Re: What could it be?

Posted By HFHS M.D.-MS on March 06, 1998 at 16:34:18:

In Reply to: What could it be? posted by Pamela on March 04, 1998 at 18:54:11:








My boyfriend has been having a problem for several months now, it is getting worse so he is finally going to the doctor on Monday but I was hoping you could give me an idea of what the problem might be.
He has a discharge that comes and goes, he was on Doxycycline for a something else and the antibiotic actually seemed to make the discharge problem WORSE. He also has pain upon climaxing during those times when the discharge is a problem. I have had a couple of yeast infections from antibiotics, could he have a yeast infection? He says men don't get them. What other things could cause these symptoms? and what can be done to make him feel better? This is putting quite a damper on our sex life.
Thanks for any info you can give! :)



          


Dear Pamela
Thanks for your questions.  Discharge usually means infection although there are  other rare causes.  As you may or may not know Doxycycline is used to treated urethritis caused by Chlamydia , a sexually transmitted disease and both partners need to be treated, or else you pass it back and forth.  This can even happen even if you do not have symptoms.  Please read the answer to Hunters question posted 2/20/98.  It is incorrectly titled nonspecific urethritis but should read Nongonococcal urethritis.  It discusses the use of erythromycin if Doxycycline does not work.  A "discharge" can be normal if it is simply prostatic secretions or secretions from urethral glands.   Hope this helps.  
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*Keyword:  urethritis