Mild pain behind testicles still persist, even after infection treatment what to do?

[jan457]

This is now 4 months of not knowing what is going on with me. Im 28y male. I came to doctor office with weird come and goes pain in testicles area. Nothing terrible, more unpleasant and i feel it mostly like of testicles. Sometimes pain moves to head of my penis. Also i have microscopic blood in my urine.

Anyway first doctor do ultrasound, endscopy, CT scan all clear. He send me home as healthy person. I didnt give up and visited another doc, he did swab for STD - result was ureaplasma. I taken 8 day course of antibiotics, now it is month after finished them. Two weeks after treatment i had urine analysis for ureaplasma done, all clear. Bt the weird pain is still here, also hidden blood in urine still persist. I seriously dont know what to do anymore have someone similiar symptoms? Im started being worried about cancer.

[At1012]

Is it in your left testicle or right testicle?

[jan457 in reply to At1012]

sometimes right one, sometimes left one, sometimes both, really no pattern here

[Galen70]

I presume your tests for chlamydia and mycoplasma genitalium were clear ? We don't test for ureaplasma on the NHS in the UK as its role as an STI is unclear. I presume if they are giving you antibiotics for ureaplasma they are treating your partner if you have one ?

If you have had a CT scan of your pelvis, and its ok, you don't have cancer.

[jan457 in reply to Galen70]

ok.also i forgot to mention swelling around testicles. Also pain is moving but mostly it is around left one

[Hidden in reply to jan457]

If you need medical advice, you will need to see a doctor.

[Galen70 in reply to jan457]

You didnt state if your tests for chlamydia etc were clear.

[jan457 in reply to Galen70]

Yeah clear. Anyway i visited another doc and he thinks this pain could be just lingering infection as it was untreated for serveral months and also that im worried doesnt help at all

[Galen70 in reply to jan457]

Microscopic blood in the urine should be investigated. The GP can either do some tests themselves, or refer you to a urologist. Many times it is benign ( not serious ) or the cause cannot be found. It should still however be investigated. I am glad your sexual health screening was clear.

[James678]

I got cured from ureaplasma and mycoplasma genitalium on 3 weeks of Azithromycin (also sold under the name 'Zitromax') 250 mg per day. It is sold online for people who have chlamydia, but also cured ureaplasma and uro-genital mycoplasma. Your sex partner needs to be treated also. Doctors normally PRESCRIBE 3-4 weeks of Azitromycin, 250 mg per day . It is estimated that 80% of the adult population who have had more than one sex partner have experienced this infection - most are without symptoms and infect others without their own knowlegde, since it's not something doctors test for. If not both in the relationship are treated, they will keep re-infecting each other.

There's a doctor in Ohio, who can treat you longterm for this condition, if other gp's turn you down and won't treat you. It requires a longer treatment, since it's a slow growing bacteria parasitic type that needs to be eradicated slowly. The short one week courses of meds won't work for this infection. Problem with this infection is that even through it's a std - it has gone under the radar in the medical world, and untreated it can lead to prostate issues and will eventually spread throughout the body and cause arithis and low sperm count/ infertility.

I would suggest you get treated for Trichomonas/ gardnerella also. Ask your female partner to get tested for 'gardnerella'. - If she has it - you also have it. But there's no test on the market for males - but it will still give them issues and pain - and if you don't both get treated, she will give it back to you. It can be cured with oral tinidazole pills. Best treatment is the one you take for one week - not the mega single dose, modern docs often write out.

Some suggestions for tests you can ask for:

mycoplasma genitalium - urine and sperm test (Treatment: azithromycin)

Mycoplasma hominis - - urine and sperm test (Treatment: azithromycin)

Ureaplasma urealyticum - - urine and sperm test (Treatment: azithromycin)

Ureaplasma parvum . - urine and sperm test (Treatment: azithromycin)

Trichomoniasis - urine and sperm test (Treatment: metronidazole or tinidazole)

And I assume you have also been tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea - sadly some docs will tell you that most people don't have gonorrhea - well, it's not true. It's coming back as one of the most common std's again, after people stopped using condoms.

If you can afford it, there a new option on the market. You can send your urine and sperm test into the company MicrogenDX.com and ask for combined urine/ sperm std test. Normally this lab is used my MD's in the US - but recently they started offering their tests to patients also. I think they charge 200 USD - and you can order it worldwide. But you need a doctor to sign the paper for the lab. If you can't find a doctor to sign, it's useless.

In that case, it would be a better choice to see a local std clinic and get checked out. But I think the tests mentioned above, is only tests they offer at urology units. Maybe some std clinics can run some of them - or maybe a private hospital.

DO NOT HAVE SEX UNTIL YOUR SEX PARTNER HAVE BEEN IN TREATMENT ALSO to avoid re-infection!