Could this be Chronic/Acute Prostatitis?
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Hello guys, 39 year male here. The last few weeks I've been having problems, and have been in and out of the GP's office for what I believed to be a colorectal issue. I feel like theres a buildup of pressure in my rectum, almost constantly all day, only to be relieved with hot water and sitz baths. I have also had a bit of anal pain, but equally was dealing with piles. so I think that's the angle of attack the GP has gone for. He has requested referral to a Colo-rectal consultant.
The thing is, whilst this issue has been going on, and giving me a constant dragging feeling, I've noticed a few more symptoms creep up. The first is that my penis feels numb, and when I need to go to urinate, I have to get there fairly quickly. I attributed this to drinking too much water and the numbness coming from too much hot water. Also, I decided to have a bit of "self relief 😃 " and I had a real bad burning sensation during and after ejaculation. I need to wee quite a few times in the evening, but don't have pain whilst doing so.
Anybody had similar symptoms or am I just adding 2+2 to get 5!?
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Smickers
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It seems my symptoms are starting to creep back in despite 4 days of antibiotics reducing them.
Has anybody experienced this? Just wondering whether to continue with them or seek alternative antibiotics. I have also reduced the amount of ibuprofen but cant see that bringing symptoms. Such a shame!
uncklefester Smickers
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I think my prostatitis was cured when I had a urinary tract infection. I was antibiotics (Bactrim) for 10 days then convinced my GP to give me another 10 days worth. I think it cured me since I have done very well since then.
timothy81571 Smickers
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When I had prostatitis a year ago, I was prescribed Cipro for 30 days. Prior to the Cipro, I was on Bactrim for 5 days thinking it was a UTi. It did nothing for the prostatitis.
dcooperxyz Smickers
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its rare that ABs work at all for prostatitis but if they do you will need 30 days at least as the prostate is difficult for them to get to.
AC10965 Smickers
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Prostatitis can be triggered by an STD as well.
Have you evaluated your recent sexual history?
Smickers AC10965
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I've been married for 11 years so I'm not sure if that is the cause. I've come off antibiotics as I've been getting bad stomach cramps .
Smickers
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So...I've started to feel the symptoms creep up again. I ended up taking 2 weeks of trimephoprim in January which seemed to sort it. I also had a colonoscopy, MRI and ultrasound with nothing unusual found.
I'm wondering if its worth going to the docs to get on the antibiotics to nip it before it gets worse. Will I need a different antibiotic?