 [ Symptoms ] ive been living with candida yeast infection for about 18 years now i did not know till like a year ago what candida was [ Disease ] i do not know i do not know anything about your boyfriend is medical history or have any why of examining him but based on what you have shared he needs to see a medical provider to make sure that he does not have a treatable infection epididymitis orchitis etc  that may be causing his difficulty