Possible symptoms of Pudendal Neuralgia?

[YankeeFan79]

Hello everyone. I’m new to the forum. I’m 35 years old, and for the past 7 months or so, I’ve been suffering from an ongoing set of symptoms that will not go away. About 7 months ago, I suddenly developed a tingling sensation in my penis. I had never felt anything like it. I couldn’t get erections during intercourse or even masturbation! I started taking viagra, figuring I would only use it until whatever condition I developed went away. Well it never went away, and I stopped using Viagra because I knew it was only masking a more serious issue. I went to a urologist, who diagnosed me with prostatitis and put me on antibiotics. Needless to say, the antibiotics didn’t hep at all. I did regain my ability to get erections to an extent, but they don’t seem to come as frequently and they are not as firm as they once were. Over the course of the last 4 months, there were 2 occasions in which the symptoms subsided completely for a couple days, but then they came back. Aside from the tingling, I also get a numbing sensation which seems to be more on the right side of the penis, and it diminishes a lot of the sensitivity. When I don’t get tingling, I get a strange cold, tight feeling in the penis, which also seems present in the testicles and area between testicles and anus. When this symptom is present, it’s almost impossible to get an erection. When I did some research, I thought some of my symptoms could be the result of Pudendal Neuralgia. I’ve never had a serious injury though. I’m 6ft, 165 pounds. I eat well, work out. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this has been so frustrating for me. Thank you!

[Violet M]

I don't know if it's pudendal neuralgia but it is certainly in the distribution area of the pudendal nerve and given your history of weight-lifting you would be smart to get evaluated to find out if there is a connection. Weight-lifting started my PN symptoms.

Violet

[CALIhelp]

HI EVERYONE

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK IF I SHOULD HAVE PUDENDAL NERVE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY?????? I AM THINKING ABOUT THAT OR CRYOABLATION OF THE PUDENDAL NERVE...... I CAN NOT SIT IN A MOVIE THEATER GO ON LONG DRIVES IT DRIVES ME CRAZY... HOWEVER I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE THIS WORSE I AM LEANING TOWARDS DOING CRYOABLATION OF THE PUDENDAL NERVE

BEST WISHES TO EVERYBODY AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND I HOPE NOBODY HAS TO SUFFER....

[April]

Welcome to the forum, Calihelp. Do you have any other symptoms? What other treatments have you tried?

April

[Gipsonb1]

Please share a follow up. I’m afraid I’m suffering from PN as well. Burning spasms in penis that urologist, GP and GI doctors can find anything wrong. GI doctor was closest suggesting the pain was from vagus nerve. Currently on 25 mg of Amitriptyline, which seems to keep pain just barely tolerable. Not sure for how long, I’ve been dealing with this for about two months and only on Amitriptyline for 12 days. I don’t like the way it makes me feel and looking for alternatives and waiting for a neurologist to accept my appointment.

[vaiboh]

hey there OP, wanted to ask you how you're doing until now as i see some time has passed since you posted that? my friend with similar symptoms using https://kalpapharmaceuticals.to/ is afraid of the same thing now. would really love to see you updating. thanks

[pudendalpainindia]

definitely sounds like pudendal neuralgia. I have the exact same symptoms and my MRN confirmed the diagnosis. Sounds like your pudendal nerve is entrapped in the pudendal canal. Another test you can do is (trigger warning: kinda gross) try to gently stroke your a-hole, if there is no twitch whatsoever or you need to really get deep inside and swipe it for a tinge of nerve electricity its probably confirmed to be PNE