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Prostititis never ends

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ray63269
ray63269

I had prostatitis last year and it was dreadful. I had every symptom there was . It lasted ages and had all sorts of tests including camera down penis twice. All came back clear but they said I had prostititis but antibiotics didn't help much. Eventually it went and now this year it's back . Burning urine on and off . Terrible pubic area pain . Lower back and hip pain and testicular and groin too . Is it normal to come back like this

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  • keith42667
    keith42667 ray63269

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    When I was diagnosed with prostatitis my GP told me that it was basicly a Urinary Tract Infection in males.  He said that UTIs are typically a female problem due to the short length of the urethra in women, but that when men get one it usually centers in the prostate; thus prostatitis.  It took two rounds of two different antibiotics to get rid of mine.  The symptoms I was having I'm sure were made worse by urinary retention.  My doctor didn't seem to know enough about it to put 2 X 2 together and figure out how much urine I was retaining after squeezing out about 40 ml.  I began doing cic and for the last 10 months the symptomatic UTIs have not been there.  I really beleive, as others have said here, that retaining a significant amount of urine and never fully emptying your bladder (like can be done with cic) causes UTIs in men.  

    • ray63269
      ray63269 keith42667

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      Hi Keith what is cic . The pills I'm on at the moment are oflaxilin . They seem to add to the problems . I get cramps and lower stomach pain since taking them so along with the prostatitis pain it's not nice . I have to have a angiogram tomorrow morning and am worried how I'm going to cope as my stomach is always very upset in the morning with these pills

    • keith42667
      keith42667

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      cic is clean intermittent catheterization.  Modern engineering has provided one use, simple to use, sterile catheters that one can use and throw away.  Once you get practiced at it (it only took me about a week) its not much more difficult to do than brushing your teeth.  It still bothers me a little to stick something up my penis but the releif ensuing from this procedure is worth it.  
  • Self-help
    Self-help ray63269

    Posted

    Read my previous two posts on Yoga Balasana.

    Once you have Prostititis, pelvic muscles maintenance is part of the long-term solution.

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