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in jan end there was unprotected sex on 03 april i felt burning sensation on my penis ,on 04 april i was diagnosed for uti by surgeon as there was 1-2 pus cell in my urine and prescribed with antibiotic for a week. it did not give me relief i refered to a urologist and told him everything, he has diagnosed me for prostattitus after physical examination and my semen culture showed no growth,but pus cells 4-6hpf the urologist said there is no STI . he has prescribed me the foll doxy 100mg twice daily for 15 days lenoflox 500 once daily for 4 weeks t.alfoo 10mg one daily for 3 months it has been 15 days since i am having the med but the burning sensation comes often on the right bottom of the head of my penis with no other symptom .what can be the possible reason there is no discharge/rashes on my genitals only this burning sensation pl tell me if i need to show to some other urologist or is it that i have an std which the urologist could not diagnose if so then whom should i consult and what all test of std should i conduct .the urologist has said that i do not require any STD test as i have simple prostatits but the fear of std is troubling me or do i need to consult a pshycatrist pl help

Hi, The medicines you are having are fine and have to be taken for 15 more days and you may feel further better. I might have liked to give some other medicines,but then the doctor might have noticed something on your examination to give you this medicine. You can get tested for hiv for safety sake and your concern. Is there any smell in urine ? prostatitis is difficult to comment without examining you.But it may be possible that you are having acute bacterial prostatitis and treatment for acut ...

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Hi doctor!! Nishita frm Delhi.. My hubby had knee pain before 6 months. We went to RML, Doctore took out fluid from knee. After 2 days we went to fortis Noida. After getting MRI, x-ray, Culture nd all arthroscopy was done then. But again the same problem has occured. Please suggest what to do?

your husband must be young. i hope a synovial biopsy was taken when a arthroscopy was done? need more information regarding the mri report and the arthroscopy report to comment further ...

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Hello doctor. I just had HVS test done, and my result came out as follows Pus cells - ++ Epithelial cells - 0-6phf Culture : yielded moderate growth of staphylococcus aureus after 48 hrs of incubation. I want to know how dangerous this is and what medication to take. And is it transmissible?

Hi there. I would like to clarify what the HVS test is in order to validate your question. Pus Cells may mean a sign of infection. Staphylococcus aureus is a specie ogf bacteria which may also signify infection but is also a normal flora of our skin. ...

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I just spoke with the office personnel at my doctors and she told me that from my swabbing of my nose culture I have Scant Growth. What is that?

In case of Infection of Nose ..a little mucus from nose is taken and sent for culture to see what kind of organism is growing in...is it Fungus bacteria or any thing else... Many times scanty growth is seen which might just be commensels which are unharmful organism present in everybodys nose....so you need to ask you Doc what is the organism seen in culture and is it commensels or pathological.!! ...

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Hai dr. I have small query... my son s one n half year old. recently he faced problem to pass urine .later we took urine test n urine culture. It came ecoli as 10power 4 cols. So my pediatrician suggested to do circumcision as it's foreskin s too tight. One Month back we did circumcision to him. We gave antibiotic course for 15 days. Surgery place s completely healed. For the past three days i could see sometimes my son s passing urine in a flow and then little drops after 5 mts. Need to know is this normal or not.?. Today we took urine test it shows Puscells 1 to 3 hpf. it shows normal or still the infection persists. could you please advice me.Could some dr can answer this...

THERE ARE NO PUS CELLS SO URINE INFECTION LESS LIKELY. HAVE YOU DONE USG KUB OR IVF HE MIGHT BE HAVING STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT ...

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Sir my test report typhoid fever igm positive last two years but my test of blood culture result is no growth after 5 days . Its time my health is good but test report typhoid fever igm positive this time so plz told me treatment of the typhoid fever igm positive

plz share proper blood reports ...

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My father had gone a inguinal double hernia surgery two months earlier. After one week regularly high fever noticed at night. After another week pus was coming out. After treatment the pus disappeared and water like substance comes out of the incision. The pus culture test reported that no growth found within 48 hours but it had gone on another week but no relief

The history of Pus discharge after hernia surgery is suggestive of infection. This infection involves the mesh placed most of the times. When the infection involves mesh, it takes long time for recovery, may require multiple procedures and sometimes removal of the mesh ...

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