urethra. It wasnt just burning when i urinated, but I also couldn't move my penis without it hurting. I could actually feel where it was attached to my bladder inside. That died down after that week though, but I still had pain, especially when erect, like it's squeezing on my urethra in the middle section.
Also at the beginning, I had a lot of pain in my testicles, which has died down mostly. I also had pain in my perineum area which has also died down.
I ended up going to another clinic after talking to a nurse who said a full blown yeast infection was unlikely. I was tested and they said I had no NSU or any other stds. Beforehand, I had masturbated and my penis became easily bruised, with soft swelling on the shaft and in the foreskin, and the veins also seemed quite agitated. The doctor just said it was trauma, but I was confused as my penis reacted badly to normal masturbation, not heavy or anything, and I'd barely been masturbating because of the pain involved. Also at this point, I got pain around the base of my penis at the front, that felt almost strained/bruised.
5 weeks - The urethral discomfort continued and I went back to the original clinic. They tested me and I still showed no signs of infection. The doctor told me to not masturbate for three weeks. At this point i hadnt masturbated for a week already. Unfortunately I'm finding it quite hard to masturbate after a week or so and I masturbated this morning. The pain to the touch on my urethra is dying down, but it still burns when I urinate and it seems like ejaculation has probably aggravated the burning feeling somewhat.
I'm really just looking for reassurance. I've been very down and am finding sleeping hard. I'm still seeing the girl who I contracted nsu off, and I'm afraid of losing her because of it. I have a lot of strange mixed feelings about the situation. Sometimes I don't feel like a man because of my inability to perform at the moment. I've worried (most likely irrationally) about never returning to 100%, because it's been so long.
My question is, (I'm going to try my best not to masturbate for at least the next 2 weeks) since my nsu is gradually getting better, that I must be healing slowly? I know that most men don't experience as bad a pain as I did so it must have been a fairly severe infection, which must take some time to die down?
I read about men on here who have chronic problems, and this scares me quite badly, is the fact that my symptoms are a lot better since treatment a good sign even though it's been nearly 6 weeks?
It seems to be that the pain in the middle section (to the touch and with erection) is dying down. To me, it feels like it hurt the most where I was holding when I was masturbating, do you think that is a possible cause of the pain?
Also, how long will the bruising and my slightly swollen foreskin take to go down? It's been a week and 3 days since I masturbated a bruised area ( I used my frenulum to climax since my penis is very sensitive because I've barely been able to masturbate).
What do you think about this unusual mix of symptoms? All of which are dying down, most of the swelling in my pubic area is gone.
Thanks, Ben