Dear Doctor,
My symptoms are frequent urination during day only, not at night.
An ultra sound showed no enlargement of my prostate.
My Urologist diagnosed me as having a corynebacteria.
The bacteria was found in a semen test I gave.
I treated this with CIPRO, a dosage of 2 x 500 mg per day for 6 weeks.
After a recent semen test I am pleased to say, I am cured of the Corynebacteria but now enterococci has appeared in my semen and I have been prescribed 5 weeks of AUGMENTIN, dosage = 2 x 1000 mg per day. 2 grams a day!! I still have frequent urination, day only.
Would you be so kind as to answer some questions for me as I don't understand and have no one to ask.
Is enterrococci a common bacteria found in semen?
Is it necessary to treat this enterococci bacteria?
What will happen if I decide not to treat this bacteria with antibiotics?
Can this be treated with alternative medicine?
I'd appreciate any information you my have or know about how this bacteria gets into the prostate gland?
Is this a usual dosage of AUGMENTIN?
Is taking Augmentin for 5 weeks likely to cause other problems?
Is it safe to have intercourse? I mean, can this enterococci be passed to my wife and then ping pong?
Can you give me an idea of where this enterococci bacteria could have come from?
What are the chances of this Enterococci recurring?
My urologist "THINKS" this frequency is caused by the enterococci, therefore suggests the treatment of Augmentin but he is not saying I MUST definitely take the treatment. Can I assume this is not that serious?
I still don't know how this bacteria got into my prostate gland and how dangerous it actually is, can you tell me?
Last year I had a stomach upset and Blastocystis Hominus was found, could there be a connection?
I made a sperm count test & results were bad, lower than 2%. My Urologist also said this COULD be due to the bacteria (& bacteria COULD be reason frequency, I wish he'd make up his mind) and expects the count to normalise after Augmentin treatment, I hope he's right.
Finally, my urologist said "if we want children, then treat the enterococci, otherwise don