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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostatitis / December 2005Infection
will a urinalysis show any infection of the prostate? > will a urinalysis show any infection of the prostate? a urinalysis should show any kind of infection in your urinary tract. i'll bet that you think you have an infection in your prostate and it did not show up on the urinalysis. are your nuts hurting?, is your lower back hurting,? having low sex drive?, welcome to hotel california, you can enter, but you will never leave. > welcome to hotel california, you can enter, but you will never leave. That's not true!! For 13 years I have been in severe, chronic pain with CPPS. I have almost completely irradiated it from my body within the past 2 years, without the use of any drugs or medication. It depends on the cause of the condition. You should not always trust the sensations in your body, as they can be giving wrong messages regarding how to heal yourself. If there is no infection, I guess there's probably a 95% chance it's a muscular condition that can be fixed. I would not have believed this in the beginning. I can totally understand why others would not believe it, but what I say is true. Brent >> will a urinalysis show any infection of the prostate? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > are your nuts hurting?, is your lower back hurting,? > having low sex drive?, > will a urinalysis show any infection of the prostate? Not necessarily. I assume by urinalysis you mean the silly dipstick test. If you go to a uro he should also inspect the urine under the microscope for WBC'c and bacteria (your primary doctor wont do this, and I doubt he will even do a dipstick test anymore). Then you could ask for a urine culture which may not show positive either. Prostate secretion (after massage) or semen culture would be better, but the bastards in the USA don't grow them long enough. Most prostatitis is non bacterial, but you certainly need to rule out an acute infection...Pete The urinanalysis was done for a urologist, how do you rule out an acute infection if it doesnt show up in a urinanalysis report? > The urinanalysis was done for a urologist, how do you rule out an > acute infection if it doesnt show up in a urinanalysis report? Ugghle...I thought I was pretty specific in my previous answer (which you snipped). Did you read what I wrote. Was your urinalysis the simple dipstick test I referred to (which is just a barometer), or did you have a culture done or what, and what do you mean it was done for a urologist (were you in the uro's office or what - and if so what did he say). I described the three kinds of cultures previously...Pete > The urinanalysis was done for a urologist, how do you rule out an > acute infection if it doesnt show up in a urinanalysis report? BTW if you had an acute infection , I am sure you would know it (fever, severe pain and malaise), but not necessarily. I feel like sh.t most of the time, which I mainly attribute to a seriously chronic condition which I call prostatitis/urethritis/cystitis (current studies indicate that all three may be part of a continuum, so to speak). I have been through hell with the uro's with no help. If your doctor (either primary or uro) even considers it possible that you may have infectious prostatitis (without microbial data to back it up), he will no doubt try you on a blind trial of antibiotics. A uro should have at least given you a prostate massage and looked under the microscope for WBC's/pus/bacteria. Most uro's will put you on anti's even if they just see WBC's, but not pus or bacteria. I would think an acute infection would produce some pus/bacteria in addition to the WBC's. Please let us know what your uro has said (as I previously requested). I hope this helps answer your question, but you really haven't told us what your problems are, not that we are doctor's and can diagnose you. I have been studying this sh.t for 15 years now along with my other maladies (which interact with my groin problems). Back in 1997, this group used to be very active and informative (with doctor participation), but is kind of dying now, which is a shame. Please let us know what your uro has said...Pete The uro and I were discussing a spike in my PSA readings, the urinanalysis was not a dip stick, it shows WBC as 1, RBC as 0, Mucous as many, Urine culture not indicated, culture not performed. I asked the uro about Cipro, he said there's no infection so why do it. Just trying to find out why the PSA spike. MRS scheduled for Jan 6. Synmptoms were aching in groin, tired, low stream flow, now a PSA spike. Don't mean to "snip " anything just replying. > The uro and I were discussing a spike in my PSA readings, the > urinanalysis was not a dip stick, it shows WBC as 1, RBC as 0, Mucous [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Synmptoms were aching in groin, tired, low stream flow, now a PSA > spike. Don't mean to "snip " anything just replying. Ugghle...a couple things about ng etiquette. You should not simply reply and expect everyone to go backtracking through the thread to see what was said previously. Snipping should be for lengthy threads only. You should at least (as a minimum) include the last post (or a piece of it) so everyone doesn't have to backtrack for reference. And you really ought to use spellcheck. I spent some time responding to you in three separate posts, and I don't get a warm feeling of any kind of appreciation. So be it. Good luck with whatever your problem is...Pete |
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