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Diabetic Posthitis

Written by Paul B. at 10 Apr 2001 23:42:07:

As an answer to: Diabetic Phimosis written by Graham at 10 Apr 2001 01:41:58:

>I'm a 41 year old male, ... diagnosed with diabetes.

Then you are at substantial risk of nuisance Candida Albicans
infections.

> vertical slits along the foreskin. There is also a hardening of the
> skin which I couldn't explain.

Typical of chronic Candidiasis.

> diminishing the want for sex.

Naturally.

> now I just think that the old one's vagina is 'looser' than the
> other, so there's not as much rubbing to cause the splits to occur.

Probably correct, but it is also possible one has a higher load of
Candida in the vagina than the other.

> I came across this website after doing some research on Celestone-V
> cream (cortisone cream), which I'd bought to get rid of a serious
> case of crutch rot.

Not a good choice for a diabetic. While using this fluorinated
steroid (technically, not cortisone, much more potent) cream will
settle inflammation, it makes the skin more susceptible to the fungus
of crutch rot (tinea) or posthitis/ balanitis (Candida), so you are
likely to end up fighting it all the time.

> So I've begun using the cream on my foreskin (yesterday) to see if
> it has any effect

You should not be using that cream unless you are also using a
decent antifungal cream - Canesten or Daktarin - at the same time,
applied before the steroid on each occasion, and perhaps twice as
often as the steroid.


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