Hello everyone on this forum/community!
First of all, I would like to
thank the administrator for creating this website and this forum so it can bring together people with all our similiar problems, looking for guidance/help, advice and whatever is needed in this horrible disease.
Next I would like to talk about myself, and my story. I want to keep it short and brief, so everyone can understand the situation. And I am asking
you guys for help, since I know you have a lot of experience and knowledge in this matter.
I want to start clarifying, that I have been to
several doctors, I have tried seeking help in the
medical care, but as many with this disease they just nodes their head and say i'm healthy and turn me away.
So far the amount of doctors I have visited is:
3The urology/specialist department where I live is really small/poor, so there's not much more I can do/visit. The queues is really long (waiting time until you see a specialist) and up to between 3-6 months waiting time. (minimum 3 months)
My next appointment will be in:
April, 2016.I have asked them if it could be Prostatitis that I have, since I want to get a proper diagnos of my problem, but they nod their heads and doesn't even know what that is. That's how poor knowledge they have where I live.
So up to the facts that
I have done, since I can't get a Prostatitis diagnos from my doctors.
I have been tested for:
Chlamydia -
NegativeGonorrhea -
NegativeMycoplasma -
NegativeUreaplasma -
NegativeUnspecified Uretrit -
Positive (1st doctor)
I've been asked to get tested for Trichomonias to all my 3 doctors, but they have declined this and said it was not possible to do a test for trichomonias bacteria.
Trichomonias -
Unknown (asked to get tested for it, but all doctors have said it's not possible to take test for this)
My symptoms started back in
October, 2015. I've had this symptoms now for
5 months, almost 6 months. It started appearing after having unprotected vaginal sex with a girl, of Asian (Thailand) origin.
My symptoms are as followed:
- Constant pain while I'm awake (doesn't come and go)
- Pain on my penis glans
- Pain on top of penis glans, near the urethra
- Red, irritated, burning/sharp pain on the penis glans (also near urethra)
- Pain during masturbating (penis glans pain)
- Pain after ejaculation (also on glans)
- Discomfort when urinating
- Hard time to empty my bladder or have a strong pee
- If I pull down my foreskin on the glans after I pee:d, it keeps coming more pee (just drops) and I may have to repeat this process several times (10-15 times) and wipe it off with paper before it stops coming more pee from the urethra.
- Pain inside my urethra (right near the tip of the glans)
- Pain in my testicles (both testicles - like extreme pain)
- After erection/ejaculation, my penis glans can be severely irritated/red (visible), and the skin on penis glans can begin to crack (extremely painful) and even skin on the glans is able to "pull off" from it. (bleeding on glans afterwards)
- Sometimes pain in my abdomen, that come and go, like a knife stabs you at the spot where I get the pain.
The pain level of my penis glans/urethra/testicles of a level 1 to 10, would be over 10. (between 12-15), Yes' it's more then bareable/standable. I can't walk or stand up for more then 20 minutes before I have to sit down. When I do sit down I have to constantly move my legs (either up and down or shake them left to right to distract the pain) and when I lay down I have to crawl into a foster position (baby) to reduce the pain. (even when i'm going to sleep)
The best way to describe the pain in my testicles, would be like having small tiny glass splitters inside them cutting, with a occassional mix of a chilling/freezing feeling, aswell as feeling similiar to my penis glans/urethra, but add in like they poured acid on it/inside it aswell.
These are a few symptoms that I
Do Not experience (that I read is typical for Prostatitis):
- Feeling a urge to urinate often
- Wake up during nights just to go to pee (however I do wake up frequently and get little sleep because of the pain I wake up too)
- Any pain in my prostate (but this could be hard to tell, due to the heavy pain I feel mentioned above)
- Pain after urinating
My First Doctor Visit: Located and gave me
Positive for Unspecified Uretrit.
My Second Doctor Visit:Tested me, in additional to the STDs I mentioned above, this doctor also did a test that showed
Positive for
Enterrococcus Faecalis and
Candida Fungus.
He performed 2 type of tests on me, a urine test that showed all Negative (from the STDs), and then he did an other test where he inserted his finger in my rectum touching my prostate, than afterward took a little small instrument on my urethra and that test showed positive for Enterococcus Faecalis and Candida.
My Third Doctor Visit:Didn't take me serious and said it was all imaginary in my head, and sent me home again shortly after.
Note: This was three different doctors.
What medicines I have taken:- Doxycycline (Got after my first doctor visit) - 10 days
- Amoxicillin (Got after my second doctor visit) - 10 days
- Metronidazole - 7 days
- Fluconazole (pills)
- Clotrimazole (cream)
- Miconazole + hydrocortisone (cream)
- Econazole (cream)
- Drinking Cranberry Juice (While this isn't a medicine, I read it was good for UTI and Prostatitis) But this havn't helped me / made any difference to my symptoms.
None of the above have cured me, or got rid of my symptoms.
All the creams applied just made it even worse, and even more painful. The Fluconazole pills does nothing.
I didn't notice any different while taking Metronidazole.
Doxycycline may have improved the symptoms a tiny bit, by 5-10%, but quickly went back to ordinary pain after the end of course.
Amoxicillin may have improved the symptoms a tiny bit, by 5-10%, but quickly also went back to ordinary pain after the end of course.
(or even worse, which is hard to tell because the pain have escalated from October up to today)
In beginning October I only felt the pain on my penis glans.
In November, I started feeling pain inside my urethra.
In December, the pain in testicles begin.
In January, the testicles and penis pain got worse.
In February (now) the pain is even worse and more severe then in January.
I took Doxycycline in December, Amoxicillin in January, and Metronidazole in February (beginning).
The cream oitments I have tried between a period of December-February. The Fluconazole pill between end of December - February.
I will add a explanation picture of the penis glans (not mine but taken from Google) from a healthy looking penis glans. (pink/purple color)
And draw red markings/areas where my pain /inflammation/infection/irritation/red is.
http://i.imgur.com/iKX8LPm.jpg?1
Since all my 3 visits to different doctors, they told me I can safely have sex (yes unprotected sex!) and that I am not carrying any sexual transmitted disease.
Obviously I can't have sex because of my pain even if I wanted to.
I have avoided any sexual contact with a partner for the months I've been carrying/had this. (I am heterosexual male)
My questions I wanna know is...
Q: Could this be prostatitis?
Q: Could prostatitis cause symptoms of what I explained with my penis glans?
Also share other inputs/thoughts of my condition, if you have. I will read everything you say.
Will add this to bookmark aswell so I can follow it up and let you guys know how I progress.