Prostatitis Forum & Social Network
Risk Factors and Causes
In many cases, it's impossible to know why symptoms begin. In others, the causes seem clear. The discussions here will examine factors that mark a higher risk of prostatitis and ask if any of these risk factors actually cause it.
Yeast infections and prostatitis
Several months ago I had a case of Athlete's Foot. Stupidly, I didn't treat it properly and a couple of my toes started to turn greenish. I quickly treated them and that went away. Days later, the prostatitis symptoms began and it has been and on and off struggle ever since. I am on a 4th cycle of Anti-iotics (1st two were for 7 and 10 days of Cipro) and one of Levaquin (15 days) and now another. I have taken some Diflucan with the aforementioned prescriptions, likely, to appease my theories from my MD's perspective.
I'd be curious to know if yeast caused this or others suspect the same thing. If not, I can at least focus more on the discomfort at hand.
Thanks,
Doug
Doug Thorn
assuming yeast is believed to be a factor which medications are commonly used? What about Probiotics?
Nov 28, 2011
Arnon Krongrad, MD
Big assumption. There are various anti-fungals. This is something for which I'd consult an infectious disease specialist.
Probiotics restore intestinal flora. They're used to counteract the effects of oral antibiotics, which can cause a whole list of unwanted effects, including destruction of normal bowel bacteria. (click here).
Nov 28, 2011
Dave
It is an interesting question about a fungal cause. Unfortunately, most urologists I have seen recently-ish have stated that they believe that most of the bacteria and/or fungi that may cause "prostatitis" are normally present to some degree in otherwise healthy patients, hence even more difficulty in culturing. They believe that for some people (i.e. us) the body becomes overly sensitive to the normal flora and hence inflammation is the result. I don't know how much of this is guess-work vs evidence determined.
Not wanting to take your thread in a completely different direction, but I wonder if there is any correlation between prostatitis and other immune-overreaction based conditions e.g. asthma (which I have), eczema, food allergies etc.
Nov 29, 2011