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Going crazy
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Going crazy
by pillsbury, Oct 26, 2007 06:20PM
My wife and I were separated for 4 months one year ago she may have been with someone.I have had urethral problems, feels like urine and semen are stuck in middle of my penis...feels like i am leaking but never am throughout the day. I had been treated for gon and chlamydia, although unsure if i ever even had it. also feeling skin discomfort around my testicles, between my thighs and testicles, and on my penis. penis and testicles appear to be "tightened" up too, and my penis has been "shriveled up like". I was treated on doxy for 3 weeks and Azrith and also had a shot. My wife is having problems around her menstrual period, but was swabbed and has had many things wrong but has been chekced by Gyno and swabbed.Also she had MRI and Catscan and found a mass.Did colonoscopy and there is bulge pressing into her cecum?. Then i went to my second urologist, (1st one did cystoscopy found nothing) who did rectal exam and said muscles in my pelvic floor are tightened up and this is what is causing urethral pain. Could the muscles cause my pain.I am so sick of feeling like this. Also seen dermatologist who said it was dermititis, but it has not gone away, almost like the symptoms are worse when one of them are very bad.
Here are my questions.
How long would it take for genital warts to appear and could I have been having rashes which may be a prestage to something worse?
If not herpes or genital warts, why have I been having so much skin discomfort down there at same time as urethral problems?
Is it possible I got something from her, killed it with meds, but hers is persisting into PID or something else, or would doctors have caught it with her issues??
-Could the bulge in her Cecum(outside compression pushing into it) be a mass of warts or PID?
-Could my pelvic floor muscles and tailbone "frozen"(i guess it is supposed to be able to move 1-2 cm) be causing all of my issues??
Here are my questions.
How long would it take for genital warts to appear and could I have been having rashes which may be a prestage to something worse?
If not herpes or genital warts, why have I been having so much skin discomfort down there at same time as urethral problems?
Is it possible I got something from her, killed it with meds, but hers is persisting into PID or something else, or would doctors have caught it with her issues??
-Could the bulge in her Cecum(outside compression pushing into it) be a mass of warts or PID?
-Could my pelvic floor muscles and tailbone "frozen"(i guess it is supposed to be able to move 1-2 cm) be causing all of my issues??
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Oct 27, 2007 10:37AM
, Oct 27, 2007 10:37AM
Although some of the early symptoms (urinary discomfort etc) conceivably could have been due to chlamydia or some other STD, no STD can be responsible for anything you have experienced since receiving azithromycin, doxycycline and the injection for gonorrhea (probably ceftriaxone). From your description, none of your wife's problems are likely caused by any STD either. Further, no online expert can have useful information once someone has had the multiple medical evaluations you have had, including consultations with a urologist and dermatologist.
To the specific questions:
Genital warts are not the cause of anything you describe. If you had warts, the dermatologist would have recognized them. I cannot say the cause of your symptoms, other than affirming HPV, herpes, or other STDs are not responsibile. PID, warts, or other STD would not cause a "bulge of the cecum". The comment below about "raised hair follicles" and redness at the base of your penis do not sound abnormal to me. If a dermatologis says your skin is normal, it is normal.
Your comment about pelvic floor muscles makes sense. Your urologist undoubtedly was referring to the chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Google that term for a lot of information; the Wikipedia article, which comes up high on the google hit list, is an excellent starting point. CPPS used to be called chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, but the prostate gland probalby isn't involved at all. CPPS causes symptoms like yours and the pain is believed by some experts to be due to anxiety-induced tension in pelvic muscles. All this fairly new, so It sounds like you have a knowledgeable, up-to-date urologist. I recommend you continue in his care for advice about management. Happily, CPPS is harmless except for the discomfort.
Whatever is going on, you can be sure you have no STD, and nothing that will ever cause a serious health problem in you or your wife. You need to just learn to live with it and move on. Sometimes knowing that it's nothing serious is all someone needs to put this sort of problem behind them.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
To the specific questions:
Genital warts are not the cause of anything you describe. If you had warts, the dermatologist would have recognized them. I cannot say the cause of your symptoms, other than affirming HPV, herpes, or other STDs are not responsibile. PID, warts, or other STD would not cause a "bulge of the cecum". The comment below about "raised hair follicles" and redness at the base of your penis do not sound abnormal to me. If a dermatologis says your skin is normal, it is normal.
Your comment about pelvic floor muscles makes sense. Your urologist undoubtedly was referring to the chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Google that term for a lot of information; the Wikipedia article, which comes up high on the google hit list, is an excellent starting point. CPPS used to be called chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, but the prostate gland probalby isn't involved at all. CPPS causes symptoms like yours and the pain is believed by some experts to be due to anxiety-induced tension in pelvic muscles. All this fairly new, so It sounds like you have a knowledgeable, up-to-date urologist. I recommend you continue in his care for advice about management. Happily, CPPS is harmless except for the discomfort.
Whatever is going on, you can be sure you have no STD, and nothing that will ever cause a serious health problem in you or your wife. You need to just learn to live with it and move on. Sometimes knowing that it's nothing serious is all someone needs to put this sort of problem behind them.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Member Comments (2)
by pillsbury, Oct 26, 2007 06:38PM
To: doc
sorry to add to question, but i do see raised hair follicles between my testicles and thigh, redness by base of penis
by Sag999, May 16, 2008 02:57AM
A related discussion, itching penis was started.
