Saw my doctor because terrible irritation in penis tip, sore testicles and having to urinate all night. No burning when I pee or discharge but significant pain at tip. Doctor did first catch urine test; neg for leuk & nitrates, said it could be prostatis so he gave me 7 days of Cipro. Had a minor surgery a few days later so did not take it. The next week it got even worse, so went to urologist. Same symptoms but worse. Dr. asked if it could be std, I told him I doubt it...
Now 5-6 days into medication cipro seems to be helping a bit. I tried masturbation today to test the waters and now I feel worse. I really don't feel it as much the moment I wake up in the morning and it seems to be more noticeable as day progresses.
My Questions:
1. Since this was a high risk encounter, should I be retested for above STDs?
2. Does this sound like Prostatitis? Or what could it be?
2a. I heard prostatitis is hard to cure is that true?
I visited my family doctor who did a simple test for blood in the urine, which was positive. He diagnosed prostatitis and prescribed 2 weeks of cipro. I tried it for two days but experienced anxiety and insomnia, although I must say by the second day the urinary symptoms were completely gone. But the insomnia was miserable so I called my doctor to ask if there was anything I could do for the side effects, so he switched me to 3 wks of doxycycline, which I started taking immediately.
As your doctor said, the azithromycin may have been a precaution, nothing more. In fact, four weeks of cipro is good therapy for prostatitis but not recommended for STDs (not effective against some, overkill for others).
While there has been concern about STDs as a cause of prostatitis, the fact is that this is, at most, uncommon. Other bacteria, from the urinary tract or systemically are more likely to cause this problem.
Dr. - Wanted to follow up again. Went to see my doctor again with my concerns. He still was pretty sure all of this was due to prostatitis, and indicated that any testing would possibly show false negatives due to the Cipro I have been taking. Nonetheless, I think to assuage my fears, he prescribed one dose of 2g azithromycin, and indicated that on top of the 1g daily Cipro I am taking for 28 days (for the prostatitis), I shouldn't have anything to worry about. Any thoughts?
Took a 4-5 day break due to travel and soon the urination issue reappeared (frequent urination and burning sensation at the tip of penis). Had to continue Doxy for about 2 more weeks and Cipro for 5 days. Now I dont have any issue in terms of urination etc.
My concern is that there is lack of sleep and it has been quite some time I slept well. Not sure why? Did have night sweats once or twice but mostly due to blankets (it was not drenching sweat but little).
I looked up ureaplasma and mycoplasma as common causes of urethritis and prostatitis, but the doctor told me that cipro would have killed those bacterias, especially 34 days of cipro. I tried looking it up on the internet but I cant find anything that says cipro is used to treat ureaplasma and mycoplasma.
What else can I do? I am tired of going to all these doctors and nobody being able to tell me what i have. Is there a test that i should take?
he gave me cipro but I asked for levequin for 30 more days. Urologist wants to do a biopsy, a cat scan and a cystoscopy.
I hesitate to have these tests if the psa comes down , if it doesn't then I would have them.
I asked him about a psa3 and he said he doesn't rely on those.I am 55 with no other history.
5 last June (tested one month after a course of cipro for unrelated inflammation of jpouch) to 8.8 a week ago (tested 18 days after a week of trimethoprim for a suspected urine infection, no bacteria present but white blood cells). He has urgency to urinate, weak flow which can stop and start. Dribbling and one episode of complete incontinence when caught out with no toilet near. Consultant has given him 2 weeks cipro and will retest PSA in about 4 to 6 weeks time. Says prostatitis is likely?
I have a history of prostatitis back in April of 2016 which I took care of with a month worth of Cipro 500mgx2 a day. Early this June,I started having discomfort and an urge to urinate after sexual intercourse with female unprotected (I'm uncircumcised if worth noting) starting the day after and suddenly went away. I blamed my symptoms on the alcohol on the account that I had been drinking heavy the night before.
So I went to the doctor and did a urine test which was negative for bacteria. So I was given 10 days of cipro. I took the cipro as indicated and still was not better, also started having testicle pain, pelvic pain, lower back pain perineal pain, and abdominal pain, also felt like prostate was inflamed. I had no discharge and did not burn when urinating. I went back to the doctor and was told I had prostatitis. Psa was normal and dre was normal.
Slight indication of infection/soreness at incisor site prior to cipro. Docs not back till tomorrow, do I not ingest todays dosage?
