I empathize. I’ve developed something similar (same pains in same places at least) over the last 8 months. Did a zillion tests to rule out prostatitis, prostate cancers, testicular cancers, mechanical faults in the spine, etc.
What has unexpectedly started working in my case is pelvic floor physical therapy. I never realized that pelvic floor tension and defects can be an issue for men as well as post-childbirth women. Turns out that years of bad posture and IT work probably caused me to tense those muscles continuously in compensation. 30 years of that accumulated into hideous pain in the tailbone, hip, groin, and testicles.
Unfortunately Covid-19 interrupted the therapy sessions. But fortunately I can keep doing the (super painful) stretches that have been helping at home in the meantime. Happy to be able to exercise, have sex, etc again.
Do hope you find the cause of your issue & a solution soon! Being bounced around between specialists for 8 months in a fruitless search for the cause was zero fun.
I have not really had anything else checked…like bladder cancer, etc other than PSA test which was good and my prostate felt normal…now I kind of want to test everything but I can’t. Did some pelvic floor yoga stuff tonight and will continue trying that with warm baths.
18 years ago had kind of the same thing. They tested everything and it was all negative. Cipro helped but did not cure it. Then I read a study about the pelvic floor and concentrated for a week to NOT tense up down there and voila, no more pain…it was awesome. This time that ain’t working. Ugh.
Hope you can get back to the therapist soon…would love to hear if that ends up working for ya.
The good news is that the PSA test strongly suggests that the really serious stuff is off the table.
The pelvic floor stuff really does seem to be working for me, but I’ve got to keep doing it often & consistently or it flares up.
If it worked for you before it may work again assuming that’s the root cause. I’ve been using the exercises from chapters 3 & 4 of Heal Pelvic Pain, by Amy Stein:
This is a thing that came out. I’ve come to the realization that I am actually on my way there (stomach wise and posture wise) taking evasive maneuvers.
Matt I keyed on one thing in that pic for sure, though I know its a parody.
I have eczema. It’s mostly just on my hands and there, just my fingers. I’ve had it worse in the past but that’s where I am now. And it’s been mostly clear so often that I forgot about it.
Along came COVID-19. Now I’m anxious and feeling stress about being able to keep my job. I’m washing my hands a TON more. I’m washing other things and cleaning them. I’m using hand sanitizer. It has wreaked havoc on my eczema. Fortunately I had some cream that I’ve used before that’s still within date, Elidel. I’m using that because back when I did have it bad, steroidal based creams just made things worse over time and even helped it spread. At any rate, I’m a week in from using this and going by how it was prescribed before I have to cycle this.
I am not terribly afflicted, but my wife used to struggle with horrible eczema on her hands from what turned out to be a gluten allergy. Fuuuuuuuuuuck eczema.
It can be very allergy related, or reactionary to things that touch you, or stress related, etc. As an example, I had to go to fragrance free or mild soaps, etc. Most shampoos exacerbate it (since you use your hands.) It’s just a pain in the ass. I goes in phases: clear, red/itchy, rash/blisters/cracks, scaly/leathery/open-wound. Dry skin in the winter makes it worse.
I’m at a stage now where I have cracks and bad scaling. Even placing my hands in or under warm water is painful. Now combine that with being forced to wash my hands often. Or the open wounds and cracks with alcohol in hand sanitizers. Ugh.
If you can replace your shower head you can install one. No particular brand for me; I’ve used three different ones and usually the size of the filter corresponds with duration before needing change but otherwise the same. I like the one I have now because I have hand sprayers in my bathroom and these filters are perfect for them because of how you can connect them.
I’ll have to take a picture to show what I mean about sprayers if you have one, it blends perfectly in like it belongs basically.
And the reviews that show it splitting, maybe they had bad luck. I’ve had mine for 5 years now and I replace the filter in it every month and a half (I’m very sensitive and my area water has a ton of chlorine).
I’m going to give it a try. It certainly can’t hurt. I’ve also wanted a filter for the kitchen sink and since I have the time, I’ll order one there too.
About 15 years or so ago I suffered from dime-sized red splotches all over my body (urticaria) probably due to allergies. Itched like crazy. Never figured out what I was allergic to. (I suspect some type of petroleum or cleaning solvent.) Luckily went away on its own after about a year.
I got a kidney stone 17 days ago. The pain started off pretty bad, then doubled, then doubled again and I drove myself to the ER where they gave me some Dilaudid via IV. That shut the pain completely off in about 5 seconds. They scanned me and told me it was a 5 mm stone and that there was a pretty good chance it would pass and sent me home with some Tamsulosin, Naproxen (which I’ve almost emptied) and some Norco (which I haven’t touched yet).
It was a week or so before the pain came back, and that was lower in the groin area, so I figured it was close to coming out. Except I woke up yesterday with bad lower back pain again. And it’s bad again today. My urologist told me if it’s not out by the 28th I’ll probably have surgery to remove it, which I would really rather avoid if at all possible.
Surgery is likely not cut you open, pull out the stone and sew you up. It’s stick a camera and laser up your penis, pew pew the stone into pieces and leave a stent in there to make sure it all flushes out.
Wait until they have to take the stent out.
I’ve been plagued with kidney stones for years. Staying very hydrated helps keep the bad stuff moving so it can’t sit in the kidney and grow. Good luck.
