Urethra Itching
Ted, I have had a constant itching in my urethra for over a year now. It started with an uncomfortable itch that could not be scratched mid way in my penis. I also had some pain in my right testicle which comes and goes. I went to three MD and was given numerous antibiotics. Nothing works. I was given a urethral swab to check for chlamydia and gonnereha (not sure of spelling). Test came back negative. I am at my wits end now. I have a constant itching/pain at the tip of my penis. The pain goes away when I urinate and then comes back. Any ideas?
The fact that urination causes urethra itching to go a way is a good clue. 1-2 full teaspoon of real sea salt in one full glass of water twice a day should get the itching away. Or soaking the area with a sea salt, fairly concentrate can kill whatever bacteria or fungus that causes the itching. Taken only once a day should kill the itching problem permanently. In any event the urine pH may have also been acid, but usually the sea salt is alkaline anyway. If not a 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda added to the sea salt might help in case things aren't working out. A long term solution likely that 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt plus 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda is added regularly to the drinking water should stop the itching and kill it completely if I take this for a full month and should never come back.
I also read that chlorophyll in liquid form can take away the itch. Is this a fungus or a bacteria or viral? As stated the pain is mostly at the tip of the penis and some times it feels like there is something inside the urethra about a 1/3 of the way from the tip. I can feel this sometimes while urinating. It is not exactly a pain and only intermittently do I feel it. I am giving the sea salt a try. Any information on chlorophyll would help also.
It may be bacteria and might also be a fungus. A fungus would more or less cause the most itch, bacteria does it also but to a lesser extent. It should be noted if it goes deeper and reaches the bowel, which has happen to me in the past, the pain of urination becomes unbearable. Antibiotic didn't work for me so I had the idea of using sea salt, since at the time the pain was so unbearable I used something like one tablespoon in one glass of water followed by another dose a couple hours later and the pain, and the itching went away only on a single dose. However the dose that I used appeared to be too much for other people to handle which might lead to diarrhea, so the mentioned dose is somewhat milder, however external uses should help. If not, than it appears to be a fungus and then the external use of pure distilled vinegar (white vinegar) soaking for a couple of minutes will do it. Vinegar by the way is anti fungal. The use of sea salt will often cure of a minor conditions whenever the person has given to drinking too much water, lowering the body's natural immunity as the saltiness of the urine is reduced. However, in event you want other remedies that will stop the itch, zinc acetate, magnesium chloride, magnesium citrate, or even magnesium sulfate are possibilities. Zinc comes second when relieving itch by raising the body's secondary immunity by increasing the zinc, which the excess are rid via the urine, the same way as taking other water soluble mineral supplements such as magnesium chloride, or magnesium sulfate. The mention of chlorophyll may reduce the itch although its effect is seen as a mild one, since chlorophyll is high in magnesium, although the amount or concentration isn't near the levels of a 250 mg of magnesium chloride, dissolved in water, or even a 50 mg zinc gluconate or zinc acetate when taken together with water. I had one person who itches in hidden area just the same, but she takes zinc acetate to relieve the itch. I had one of my own, but magnesium seems to do the job, while in general instances, a sea salt remedy are rather detoxification, but yet it kills bacteria by hyperosmolarity. This is why salted fishes don't spoil. It is amongst the world's oldest antibiotic, along with oxygen, ozone, and other mineral salts mentioned, especially the zinc and magnesium. There was one interesting case of allergies that causes urethra itching that was very much due to bacteria and was instantly relieved with a zinc supplement. In general different bacteria responds to different minerals. The more flesh eating form of bacteria are rather responsive to magnesium, amazingly enough, while the more irritating kinds respond to zinc. However, it is the SEA salt that responds best to an most general form of microbes where its actions are by hyperosmolarity. Of course, one peculiarly resistant of all microbes, at least in my books, is not the viruses, despite Hollywood's emphasis on their dangerous, it is the fungus that is most hardy of all that are nearly impossible to kill. The fungus usually responds best to free ammonia solutions and borax. So if the diet of a person is low in protein , usually from fishes, the urinary ammonia and urea would undoubtedly be low, and this would cause fungi growth, and result in itching just the same. However, in my opinion, the ones I experience the most extreme form of itching is the fungus.