UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

UPDATE: I did a whole round of tests again and this time they found bacteria in the prostatic fluid culture. They found group B streptoccocus and coagulase negative staphyloccoccus. I was prescribed Ceftin for 20 days but it hasn't done anything.

Does anyone know what are the best antibiotics for ...

I know,, my prostate is huge... so depressing.

They did culture and sensitivity of me urine but found no growth. I'm not sure if that's what the urodynamics testing is?

I'm deathly afraid of a cystoscopy and I will never do it nor will I do surgery unless I absolutely need it.

Can you help me interpret these results???

prostate 45cc

Urinalysis Dipstick Screen

Protein urine dip 3+ (abnormal)
blood urine dip 4+ (abnormal)
leukocytes urine dip 3+ (abnormal)

Urine Microscopy

Leukocytes urine micro >50 (abnormal) cells/hpf
Erythrocytes urine micro 20-50 (abnormal) cells ...

After suffering for 3 years with an enlarged/inflamed prostate, learning all about all the different conditions related to prostatitis, CPPS, etc and learning all about the possible treatments, I have concluded that my case is simply one of overuse/abuse of my prostate (through excessive ...

@ webslave- I have eliminated all the supplements that I was on and was focusing on a healthy diet and exercise. But over time (say the last 18 months) I was improving so It felt like I was doing something right. But over the last few months, nothing. Maybe I need to take it to the next level but I ...

Hello all,

Not much has changed in the past 6 months.

In fact everything is exactly the same. The bulge in my lower abdomen is still there, and the supra-pubic pain is worse than ever. I don't know what do do to fix this. I tried abstaining for 6 weeks and it didn't do much.

I am falling back ...

The only thing I agree with is the white blood cell count thing.

Yes to stop the inflammation you must reduce the cell count.

How to do that is a whole other story.

If what you are saying is to have a strong believe system that you CAN heal from prostatitis and truly believe in your healing ...

i took a couple photos. does this look normal to u?

Well this is certainly news to me. I was convinced that this bulge was due to my prostate pushing up on my bladder.

Now I'm questioning if there is something else wrong with me and causing these pains at night?

Stoic what you say makes sense- however I can very certainly rule out IBS and excess ...

I've had 2 already. They both showed serious inflammation. But I wasn't knowledgeable enough at the time to ask more questions or specifics.

If I ask for the results from my uro, what should I look for from a TRUS?

And where are you basing this from webslave?

I am 99% certain that my prostate is pushing up against my bladder and it is in fact my bladder causing the bulge in my abdomen.

Well thats exactly the thing. What causes the prostate to grow? Its either the increase in cells or the increase in cell size within the gland.

So webslave do you know the answer to my question? Can all the damage and stress I did to my pelvic region cause hypertrophy of my prostate?

Thank you for the words of encouragement.

In fact I was hoping with time that it will kind of take care of itself. Since the outset I started changing my lifestyle and things got better but the prostate inflammation is still there and I don't understand why.

The area below my belly button is ...

Hey everyone,

So not much has changed. In fact sometimes I feel like things have gotten worse. Some days are ok, other days are horrible.

I still wake up twice a night with serious discomfort and urgency to pee, only to pee very little or nothing at all and try to cry myself back to sleep.

I've ...

Thanks tweezerr,

I think in cases like yours and mine, the whole abstinence thing should kind of be looked at differently than most other cases. I think in my case abstaining will be beneficial.

Did you end up abstaining for any significant period of time?