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Is PCR helpful for me
I need your opinion regarding my long-term urine problem.
- Around 3 years back, I started having burning sensation while passing urine.
- Initially, urine culture was positive, but bacteria kept changing after every antibiotic course.
- Later, urine culture showed no bacteria, but symptoms continued (burning sensation).
Then my doctor did prostate massage, and after that:
- Post-massage urine culture came positive for bacteria.
- I completed the full antibiotic course, but burning sensation did not fully go away.
Recently:
- Doctor again did prostate massage, but this time culture is negative.
- Uroflowmetry - normal
- USG before & after urine - normal
- Doctor tried some medicines, but burning sensation still persists.
Now I am thinking to ask my doctor for PCR urine test to detect bacteria.
My questions to doctors:
- Is PCR urine test useful in such cases?
- I go to Government Hospital, will urologists prescribe urine PCR ,if I ask
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Yes it is helpful . Also start an alpha blocker in combination with pde 5 inhibitor
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Yes it is helpful.....but costly
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Dr. Jatin Soni
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Chennai
Plz consult
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Dr. Gautam Chopra
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Jalandhar
Consult for discussion and treatment
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Dr. Anantbir Singh Lubana
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Ludhiana
Connect to discuss
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
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Connect with a call for details discussion regarding the disease and it's management
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