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Q: Sore testicles after antibiotics
asked by: lolly1 on December 28th, 2008
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Hi,

towards the end of october I started needing to urinate more frequently than normal i went to my gp and took a urine test and was given 4 tablets in case i had a UTI, anyways it turns out they lose my intial sample and when i went to a gum clinic so to get a quicker response , they put me on azythromicin (4 tabelts in one go) just in case i had an sti. A couple of days after taking i stopped needing to go to the toilet as much but i started to experience a sharp pain in my testicles, it was very uncomfortable this went on for a week and would just come and go from one testicle to the other.I went back to my gp who put me on a 2 week course of ofloxacin and told me to book an ultra sound scan just in case i still had pain at the end of the antibiotics. It turns out although the pain had subsided that orchitis was found on my left testicle so they put me back on a 2 week course of ofloxacin a week after i had stopped the initial course, the problem is the pain is still there and sometimes unbearable at night i feel nausea and a little depressed at the moment and wondered if this was due to the antibiotics (a side effect)or possibly my anxiety through worrying. i went back to my gp who prescribed me a further 2 weeks of ofloxacin which i am on now, im still feeling uncomfortable in my testicles it feels like its in my epydimyditris (excuse spelling) and i continue to feel naseaus... has anyone epxerienced anything like this, is it possible for orchitis to continue for such a length of time
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MandMs
replied on December 31st, 2008
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Testicular pain that can range from mild to severe and nausea, are some of the orchitis symptoms (inflammation of testicle).
Most often, bacterial orchitis is the result of epididymitis, an inflammation of the coiled tube (epididymis) that connects the vas deferens and the testicle, and, epididymitis, usually, is caused by an infection of the urethra or bladder that spreads to the epididymis.
Acctually, your initial symptoms (frequent and urgent need to urinate with painful, burning urination) were suggestive for urinary infection that have spread to epididymis and testicle.
Epididymitis and orchitis share almost same symptoms.
It takes two to three days after antibiotic treatment to notice some improvement, but, for complete resolution of symptoms takes longer.
Pain due to acute orchitis can persist for 3 months
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lolly1
replied on December 31st, 2008
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sore testicles after antibiotics
thanks for the reply, im 3 weeks into the anti biotics but am not feeling any improvement and still feel pain... it gets worse when i walk about / move a lot so im trying to rest as much as possible its very frustrating and ive been anxious that it might be something far worse as it doesn't seem to be getting any better (i know worrying doesn't help either but its hard, ive stopped self diagnosing as its got me very upset). im concerned that the ofloxacin maybe not the correct anti biotics as its not working but was told this was the best form of medication for such illness is this correct or is there other treatment i could suggest??
i've an appointment with a specialist in 2 weeks but its such a long time to endure more pain.
thanks for listening
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Questions2009
replied on April 21st, 2009
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