A 39-year-old member asked:
i had a blood bhcg 18 and when i did the urine test, it was neg; what does that mean?
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Dr. David Feinanswered
Specializes in Preventive Medicine
Still positive: Most urine pregnancy tests cannot measure HCG levels in the urine below 25 or 30 units. Also, if the urine was not your first morning urine, and therefore, wasn't concentrated, the HCG could also have been diluted to the point where it was not measurable.
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A 27-year-old member asked:
I got epidydmo orchitis and took antibiotics for almost one month. But pain still there. Blood tests and ultrsound and urinetest are good.?
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Still healing?: If the epididymitis was cleared by the antibiotic, the symptoms should have remitted by now. Possibly there is residual cord inflammation leading to persistent pain. You didn't mention if the physical exam was normal or not. Please see your doctor for an actual examination again, or consult a urologist to see what's going on.
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My urine test showed nitrates and leucocytes, but the culture was normal. I'm still very uncomfortable. Should I keep taking antibiotics ?
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Dr. Shahid Rafiqueanswered
Internal Medicine 44 years experience
Treat it: Symptoms of urgency, frequency and burning with the urinary nitrites and leukocytes should be treated. Such infections sometimes do not yield a culture because the specimen was taken after you took the antibiotics or specimen was not collected or transported properly. Symptomatic urinary tract infection should be treated.
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