I went to see a urologist about my lower back, kidney and penis pains, and the prostate discomfort. He diagnosed it as prostatitis after the examination.
In the consultation notes he says: "He had a tender left lobe to an otherwise smooth prostate. Transrectal ultrasound showed bilateral increased echogenicity but no focal change with a prostate volume of around 10cc."
Could someone possibly translate this into layman's terms for me?
My main concern is that I'm just over half-way through a 14-day course of Doxycycline, and while the symptoms appear to have waned a little, I'm still in a lot of discomfort. In your experiences, how long does it generally take for the symptoms to clear?
Also, although the specialist seemed convinced it was prostatitis, I worry that it may be something else. Any help would be much appreciated.
The evidence shows that the prostate is perhaps the most sensitive organ to oxidative stress. Eat foods high in antioxidants, such as berries, 70% cocoa mass chocolate, white tea, etc. Avoid oxidized cholesterol and unsaturated fatty acids. Read some of my other posts, which go into more detail. Do a search for montygram. Also, you should search google for specifics about this condition, but if you don't remove the oxidative stress, you are literally cooking up your prostate.
You should go to SciMedProstatis for questions. Prostatitis my friend is one of the diseases that doctors hate to see. They run the other way. Urologists do not like prostatitis patients. I hope you never find out why.
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Hi all,
I went to see a urologist about my lower back, kidney and penis pains, and the prostate discomfort. He diagnosed it as prostatitis after the examination.
In the consultation notes he says: "He had a tender left lobe to an otherwise smooth prostate. Transrectal ultrasound showed bilateral increased echogenicity but no focal change with a prostate volume of around 10cc."
Could someone possibly translate this into layman's terms for me?
My main concern is that I'm just over half-way through a 14-day course of Doxycycline, and while the symptoms appear to have waned a little, I'm still in a lot of discomfort. In your experiences, how long does it generally take for the symptoms to clear?
Also, although the specialist seemed convinced it was prostatitis, I worry that it may be something else. Any help would be much appreciated.
