The treatment of choice for bacterially caused NGU is antibiotics, most commonly doxycycline, azithromycin, erythromycin, or ofloxacin. The type of antibiotic chosen for initial treatment is the same for chlamydia as for the other bacterial causes of NGU. If herpes is thought to be the cause of the urethritis, then an antiherpes medication is used [...]

It used to be thought that in order to transmit herpes, the infected person must have a sore or another symptom of a herpes outbreak, such as itching, tingling, or leg pain. In other words, the message was “If you’re having an outbreak, abstain from sex, but if you’re not having symptoms, then you can [...]

By checking the urethra, the bladder urine, and secretions from the prostate after the prostate examination and by doing the appropriate tests to detect infection cells and cultures in these fluids, the cause of the genital symptoms can usually be determined. Sometimes evidence of infection may be seen in several of the fluids. Prostate symptoms [...]

Sometimes two people have been together for a certain period of time— months or years—and have been monogamous. They trust each other and want to stop using a barrier method of preventing the spread of STDs. But either or both of them might have acquired a sexually transmitted infection from a previous partner, even if [...]

DISCHARGE FROM THE PENIS

Discharge from the penis is never a normal occurrence, and any man experiencing this symptom should be examined by a health care provider while he is having the symptom. The most common causes are sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and nongonoccal urethritis. Some men think this symptom is caused by [...]