On Sunday night my daughter (aged 4) woke in the middle of the night with a bad attack of croup. We had to rush her to hospital as she could hardly breath. They gave her some medication and within 5 minutes she was breathing much easier and within an hour she was back home and in bed.
Monday afternoon I could feel a tightening of my chest (I'm guessing the croup virus showing minor effects). Monday evening I started to feel a relaxing of my pelvic muscles. Tuesday morning I had hardly any tight muscles. Tuesday night I was convinced I was going to be free of the pain within a day or so. Well Wednesday saw a leveling off of improvements and Thursday saw a reversal. Friday now and I am the same as I was before Sunday.
So what's the connection? Well croup is a viral infection which the body fights in the same way as a bacterial infection. It's my guess that my immune system kicked in to defend against the croup virus and in doing so actually also attacked my prostatitis.
Could this be a clue?
BTW I have had a TRUS which my uro says shows an infection in the prostate.
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Body fighting croup - Big [temporary] impact
Age:36 | Onset Age:34 | Symptoms: Only an ache in the perineum if I avoid the worsened by items, otherwise severe pain and urinary issues | Helped By: No.1 is avoiding gluten, No.2 is a glass of red wine a night (currently avoiding this based on pancreas theory) | Worsened By: Gluten, strong alcohol, stimulants - caffeine etc, Aspartame, fizzy drinks, basically most thinks with artificial ingredients
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Many have commented that intercurrent infections can either exacerbate or ameliorate symptoms. My best guess is that this is due to cytokines that are produced in increased numbers during an infection, but are also diverted during an infection from the prostate elsewhere.
No, a TRUS cannot show infection.
No, a TRUS cannot show infection.
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Re TRUS showing an infection. My uro showed me a dark area within the prostate which he claimed was the infection. If it's not the infection then what causes it?
Age:36 | Onset Age:34 | Symptoms: Only an ache in the perineum if I avoid the worsened by items, otherwise severe pain and urinary issues | Helped By: No.1 is avoiding gluten, No.2 is a glass of red wine a night (currently avoiding this based on pancreas theory) | Worsened By: Gluten, strong alcohol, stimulants - caffeine etc, Aspartame, fizzy drinks, basically most thinks with artificial ingredients
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TRUS cannot show infection, but can show ultrasonic markers of prostatic inflammation, some of which can occur without obvious prostatic symptoms.
These are:
These are:
- Thicknening and irregularity of the prostatic capsule
- Presence of concretion
- Ejaculatory duct calcification
- Echo-lucent Zones
- Elongation of the seminal vesicles
- Major thickening of the wall of the vesicle
- Signs of fluid retention and the presence of luminal septa
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