Infection signs and symptoms

[Hillywilly]

Remind me what type of tests you have received? I think most people have recommended a culture test. However, there are blood tests where the sample can be taken from you finger and they measure for white blood cells levels. Essentially, if the the levels are above a certain concentration per ml of blood, then there is an infection somewhere in the body.

While accurate, the downfall of this test is that it could trigger a positive result from an infection unrelated to with what your dealing with (such as if you had a concurrent sinus infection). IIRC, it can detect white blood cells specific to bacteria vs virus vs fungus, but not separate types within each group (such as ecoli vs staph).

If I were in your shoes, I would be getting this done asap (my apologies if you have already).

These arent perfect tests (neither is culture). Even tests with a 95% accuracy rate have, obviously, a 5% false positive or false negative result. However, culture is has its own risks such as 1. clinic not even being able to run a culture test because they cant reach a sample of the infection 2. the lab fucks up and unknowingly kills the bacterial culture (many of them are actually very fragile outside of the human body) 3. the lab staff reads the culture plate wrong even though the positive or negative is clearly there if you a machine was reading it instead

Lastly, if your hospital hasnt run white blood cell blood tests (i think they are called lukocytes), thats because many hospitals in the US are ass backwards. There are a scary amount of the hospitals in the US that are 30+ years behind in their pathogen testing methods.

PS: I could be wrong on the above.

Cnidium thanks for your informative answer. I was very dissapointed by the lack of clarity I got at the hospital I should have went elsewhere. However I did see an implant Doctor yesterday following my release from the hospital and he thought it was epidmitis and didn't note any signs of implant infection. So i'll just keep an eye on it and hopefully things will resolve.

[Cnidium]

Remind me what type of tests you have received? I think most people have recommended a culture test. However, there are blood tests where the sample can be taken from you finger and they measure for white blood cells levels. Essentially, if the the levels are above a certain concentration per ml of blood, then there is an infection somewhere in the body.

While accurate, the downfall of this test is that it could trigger a positive result from an infection unrelated to with what your dealing with (such as if you had a concurrent sinus infection). IIRC, it can detect white blood cells specific to bacteria vs virus vs fungus, but not separate types within each group (such as ecoli vs staph).

If I were in your shoes, I would be getting this done asap (my apologies if you have already).

These arent perfect tests (neither is culture). Even tests with a 95% accuracy rate have, obviously, a 5% false positive or false negative result. However, culture is has its own risks such as 1. clinic not even being able to run a culture test because they cant reach a sample of the infection 2. the lab fucks up and unknowingly kills the bacterial culture (many of them are actually very fragile outside of the human body) 3. the lab staff reads the culture plate wrong even though the positive or negative is clearly there if you a machine was reading it instead

Lastly, if your hospital hasnt run white blood cell blood tests (i think they are called lukocytes), thats because many hospitals in the US are ass backwards. There are a scary amount of the hospitals in the US that are 30+ years behind in their pathogen testing methods.

PS: I could be wrong on the above.

Cnidium thanks for your informative answer. I was very dissapointed by the lack of clarity I got at the hospital I should have went elsewhere. However I did see an implant Doctor yesterday following my release from the hospital and he thought it was epidmitis and didn't note any signs of implant infection. So i'll just keep an eye on it and hopefully things will resolve.

My gut sense is if its an infection that you would be going down hill real fast in terms of how you feel, if not already.

Just my opinion, but I would still get a round trip flight to see Hakky. He is now open the first of Saturday of every month IIRC. You could fly in the AM, see him, fly out same day. Only one day down. Im a 7 hour drive from him and I had drove to see him and drove back home in the same day. Sucked but could fit it in my work sched.

[Cnidium]

whats the word bro

[Kalidestroyer]

Go see Dr Eid in NY. He is obsessed with infection and ways it can occur and how to avoid. He developed the “no-touch” technique but given that hes done over 8k implants hes had to diagnose and deal with infections. I believe he will charge you $300 for an in person consultation (if hes not covered by your insurance). He may order additional tests which can be done by a local lab. As he explained to me (and as he explains in videos online), an infection is a medical emergency requiring immediate extraction of the infected device and placement of a metal rod (pending placement of another prothesis or immediate implantation of another device). Unless cost is an issue, I wouldnt wait. You can also immediately go to your own Dr. If there is an infection, that should be your only concern in life so please go to a top expert who can either definitely rule out infection or correctly treat it. Im hoping its nothing but better safe than sorry.

I say some of this because my penis problems began in 2004 when I did not seek medical treatment when I had a hematoma after a girl rode me and, it turns out, I had a “ minor” penile fracture. I then sought physician intervention 6 weeks later who said I had fractured my penis but surgery was too late. I then had almost 20 years of ed treatable by large dose cialis pills but then couldnt take them because my retina detached (pde5 inhibitors are retinal toxic) so I finally got an implant 3 days ago with Dr Eid. I chose Dr Eid for the infection variable but even with him an infection occurs 1/200 times. Anyways, best of luck.