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Can masturbating a few times during antibiotic treatment for prostatitis and epididymitis, disrupt the process of eradication or cause re-infection?

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Your question: The brief answer is no it will not do any harm to your condition.

Dr Paudel agreed

Answered 1/13/2021

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