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A member asked:

Need help docs! my ball started to hurt a bit overall, will my uti antibotics help it if its gonorrhea?

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Dr. Craig Smith answered

Specializes in Urology

Possibly : Would need to know the sensitivities of the strain of the organism to know for sure. Some antibiotics have a very broad spectrum of coverage like Ciprofloxacin and may be able to accomplish coverage of the potential infection of concern.

Dr Phasouk agreed

Answered 1/15/2016

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