question for a friend

[SickofCP]

I know someone who a few weeks ago started having coccygeal pain and back pain. He's around age 70 and started bicycle riding this summer. He related the pain to his bike riding, so he's stopped that now, but is left with the pain.

His back pain resolved, but he still has the tailbone pain and now is complaining of pain in the rectum.

From reading AHIP, it seems to imply that coccygodynia is another form of CPPS. And coccygeal pain is a symptom (so is rectal pain obviously).

Certainly it's too early to call his pain chronic, but could it be CPPS, PM?

He went to the hospital today and they told him that his colon must be infected and gave him antibiotics. I don't think they did any tests to determine this, just listened to his complaints of his symptoms. Doesn't sound right to me.

Can chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome start at a later age like that?

Just wanted some opinions on the possibilities of what this could be.

Thanks in advance.

[webslave]

Sounds like a referred pain from the spine. See this message:
http://www.coccyx.org/personal/2002/chandler.htm

[SickofCP]

Actually I just spoke to him and got more details. He went to the hospital this morning because of severe pain below his left abdomen.

The doctor diagnosed him with diverticulosis. The doctor thinks it's unrelated to his coccygeal and rectal pain. Gave him 1 week of Cipro. If that fails he's recommending surgically removing that part of the colon. He says the doctor felt it inside and it hurt so that's the diagnosis.

Webslave, the referred pain to the tailbone makes sense, but now he has rectal pain and the pain below his abdomen.

I wouldn't want to see him go through any unnecessary surgery.

[webslave]

Whoa! This is waaay outside my area of expertise! I suggest he gets an expert second opinion before surgery anyway.

[SickofCP]

I suggest he gets an expert second opinion before surgery anyway.

Agreed. Thanks.