Penile pain, burning and itching genitals

[confused1234]

I am a 28 year old male. The symptoms I am about to describe began suddenly around August 2005. At first they were chronic; lasting all the time for about 2 weeks, after which I would be symptom free for a month or so. Gradually over time, the period in which I sufferred the symptoms lengthened and the period for which I was symptom free shortnened, to the point where I would say for the last 9 months I have sufferred these symptoms 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

My groin area constantly feels "clammy" and sticky, much like you might feel after a long run. My genitals are constantly itchy in various places on my penis, testicles and pubic area. When I sit down, I experience a burning / prickling feeling in my groin, buttocks and thighs. The feeling is constant but is not generally felt when standing up or lying down. Minimal alleviation from the burning feeling is gained if I sit on a donut shaped cushion, but it does not help much. I also experience sharp stabbing pains in my penis from time to time, which was in fact the very first symptom I felt when this all started happening.

More recently now I do not seem to have the same pressure when urinating and I can't seem to squeeze everything out like I used to. No matter how much I shake afterwards, a little more urine always seems to drip into my pants afterwards.

I saw a urologist very early on in the picture; he performed a cystoscopy and prostatic massage which did not show any abnormal results, however it was likely that when he performed this it was in between times where I was sufferring symptoms. I also took a couple of courses of Ciprofloxacin which did not help at all. I have also been checked, re-checked and cleared on any STDs. I should also mention that there are no visual symptoms; sores or rash etc.

I have seen a neurologist who has tested me to the limits of his field of expertise, including MRI, nerve conduction studies, a lumbar puncture and various blood tests. He was unable to find a neurological reason for my symptoms.

I am now going to seek a second opinion from a urologist given the progression of my symptoms over time. In the mean time, if anyone can relate to these symptoms and offer some kind of advice or guidance that would be much appreciated. I am sufferring from this 24 hours a day 7 days a week and it is destroying my quality of life. The most frustrating thing is that as yet no one has been able to give me a definitive diagnosis of what this is.

Please help

[penisitch85]

i too have a similar symptoms, very itchy and becomes painful if i masturbate  . I am am virgin. I know how it started when I was in boarding school, we used to use common bathrooms , I used to touch my penis(foreskin out) to walls for fun. suddenly one day i got it.  It was in a third world country, the doctors are useless. So i have to suffer with this for years. I had rashes when i initially got it but local doctor gave me clotriomozole this gave me some comfort, over the years the rashes went away, but the itch and pain are still there. Finally i ended up in US. I showed it to a dermatologist. He said it's an inflammation and gave me desodine. This made my life worse started getting pelvic, abdomen and back pain. So I decided to go to big hospital, they said these pain and penis abrasion are unrelated and started treating me. Ran through all the tests and found nothing. As usual my final stop is neurologist whom I may be seeing in while.  My urologist says he doesn't know what I have and my dermatologist gives me anti depressant medicine. I am not sure If am not expressing them correctly or I got the weird thing in the world. I am going change my primary care physician and going to beg new one believe my story and try to treat me in that lines.   This is one of the top hospitals/universities in the world. So I am losing the hope slowly and may have to live virgin for rest of my life or sometimes i feel there is no point in continuing. worst part of this whole thing is u have act normal as u can't say and no one understands what r u going through.

[Jsull]

Hey JJ310, I never found out through testing but I am 99% sure it is a fungal infection. Do not listen to doctors if you think it is a fungal infection. For whatever reason they pretend it doesn't happen unless you are immunocompromised. I don't know if it's because all the antibiotics they prescribe cause some of the infections or because it's not in their literature, but they will tell you it does not happen to healthy people and they are wrong. I spent a lot of money and was treated like I was an idiot by most of them. All I can say is if you think it is some type of fungus, stay on the diet, try Threelac or anything antifungal and see if it works for you. You could try getting Diflucan or something similar from a doctor but I wouldn't put a lot of stock in anything they have to say. I saw about ten doctors and only 2 of them said it could be a fungal infection and only one prescribed me Diflucan. I am 90% better after three years and feel like I am very close to being 100%.

[JJ310]

Thanks what I'm thinking too man but my doctor said that candida (fungal infection) can only produce those symptoms in immune compromised people. Did you ever find out for sure if it was fungal through testing?

[JJ310]

Hey man. I definitely have folliculitis on my inner legs near the knees almost every week!. Look at my post history to see other symptoms. Gonna go to my 2nd urologist in a year and a half next week :(

[larry123456]

Yep, I was told continually it didn't sound at all like herpes.  I also have had 14 negative blood tests and nothing really typical until almost a year after exposure.  But I had a positive hsv1 culture.  It doesn't sound far fetched to me when I consider my symptoms and result.

[jambo91]

But, its also fair to say everyone who has these symptoms show negative for  herpes when having a blood test done. yes it could be some weird condition where some people are affected in this way but to show negative for blood tests, no visual symptoms and the unusual symptom for herpes of continual burning seems pretty far fetched. Especially when every medical practioner we have all seen have said categorically its not herpes.
Yes, it does seem no virgins have this problem. It also seems that no one in long term loving relationships have these symptoms. Nearly every poster on this matter begins with 'i had sex with someone shady/call girl/not my wife' Which make me feel that it is anxiety based due to this worry about what we did.
I have started to feel much better the less i think about it and the more I focus on other stuff and stoop continually thinking its herpes.
I am still worried and still puzzled how it can cause this and last for so long...I also believe if it was herpes, the original posters would be back saying 'I told you so, I knew i had something and everyone said i was mad' (I know i would!) The fact they have disappeared makes me think it gradually went away.