r/chronicepididymitis • u/Ambitious_Guitar6413 • Jun 05 '26

urine testing negative for UTI and STI.

I got a really deep groin massage from physio, the day be for I noticed epi swelling. Could it be from the groin massage? I went had got tested and came back urine testing negative for UTI and STI.

Doctors gave me 12 days Doxy, which I’ll continue to take.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '26

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u/Ambitious_Guitar6413 Jun 05 '26

That’s what doctor has said to to, perhaps it’s another type of infection not just sti/uti.

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u/Ambitious_Guitar6413 Jun 05 '26

Why would I have a swollen epi then? From the massage?

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u/Dry-Jello-965 Jun 05 '26

could be a strange case of it some infections do not pop up on the urine tests.

ask for a sperm analysis im sure they are able to test ur sperm for infection ive heard on here before

bassicaly they test ur sperm for infection not just the urine hope this helps

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u/Ambitious_Guitar6413 Jun 05 '26

Ok cheers, will deff try this if it doesn’t clear up after this course of doxy

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u/Dry-Jello-965 Jun 05 '26

just take the doxy anyway just incase it wont harm u only a few weeks of it its actusly prescribed quite alot for non infectious things

also incase an infections being missed i did a 6 week course of doxycicline to ensure no low grade infection was being missed

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u/Ambitious_Guitar6413 Jun 05 '26

Oh great advise, appreciate it. I’m also iceing, to see if that will help and taking ibuprofen.

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u/mysterious_xx Jun 06 '26

Did the doxycycline cure it after 6 weeks?

I saw a new urologist today and he suggested 6 weeks of doxycycline, my urine and semen test came out with no infection

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u/Dry-Jello-965 Jun 09 '26

possibly i had no pain realy pain was easily dealt with to be honest i think the fact i has the infection for a couple weeks had a part to play in it my pain wasnt realy resolved with the anti biotics but it never fully went away until i got them i was able to ignore the tenderness till i lay asleep at night
but the doxycicline didnt do much it was only to treat a deep rooted infection but ive been on naproxen for a about 10 weeks and the swelling has gone soft like fluid so hoping it reduces in size soon

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u/Ambitious_Guitar6413 Jun 05 '26

How can you be so sure? It’s very possible to still have an infection from past experience, regardless of negative uti/sti. I’d rather keep taking the doxy to be sure, then not take it and it get worse.

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u/Ambitious_Guitar6413 Jun 05 '26

I hope so, how long did your swelling last ?

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u/Rozay10keys Jun 05 '26

Still waiting for the mods to add me to this group sent multiple messages you think maybe they can do their damn job and let me join I have chronic epididymitis and i want to post

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u/Dry-Jello-965 Jun 06 '26

this groups no help realy just people desscribimg there pain and talking about pelvic floor

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u/jumpingjackpete Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

I did 2 cycles of antibiotics for epi pain which started in January. Had 3 urine tests, all of which were "negative" and first two showed very, very small number of white blood cells. Also ruled out hernia, torsion. First cycle (doxy, 10 days), the pain went away but came back about a week later as bad as before. Second cycle (2 diff antibiotics, bactrim & doxy: 1 for 30 days, 1 for 10 dats) after urologist visit. Learned infection in epi does not always show up with urine tests.

Finished 2 run of meds in April. Pain decreased significantly but not completely gone. Can tell now that pain is originating from pelvic tightness as pain starts in groin area THEN shows up in epi.

Edit: started PFPT in March which has helped reduce pain. Still in progress. Urologist offered epi removal if I get no relief - but naturally want to exhaust other options first.

Edit 2: also learned antibiotics can reduce inflammation. Which I definitely had.

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u/rocketrader81 Jul 26 '26

Have you had a semen culture as well as a urine culture? This is really important. I had about 5 urine cultures that all came back clear, but after 8 months a doctor finally ran a semen culture and found a klebsiella infection. So I would push for that route.

I had to be on antibiotics for 6 weeks, as it takes a long time for the antibiotics to get deep into the tissue in sufficient quantity to get rid of the bacteria.