He has seen both. The GP has since recommended several antibiotics but there was one "Zinnat", that worked wonders as the pain subsidized for abt 4 months only to resurface again. Our guess was we should go for another dose of the same to completely clear the bacteria. But alas, this is a grug that can only be bought after a Doc's recommndation. So the GP refused, saying that he cant do "Zinnat" a second time as he considered is risky (Body resistance). So he reffered us to a urologist for lower abdomen "pictures". This revealed some groeth at he junction btn the urethra & the bladder (Doctors forgive my description). The Urologist decided another round of antibiotics as he monitors the situation awaiting a scopic test (probing photography).

This has been performed 3-4 times & the closest antibios that almost cleared the problem was "Zinnat".

Hope the doctors told you (or as you said 'We') to take a sabbatical on conjugals. You risk re-infections. When you treat the pine, ensure the airport receives treatment as well.

I'll sing again, watch out for those anti-biotics. Hope you are supplementing with powerful probiotics and or taking alot of fermented food and are observing an all round good diet, exercise etc

Remember to pray.God heals

@Behemoth, I asked this not out of jest, but because it is important.

UTIs present differently in men than in women. The female urethra is only 4cm while the male one is 20cm. Age is also an important risk factor.

I'm assuming your cousin is a man. Adult.

-Has he ever been catheterised? A rubber pipe passed through to help in voiding urine?
-Is he of an age where the prostate could be enlarged? >50yrs.
-Kidney stones? Trauma between the legs? STIs?

The major cause of recurrent or complicate UTIs in adult men is obstruction. Either a stricture, a large prostrate, or as seen from your imaging tests, vesicoureteric reflux due to obstruction at the point where the ureter enters the bladder.

Surgery is warranted for these conditions. The urologist/urosurgeon (+ nephrologist, +radiologist) will make this decision after ultrasound and/or cystoscopy and deteriorating renal function.

Make haste. His kidneys are at risk.

@Mukiri why are you always professing doom and always brings gloom...

This very true and i remember you saying that there is a growth and that might be the cause of the recurrent episodes. All in all he needs to get hold of a good urologist to sort out the problem which might be probably require surgery.

This cant be true about maka. Is it?