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Redness around Meatus

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Herodot
Herodot

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Hello, I have redness around my meatus and maybe some of you could help me understand what it is. So I was diagnosed with acute prostatitis and prescribed antibiotics. I was using them and then this redness appeared. First it appeared with red little dots around my glans but I was using probiotics so they disappeared. But this redness around my meatus is still here for like three months now. It is not always red. Sometimes it turns into light red or even pink colour. Two urologist checked it and said that it looks normal to them but it doesn't to me. I am guessing it could be balanitis, yeast infection or maybe candida. I don't really have any symptoms with this redness. Only thing that I still suffer from is frequent urination but my urologist said that it is common after prostatitis. I have been cleared from prostatitis for like a month now. Could frequent urination be connected with this redness?

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  • noah1836
    noah1836 Herodot

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    Hey Mate, i'm suffering from this too. Have the exact same Symptoms.Red meatus/tip of penis. Coffee/caffine seems to irritate my bowel which causes the urge to urinate.

    I'm 3 months in with no answers from Doctors or Urologists

    • noah1836
      noah1836

      Edited

      mine happened after receiving oral sex. when did yours start? and have you had std tests done?

    • Herodot
      Herodot noah1836

      Posted

      No I am not sexually active, so my urologist said that we can rule out sexually transmitted diseases. I heard that antibiotics can weaken your immune system and cause overgrowth of candida that can lead to balanitis. So I am thinking it could be that but I am not sure. I had been prescribed Fluconazole by my first urologist but I am yet to take it because my current urologist said that it looks normal to him, so I don't know what to do.

    • noah1836
      noah1836 Herodot

      Edited

      Interesting, i also have the strong urge to urinate especially after drinking coffee. I was also getting stomach pains

    • Herodot
      Herodot noah1836

      Posted

      Same, I had severe abdomen pain when I had acute prostatitis. It seems that it has disappeared since I was cleared, although I still have some aches from time to time. The most annoying thing is that I still have to think about urinating all the time because don't feel any relief after I pee. I am leaning towards taking Fluconazole because I tried a lot of different home remedies but it didn't help.

    • noah1836
      noah1836 Herodot

      Posted

      How did they diagnose your acute prostatitis? What tests?

    • Herodot
      Herodot noah1836

      Posted

      Urine crop and sperm crop, they grew out the bacteria and checked abdomen area with echoscope. Digital rectal check also.

    • lloyd8609
      lloyd8609 noah1836

      Posted

      im having the same problem im only 18 have you found a solution for this

  • steven14859
    steven14859 Herodot

    Posted

    Having the same issue, been about 6 months in and out of doctors without a real answer. Have you any update?

    • Herodot
      Herodot steven14859

      Posted

      Still having the same problems, nothing seems to be helping. In the last 2 months I have visited urologist 5 times and he can't give me a good answer why this problem is still here. I had to retest myself again but no bacteria was found. I also had my urinary tract checked again and it is also all good, got checked for diabetes, for urine ph, creatine levels all of them are good. I am just frustrated because I have that redness and a bump on my meatus but all he is talking about is my prostate that was affected by inflammation in the past. He is saying that I have that urge to urinate from it but I don't understand why then I have that redness on my meatus. I haven't done any STD tests because I was not sexually active before all of this started.

  • ben55917
    ben55917 Herodot

    Posted

    hi mateany update?

    have exactly the same tip as you for the last 2 months..

    • Herodot
      Herodot ben55917

      Posted

      So I went to another clinic to check for 10 different STDs and the answer came back negative. I have no idea what it is and what it could be anymore. I am still having the same problems and it's been 8 months already.

    • ben55917
      ben55917 Herodot

      Posted

      thanks for replying i really appreciate it.

      this is horrible,in just worried its something more serious and that it will get worse with time...

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