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Medical Forum / General / General / March 2006ciprofloaxin, why is this prescribed?
Hi, My husband recently had a painful lump in his testicle. He went to see a urologist who apparently told him it was a blocked sweat gland that had become infected. The urologist drained the infection and prescribed ciprofloaxin to treat it. Does this sound correct? I have read on a few websites that ciprofloaxin is also prescribed to treat STD's, this worries me as I am pregnant, could this really be an infected sweat gland, or is my husband trying to cover up for something more serious? Please help. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > really be an infected sweat gland, or is my husband trying to cover up for > something more serious? Please help. There is a huge difference between a painful lump in the testicle and a painful lump in the skin of the scrotum, so you need to be more clear about your terminology. The testicle doesn't HAVE sweat glands, for example. The question is between an orchitis or epidymitis (testicle) vs. an infected sebaceous cyst (scrotal skin). The former *might* be some sort of STD, the latter would never be. HMc Hi, Sorry I should have been clearer, the lump was of the scrotum, NOT the testicle itself, I was told that it was an infected sweat gland that had become blocked and then had become infected. It was a long hard mass in the scrotum that had to be drained, does this sound right? >> Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >HMc > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >>HMc An infection of the skin of the scrotum from a blocked sweat gland (sebaceous cyst) would be very unlikely to be related to any kind of STD. HMc |
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