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Hi Doc I think something like this is going on with me. 8 months ago one day after I have opened my bowels I started having this feeling like I haven't passed my bowels completely, I went back to toilet but nothing will come out. after that I constantly felt like that I needed to open my bowels or that my rectum(colon) wasn't completely empty. I felt like that even when I was opening bowels regularly, sometimes twice a day. I searched on google and it was a symptom of IBS so I thought I had IBS. this went on for 2-3 weeks and then suddenly it just went away. And then after 1 month symptoms started again and they went on for 2-3 weeks, but this time instead of going away, they lead to urinary symptoms. when my urinary symptoms started my bowel symptoms went away. My urinary symptoms were that I was urinating frequently and then sometimes I was feeling burning sensation while peeing or ejaculating. When I went to my doctor he didn't knew what to make of my symptoms, I explained him that I think it was IBS, but he took my urine sample and sent it to lab, cause he thought it was UTI. But results came back with no UTI. then I saw another doctor who listened to me and suggested that I might have prostatitis. He did a manual examination and during the examination my prostate was really tender and sore and he concluded that it was prostatitis. He started me on doxycycline 100 mg per day. I took it for 1 month and my symptoms went away. they stayed away for 1 month and after that I started having urinary symptoms again but less severe then before. This time he charted me Doxycycline 100 mg twice a day, I started taking it and my symptoms were completely gone in 1-2 weeks, I took it for 1 month. After that I didn't have any symptoms for 3 months. and now again just 2 days ago, I felt the same bowel symptom like before like for a day and it triggered my urinary symptoms and since yesterday I have been having my urinary symptoms again. I am a Registered Nurse myself, I am confused if it is prostatitis giving me both my bowel and urinary symptoms or do I have IBS that is causing prostatitis. with IBS, feeling of not properly emptied rectum is the only symptom that I have. I will be extremely grateful to you if you can help me understand my issue or give me your opinion. Thank you.

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Hi sir it would be really helpfull if you could answer my question below, thank you