Antibiotic Resistant Prostatits

Good Evening.

Approx. 3 months ago, I had an ear infection that was treated with antibiotics, i.e. Co-Amoxicillin 625mg ( 500 mg Amoxicillin; 125mg clavulanic acid). Almost as soon as the ear infection was over, problems with the prostate started. I started experiencing discomfort in my scrotum, similar to a very cold feeling that would get the scrotum to contract, even at normal temperatures.

Within days of these first symptoms, the discomfort had turned into pain : pardon the colorful expression, but it felt like I had a tennis ball up in my anus. I went to the ER were a doctor performed a digital examination that was not particularly painful, i.e. no releases of pus. According to him, there was no indication of a grave infection.

I was prescribed 100 mg of doxycycline twice a day for 10 days.

The cure was successful in removing the pain and the symptoms. However, they appeared again almost as soon as I finished the course of antibiotics. In addition, I started experiencing new symptoms like a rash on the tip of my penis - treated with a Clotrimazole-based creme.

Blood and/or urine analysis revealed no infections like HIV or STDs.

A subsequent analysis of the sperm revealed the presence of two strains of Streptococcus (Sanguinis and Spp.), the former in excess of 10x6th power UFC/ml. Traces of Enterobacterie spp. where identified. This was accompanied by an analysis to the resistance to the antibiotics. The only resistance was to tetracycline.

Following these exams, I was prescribed Co-Amoxicillin 625mg ( 500 mg Amoxicillin; 125mg clavulanic acid; 2 times a day for 10 days, plus Esomeprazole; 40mg; once a day for 14 days.

Also in this case, as soon as the antibiotic therapy was over, the symptoms reappeared, this time located more on the area of the perineum. I also noted a sensation similar to nerve pain, with pain radiating from the perineum up to the hands and the legs.

I am currently waiting on a second battery of exam performed on the sperm but I am seriously concerned about the overall length of the infection - approx. 3 months - and the long-term consequences to my health, both in terms of prostate, as well as the enormous quantity of antibiotics I have been taking in the past 3 months.

**Any suggestions ref. the possible origin of the infection and - more importantly - ref. the diagnosis, would be very much appreciated. **

I wish to add to this the following facts:

• I am Caucasian; age between 30 and 40; overweight; normally very healthy. The original ear infection has been the first time I have taken antibiotics in years.

• Around the same time I was diagnosed with the ear infection, my wife had the same problem. Also, her helicobacter pylori resurfaced after years of absence.

I am inclined to think there is a more systemic cause to these infections, given that they are in all cases bacterial, and they seem to be affecting both myself and my wife, around the same time, and in some cases, even in the same organs.

Thank you.

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