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[RYAN]

Wondering if you guys could help me out with my disorder, I have been trying to get my doctor to refer me to a urologist but she insists on doing and redoing blood work which has resulted in nothing but ia high liver enzyme.
I have had a aching feeling within my penis for the last 3 weeks now, it subsides sometimes and others its like a extreme ache followed by a shooting pain from the bottom to top of it, there is also a blueish tinge to a certain spot on the top part of the head near the foreskine and a darkening ring of the foreskin to a brown color. It doesnt hurt to urinate all that much, a constant flow, but seems a lot like I am never finished urinating, especially afterwards when I have small bits trickle out afterwards. I have been tested for all the stds and nothing. Could this be a form of CPPS? Any advice would be helpful, thanks in advance, R

[MastCells]

Wondering if you guys could help me out with my disorder, I have been trying to get my doctor to refer me to a urologist but she insists on doing and redoing blood work which has resulted in nothing but ia high liver enzyme.

Elevated liver enzymes can be a cause for concern, so it sounds like she's being a conscientious physician. What if any medications are you on, and do you consume much alcohol?

I have had a aching feeling within my penis for the last 3 weeks now, it subsides sometimes and others its like a extreme ache followed by a shooting pain from the bottom to top of it, there is also a blueish tinge to a certain spot on the top part of the head near the foreskine and a darkening ring of the foreskin to a brown color. It doesnt hurt to urinate all that much, a constant flow, but seems a lot like I am never finished urinating, especially afterwards when I have small bits trickle out afterwards. I have been tested for all the stds and nothing. Could this be a form of CPPS?

It certainly sounds like it could be a form of CPPS. I'm not sure about the skin discoloration.

[RYAN]

Liver enzyme was 52, normal is inbetween 8-40 I guess, I eat a lot of protein due to working out which might elevate this?

[webslave]

I have had a aching feeling within my penis for the last 3 weeks now, it subsides sometimes and others its like a extreme ache followed by a shooting pain from the bottom to top of it

This is not CPPS. chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome requires at least 6 months of symptoms, and shooting pains are not a feature.

[RYAN]

ANY SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT I COULD BE FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SITE? HAVE READ a lot OF POSTS HERE AND ON NUMEROUS OTHER FORUMS WITH NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE TO SHOW IT IS ANYTHING, ANY TIPS WOULD BE APPRECIATED FOR THINGS I CAN BRING UP TO MY UROLOGIST WHEN I MEET WITH HIM, UNFORTUNATELY IN 2-3 MONTHS DUE TO OUR SUPERB HEALTH CARE R

[MastCells]

This is not CPPS. chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome requires at least 6 months of symptoms, and shooting pains are not a feature.

You're right that it can't be classified as chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome yet, but if he has these same symptoms 6 months from now, can you immediately rule out chronic pelvic pain syndrome as the diagnosis, just because he describes his chronic pelvic pain as "shooting?"

[RYAN]

I dont believe it to be of any result from what I have researched but is skin discoloration of any effect from CPPS>?

[webslave]

Shooting pains at the very beginning of chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome are possible, in fact that's what I experienced once or twice during urination (right at the end of micturition). It is not a feature of long-standing CPP, in my reading.

This guy could have a number of things going on, and he's wasting his time here investigating this issue when he is only 3 weeks into symptoms with raised liver enzymes. Trigger point therapy is not appropriate for him at this stage.

[LightningTree]

Hi there,

Hope you are hanging in there.

During the first six months of my pain, I would sometimes getting shooting pains that, like an electric shock, would run up the left side of my penis. This happened most often when I was doing a particular stretch of my left leg.

This has not happened to me in six months, but my stretching is now more refined and does not include the offending manuever.

As my twin and I both have this condition,and I had shooting pains, I would say that shooting pains cannot rule out CPPS.

But in my humble opinion, I have to agree with others that at the three week mark you cannot rule out infection and should not label yourself with a chronic pain syndrome. Keep following your doctors advice and don't jump to undue conclusions.

[RYAN]

thanks for the advice people, its very discouraging to try to figure this out as I'm sure all of you know from your own experiences, I will follow my doctor for the time being but knowledge is the key and research on your own must be done to rule out certain things, I just hope that this isn't a form of cancer!!! R

[LightningTree]

Hey RYAN,

I understand how you feel. It can be very frustrating to have something so personal and at the 'center' of ones body, (at least I feel like it is) go so horribly wrong in a spirit-numbingly painful way, while doctors kind of mull around with vague diagnoses.

Personally, I've never had much luck with general practicioners, urologists, gastro-enterologists, and the like. I fell between the cracks of their respective fields and ended up being misdiagnosed, for the benefit of their psyches and work process, rather than for the benfit of my health.

Doing your own research is definitely the smart way to go. But keep an open mind to your doctor's advise.

And you never know, we all--doctors and suffers alike--have a lot to learn about the causes of these pain symptoms we share. Someday we may find definitive scientific evidence shedding light on a cause, and my guess is, it will leave everyone going "ooooohhh". No one will have precisely guessed/holistically absorbed the whole picture.

Since I and my twin brother both have CPPS, and got it within 2 years of each other, I tend to believe that its cause is unlikely to be from an invasive organism, but it still could be.

For my own two cents, if you still have symptoms after months of looking for pathogenic causes, try stretching an relaxing. It really helps me a great deal. I wish I could relax to the extent I do when I sleep, sleep makes my symptoms temporarily dissappear. How about you?

And just remember, if it is CPPS, it can get a lot better than it feels right now. I know my symptoms are far less now than they were last year.

hang in there, my pain got much less over time