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Chlamydia and eye infection despite low risk?
Dear Dr.
About 7 months ago I had protected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex with two unknown women in the space of a week. About 3 months later I developed genital symptoms including burning urination, a feeling of irriation inside the urethra, occasional penile pain, and (twice) noticeable clear and viscous discharge. I went to a STD clinic and the physician was dubious about me having caught anything but gave me a swab test for Chlamydia (negative) and sent urine for testing for Gon. And Chlam – both came back Negative. He prescribed antibiotics for possible other infections and the symptoms cleared up – but came back as soon as I stopped. Since then I had protected sex (and Unprotected oral) with someone I met out of town, and the symptoms have continued to persist. There have also been definite instances of clear to milky discharge three times in the last couple of months .
Also – both my wife and I developed symptoms similar to pink-eye in the last week or so in both eyes.
I am concerned – I understand that the risk was low but the symptoms and coincidences are real.
Could this be something other than Chlamydia? (such as prostatitis, or a nonspecific NGU)?
thanks
PS. The doctor at the clinic said that I had high protein levels in my urine.
About 7 months ago I had protected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex with two unknown women in the space of a week. About 3 months later I developed genital symptoms including burning urination, a feeling of irriation inside the urethra, occasional penile pain, and (twice) noticeable clear and viscous discharge. I went to a STD clinic and the physician was dubious about me having caught anything but gave me a swab test for Chlamydia (negative) and sent urine for testing for Gon. And Chlam – both came back Negative. He prescribed antibiotics for possible other infections and the symptoms cleared up – but came back as soon as I stopped. Since then I had protected sex (and Unprotected oral) with someone I met out of town, and the symptoms have continued to persist. There have also been definite instances of clear to milky discharge three times in the last couple of months .
Also – both my wife and I developed symptoms similar to pink-eye in the last week or so in both eyes.
I am concerned – I understand that the risk was low but the symptoms and coincidences are real.
Could this be something other than Chlamydia? (such as prostatitis, or a nonspecific NGU)?
thanks
PS. The doctor at the clinic said that I had high protein levels in my urine.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Whatever is going on, you can be sure it isn't chlamydia or gonorrhea, and definitely not related in any way to your sexual exposure 7 months earlier. Discharge of fluid with bowel movements is fairly common; most likely just normal prostate gland secretions. (Defecation can massage the prostate and express fluid. It doesn't usually mean an infection.) You might have allergy or a respiratory viral infection, the usual cause of pink-eye.
The chlamydia tests are accurate; and most likely the antibiotics would have covered chlamydia, in the slight chance the test missed it. There might be a slight chance of nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), but that also would respond to most antibiotics that your doctor might have prescirbed.
These things are obviously no more than coincidence. Millions and millions of people have new sexual exposures from time to time, millions have prostate symptoms, and millions more get viral respiratory infections. It stands to reason that all those things often happen within a few months of each other. It doesn't mean one caused the other.
You need to follow up with your own provider, both about your symptoms and the protein in your urine. Follow his or her advice. You can be sure you have no STD, and no other infection from your sexual indiscretion. There is no important risk to your health or your wife's health.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
The chlamydia tests are accurate; and most likely the antibiotics would have covered chlamydia, in the slight chance the test missed it. There might be a slight chance of nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), but that also would respond to most antibiotics that your doctor might have prescirbed.
These things are obviously no more than coincidence. Millions and millions of people have new sexual exposures from time to time, millions have prostate symptoms, and millions more get viral respiratory infections. It stands to reason that all those things often happen within a few months of each other. It doesn't mean one caused the other.
You need to follow up with your own provider, both about your symptoms and the protein in your urine. Follow his or her advice. You can be sure you have no STD, and no other infection from your sexual indiscretion. There is no important risk to your health or your wife's health.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Two things I forgot to mention:
1. My son has not complained about any eye problems.
2. The penis discharges seem to occur after bowel movements.
1. My son has not complained about any eye problems.
2. The penis discharges seem to occur after bowel movements.
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