Weird Irritation of the Urethra

Hey guys, not much to update here.  Still having same symptoms.  Some days I feel great and feel like I'm getting better, but some days the burning, urge to urinate, and painful urination come back.  I've been doing lots of research on this.  Here is my theory for what is going on with us.  I think that the normal bacteria and flora from the girls mouths that gave us oral has irritated our urinary tract.  I think our bodies are clearing it mostly, but it is giving us prostatitis and the prostatitis is lingering and causing the lingering symptoms.  Do some searching on prostatitis and it sounds like exactly what we have.  Sometimes the prostate can feel normal, but still cause the symptoms were having.  Pain in the prostate can cause referred pain anywhere along the urethra.  Also, as it becomes inflamed, it can cause dribbling of urine which leaves extra urine in the urethra which causes inflamation.  Also, the anxiety and worry we have from this can inflame the prostate even more and keep the problems going.   Also, look up the wikipedia site on chronic prostatitis.  The outcome doesn't sound good since a lot of guys have recurring problems, but I think this is what is going on.  The good news though is that I don't think it's some new std virus or something.  I don't know.  What do you guys think?

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I floated that exact theory to one of my urologists cause I thought and still kind of think the same thing. He did a prostate check and said mine felt normal but when I see him next in 2 weeks he's going to massage the prostate and then culture that. Not sure if youve had that done yet but it might be worth it.

It'd just be nice to have something solid diagnosed because almost this exact same thing happened to me back in 2011. Same exact symptoms but since I had to go back to Iraq there wasn't much I could do. I'd gotten tested for everything then and was extremely stressed out about it. Once I stopped thinking about it it kinda went away on its own.

I had my prostate checked last week by a primary care doctor and she said everything was ok. I'll be getting a second opinion from the urologist soon because she didn't seem too knowledgeable about prostitis or Epidytimitis. She googled it right in front of me. Not very reassuring. I am going to do my research on prostitis though. Thanks for the link

How long did it last for when you had it back in 2011? And did it start the same way like as in unprotected sex or oral?

It lasted for maybe a month to a month and a half. It occurred after unprotected vaginal/oral sex with my long time girlfriend. I was panicked and got a whole series of tests done before I returned to Iraq and all came back negative. 

I get tested regularly, even when I'm not sexually active, just because I've become a low-grade hypochondriac after that instance in 2011. I've come up clean every time.

Ok that's good she's working with you, that could be the key to you and all of us getting our problems solved.. What did you mean when you said you catastrophize? I don't believe I've ever taken an anti-inflammatory besides Aleve which did nothing. Is it the same thing?

I thought men can't test for HPV? That's what I've been told

Also what does a cystoscopy rule out?

I had a doctor say my prostate felt normal too, he did the massage and cultured that several times over the months.. All which came back negative.

Reading up on prostatitis, many times the prostate can still feel normal when massaged with prostatitis. Also, if our prostatitis is caused by normal mouth bacteria or flora, it would not show up in a prostatits culture est. The prostate culture test looks for bacteria like strep, staph, ecoli, etc that are known bad. It doesn't look for normal bacteria. Also, there is non bacterial prostatitis that seems to be even more common than bacterial. It can be caused by anxiety too.  I'm not a dr and I don't know for sure, but based on way too many hours researching this, I think this is what is going on with us. If you guys go to a urologist, ask about non bacterial prostatitis. I'm interested if you guys learn more, and will continue to look in to this as long as I keep having symptoms. One of the guys that posted a while ago here said prosta-q helped him a bunch. I might give that a try...

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One of my urologists told me to take Prosta-Q I've been on it for about 5 weeks now with no luck. Doesnt mean you shouldn't try it though maybe it will work for you.

This is OnlyRegrets. Mystery, catastrophasizing is when something happens and I automatically think it's the worsworsee scenario. I think the only difference between what I was prescribed and Aleve is that it's stronger than the over the counter stuff. I got my hiv and syphilis results back and they were both negative. I'll get tested again a month from today. A cystocopy usually rules out prostatitis and bacterial infections, which I've already taken numerous urine tests and swabs to rule out. My mind is convinced it's hsv but I'm just hoping that's not the case.

That's what I had also read. Thought doc said they can test for the most common HPV 16 and 10 I believe. There's about 4 common strains that they can test for is what he was telling me. And I haven't heard of our symptoms leading to someone with hsv. My tingling has been on check for a while now. My concern is the legion I have on my inner yrethra. Sigh. Besides that I haven't gotten any testicle pain. When does hsv and genital warts get crossed off? I heard after 3-8 months?

From what I've read its roughly 3-8 months. That's a torture sentence. I've prettymuch convinced myself that I have HSV and I'm trying to cope with it. Going to get an HSV blood draw tomorrow and cross my fingers. I was getting nausea this weakened so either I've got it or my mind is killing my body. Either way, tomorrow, I'm going to ask the doc to start treating me for HSV. Side note: I was in the ER last night for severe depression and the doc said nothing down there looks like HSV at all. Idk if he knows that not all the symptoms are lesions or sores but he definitely didn't make me feel any better. I'm convinced so I feel like a lost soul.

Do you have any urgency to urinate or just general pain in the urethra/bladder area?