I am coming up on 6 months from my first posting here and still have same discomfort in my urethra. If anything, it is slightly worse over the last couple weeks. It is pretty steady all the time. Wouldn't call it pain but rather discomfort or irritation. No worse during urination. Very slight ache in my testicles. Pretty complete history above if you have time to read.
Thanks
Thanks...you guys are great. I will take everything you have said to heart
no, this isn't herpes going on.
we recommend manual examination of the prostate, not psa levels.
My symptoms seem to be most prevelant when i am sitting. My PSA was normal. Is there a chance this is hsv inside my urethra? I have no visible symtoms but i have felt the same for over a month.
So what do you think my problem is? My testing is coming back negative, I am on 3 anitbiotics and still have symptoms. I am still waiting on micoplasma and ureaplasma (spelling yikes) results but I suspect they will be negative as well.
Thanks!
many viruses even you can transmit to the urogenital tract. takes time and they go away on their own.
we always recommend protected sexual contact - even though the risk from oral is fairly low, what is "normal" bacteria in the oral area, isn't always so normal in the urogenital tract. so many things can cause symptoms and we don't routinely test for many of them :(
strep would not be transmitted to your penis
I have not been examining my genitals frequently. I have cut out almost all caffine, drinking water regularly, some alcohol but not much. Will work on the spicey foods part. Only thing that concerns me is the binary symtom pattern. I went from feeling ok to not ajd the only difference was the oral sex 2-3 days prior. Any chnce this is hsv or even strep?
Thanks for your help
your initial urine culture prior to your antibiotics would've shown signs of infection so really no reason to have repeated your testing nor is there a reason to think you have a std causing your symptoms.
avoid caffeine, spicy foods and alcohol until symptoms are gone. at this point yeast is a risk from the antibiotics too.
are you examining your genitals a lot too?
grace
With no improvement of my symptoms from the advice my urologist gave, 5 days ago I went to a doctor who specializes in STD treatment. He took 3 urethral swabs and so far only has results back for chlamydia and gonorreha which are both negative. At our initial appointment he started me on doxycycline 2 times per day for 2 weeks and same regimine for flagyl. With 5 days of these 2 meds and about 3 weeks of levaquin i don't feel any better. Still discomfort in my urethra with no discharge. I wouldn't call it pain but rather discomfort to maybe mild stinging but discomfort or presure is probably a better way to describe my symptoms. Also ocasional dull ache in my testicles. I was really hoping the these meds would help but nothing yet.
Thoughts???
A urinalysis might pick up some bacteria or it might not. Doubt a STD but I would wait on the scope. If things get better then no reason to have it done. If things are not better ask for some STD testing 1st.