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Re: Diabetic Posthitis

Written by Graham at 11 Apr 2001 05:39:27:

As an answer to: Diabetic Posthitis written by Paul B. at 10 Apr 2001 23:42:07:

Thanks for the info. I've tried Canestan by itself before (only for a day or so) but it never really had a noticeable effect. I'll combine the two and see how things go.


>>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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