Which type of Prostatitis do you have? The duration of antibiotic therapy depends upon the type of prostatitis; for acute it may be for few weeks, chronic is for 6-12 weeks. You can discuss with your doctor about other antibiotics such as doxycycline, sulfa drugs or ofloxacin.
You can also discuss with your doctor about non antibiotic treatment such as pain killers, alpha blockers, physical therapy etc.
Also increasing hydration (by drinking more water) and avoiding alchhol can also help.
If your partner is taking Cipro, then getting him tested won't help much, as it will most likely be negative anyway. Instead, YOU should be tested. Yes, there is a very good chance that his prostatitis is due to a STD, given this set of circumstances. And if you still have something and don't receive treatment, you will only reinfect him.
The majority of females with bacterial STDs have no symptoms.
Your urologist is mistaken, or you misunderstood. Chlamydia rarely if ever causes prostatitis. Cipro is commonly given for prostatitis, but is not ideal against chlamydia. Don't get your hopes up that ANY antibiotic will have any benefit; see my original reply.
Don't take Cipro!! It can really mess you up! I was on 6 week course of it for prostatitis and it really messed my nerves up. insomnia, anxiety, and numbness in my hands and feet...
Please help me understand what I'm going. I have chronic Prostatitis for a year accompanied by joint pain in my right hand. I don't think any of the medications worked given by my urologists. The doctors did ask me to take the complete STD panel, and all the reports came out clean.
When I searched in the internet for Prostatitis and joint pain, it came up saying it could be Reiter's Syndrome. I am not sure is that the one causing the pain.
After two days of treatment, I developed side effects to the Cipro (muscle and joint pain). I was taken off the Cipro and was put on Augmentin (twice a day) for 21 days, which I began taking today. My urologist advised me that if the Augmentin does not work, then there is not a whole lot he can do to improve my condition given that there are no other antibiotics that could be helpful. I just got a PSA done, and I am awaiting the results.
A few days later I started to have a tingling sensation, like I had to pee, so I went to an urgent care and they gave me Cipro for prostatitis. I had an STD screen three days into my Cipro cycle and it came back negative. I completed the 10 day cycle of Cipro, had a 7 day cycle of Doxocycline due to symptoms persisting, and then had another test done 4 days after the completion of Doxocycline. All tests were negative.
I am currently back on Cipro after seeing a urologist.
Anyways he called in a perscription for 500 mg of Cipro for twice a day for 10 days. I have taken the pill for 5 days now and haven't had any real improvement. I could say the burning after unrinating is less frequent but my testicles have been aching all day for the last 10 days. The only thing that helps is Advil and I don't want to continue popping them everyday. So my question is does it take this long for the Cipro to work. What happens if after 10 days nothing has improved.
of that gland, and the test performed on the secreted fluid (growing the the culture [if there] on an agar plate), would be the definitive gold standard for bacterial prostatitis identification of required antibiotic.
Should I just accept this is coincidental prostatitis and push through the side effects of the cipro? I feel like I should get tested for everything now. Will the cipro result in false negatives for any of the above?
It always feels like there is something in my urethra. Pressure when urinating, but irritation all the time and pain at the tip.
It did not work and I took ceftriaxone and azithromycin which appeared to get rid of the GC, but I still had lingering symptoms (prostatitis)
I returned to the US and I was tested negative for G/C. My doc put me on Cipro for 2 weeks for prostatitis and urged me to wait and see, so I will give it a try. I will let you know how it goes.
My situation is exactly like slwes9's and most of the other guys on this thread...http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Chlamydia--Prostatitis/show/338143
I had a risky encounter in late april, started feeling symptoms in mid-late may (slight clear discharge, urethra itching, frequent urination). In June I felt pain in the perenium/rectum and I finally went to see a dr. I had taken flagyl thinking I probably had trick......but when I didn't get better, I went in to see the dr.
My urine test was negative for any bacteria. Put me on cipro for a month. During cipro the pain in the tip of my penis was gone but I always maintained that low grade lower abdominal pain. After the cipro within two days the pain got worse. So now he has me on septra. I've been on it for a few days but i still have that low grade abdominal pain some frequency and altered sensation at the tip of my penis.
what should i do?
” I’m not sure what that meant but he said I had prostatitis and gave me a 10 day cycle of cipro. The cipro took away all the symptoms in about 4 days. On the fifth day, I went back to the urologist for a cystoscopy to make sure the bladder was OK, which it was. I told him the cipro worked and he gave me 10 more days to be sure. After the 20 days, I felt good. About 3 days later, I had a day where I felt like it was coming back but it didn’t.
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