Post Void Drip and Urge

[Jake707]

I'm a 26yo male and for the past year or so I've noticed that after urination these is a little bit of dripping. It wasn't too big a deal at the time but now the problem seems worse and I also have an urge to urinate sometimes 5-10 minutes after urination. The urge is worse when I'm sitting down, and usually if I get up and walk around I feel better. I went to the doctor about a week ago and had some blood work done. All of the results for STDs, and a UTI came back negative. I'm currently taking Cipro but it doesn't seem to help. My physician said that it might be "nospecific urethritis" and would prescribe Doxycycline. From what I have read about post void drip, there doesn't seem to be any resolution. Has anybody had success with this problem? It's really making me uncomfortable and becoming an issue in my life. When I start having the urge it's all I can focus on, I can't ignore it. Thanks!

[cdslashetc]

I thought I had urethritis, and that is what my primary care thought also, but I went to see a urologist and he showed me with DRE that it is referred pain from prostate and what I really have is chronic aseptic prostatitis.  In my case, this turned out to be related somehow to Crohn's disease, possibly from calcium oxalate crystals getting into the prostate.  Cipro made me feel a lot worse.  Flomax helps a lot with my symptoms.

[dr_simran]

Hello Jake707,

The condition you describe is called post void dribbling. The cause is a small amount of urine that remains in the prostatic or bulbar urethra. The cause is due to infection of the urethra called urethritis, for which you need to go in for the aggressive management through selection of best antibiotic like levofloxacin, ofloxacin etc for which you need to consult your urologist.

Best