What Is The Cause And Treatment For UTI?

Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2014

Question: I am 50 y/o male I have a history of UTI since my 20’s I have had Prostatitis once before about 8 months ago 5 weeks ago I had foul smell in my urine, pain in bladder, pain in the tip of my penis, burning in the tip of my penis when I urinate, and the underside of my penis; 3 weeks ago I went to my GP; he prescribe Bactin, UTI test negative no blood everything normal 2 week ago I followed up, UTI test negative no blood everything normal, he changed my prescription to Macrobid and referred me to a Urologist; my bladder pain was gone but I was still having , pain in the tip of my penis, burning in the tip of my penis when I urinate, and the underside of my penis; 1 week ago I went to the Urologist; UTI test negative no blood everything normal, I was still having pain in the tip of my penis, burning in the tip of my penis when I urinate, and the underside of my penis; he changed my prescription to Doxycycline, why? I told him that around 5 – 6 weeks ago I had a massage and the lady masturbated me at the end of my massage, no oral, no sex…so to be safe he said I will changed your prescription to Doxy; I have taken 5 doses of Doxy, Question: How soon should I feel better? How soon till the pain and burning goes away? How many days? Finally; in the morning when a wake up there is no pain or very very minimal pain; but as the day goes on the pain gets worst and at night it also gets worse in the tip of my penis, burning in the tip of my penis when I urinate, and the underside of my penis; I am not taking ibroprofen

Answered by Dr. Naveen Poola (53 minutes later)

Brief Answer: Refer below Detailed Answer: Hello, Thank You for consulting HealthcareMagic! I have carefully gone through your query and found that the following is your main concern. I have taken 5 doses of Doxy, Question: How soon should I feel better? How soon till the pain and burning goes away? How many days? To answer it in direct way- If your doctor's suspected diagnosis and putting you on Doxycycline is correct, you should feel better and symptoms should subside in 5 to 7 days. If this does not happen, alternate diagnosis should be suspected and relevant investigations need to be done. Stay healthy and thank you for consulting! You can contact me again anytime, if you need clarifications or further assistance in future. Kindly rate the answer if you are satisfied.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Naveen Poola (1 hour later)

So nothing serious I should stop worrying? If it does not get better in 5 to 7 days I should call him?

Answered by Dr. Naveen Poola (10 hours later)

Brief Answer: Yes you need to call him Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for follow up! Yes you need to call him, so that he suspects alternate diagnosis and orders relevant investigations to find out the actual cause. Stay healthy and thank you for consulting! You can contact me again anytime, if you need clarifications or further assistance in future. Kindly rate the answer if you are satisfied.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E