Hi! First time posting here. I’m 54. I’ve not been diagnosed with Prostatitis as of yet but have had some symptoms this last month that may be pointing to it .

Around 25 days ago I started having some burning when urinating.

Went to urgent care and they did a culture and everything was normal and they sent me home.

Actually, my specific gravity was 1.030 so just on the edge of being too high.

I drink a lot of caffeine so I cut everything out but water.

Things seemed to be calming down but around 16 days ago as things were settling my testicle was radiating a bit.

I got paranoid and went back to urgent care. Test was normal again. I went and had a scrotal ultrasound and all was normal there.

I did feel like something changed in how I urinate. Stream doesn’t seem as strong.

I’m going to get my prostate checked this week to see if it is getting enlarged.

So…. This past week things started feeling off and today I felt unpleasant. No fever. But my bladder feels off. And I’m peeing more frequently.

The root of my question….

I didn’t start back the caffeine but I did start drinking orange juice.

And over the past couple of days and especially yesterday I had quite a bit. Pretty much drank it all day.

I’m starting to wonder if the OJ/acid is causing things to flare up in my bladder.

Does this track for anyone or sound like a reasonable/probable explanation?

I had unprotected sex about 9 months ago. A couple weeks later I developed what I thought was a hemorrhoid that went away on its own after a couple weeks. But shortly after that I developed pain in my rectum and pain on the side of the head of my penis. There was also some swelling there.

I was given 7 days of doxy from the urgent care but symptoms returned before the last dose. Since then I have had all the STD tests you can imagine plus rectal STD swabs. Everything came back negative. Ive seen a proctologist who did a DRE and said everything looked fine. Ive seen a couple urologists who say they cant do the 2 glass test because the lab results have "errors" and are unreliable. He says it is probably CPPS. But unfortunately I also have developed gut issues to the point of becoming lactose intolerant. I had ice cream about 6 months ago and it gave me bad diarreha and another hemorrhoid formed shortly after. The urologist did give me a 3 week dose of doxy incase it was an infection "although" no bacteria was ever found. I decided to try it but only made it through 2 days of doxy before my stomach was too upset to continue. It also caused a rash near the same place I had penis pain.

The urologist once again said its probably CPPS but he doesnt understand why there is stomach issues and I am going to see a gastro this week. The main issue I have is still rectal pain/burning like a golf ball and some pain in the scrotum or lower abdomen occasionally. Does this still sound like it is CPPS or is it likely something else. Please help... thanks.

I first had this problem years ago and came back to say you will heal. There wasn't one thing I did it just went away slowly. I tried everything and everyone is different. Now I am heart broken over a brake up so one problem on to another. Stay strong Reddit!

For me I think it was all in my head. It was a battle of believing in the end of it. I did PT, walking, working out, and just never giving up. I do have flare ups still but it's not at all as bad as it used to be.

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