Longtime Chronic Prostatitis sufferer, who is now 46 with a small amount
of BPH also. The two times we have cultured, it has been negative.

Recently, symptoms have gotten worse, so I went to a new uro. Uro gave
me Flomax. I believe this may help the frequency and urgency caused by
the BPH, but I don't believe it will help with the Prostatitis symptoms
(pelvic pain, watery ejaculate, etc.). I asked for anti-biotics, but
this uro claims that antibiotic therapy won't do anything. He also
claimed that if I had any bacterial infection in my prostate, eventually
it would spread and become systemic ... and then of course, I would know
it cause I would run a fever, etc.

Is it true that it is possible that there may be microscopic bacteria in
the prostate that just aren't enough to culture? And does the systemic
infection thing make sense to anyone?

Thanks for your help!

Larry