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Re: tight foreskin

Written by Ralesk at 05 May 2004 03:05:14:

As an answer to: tight foreskin written by Carl at 05 May 2004 02:31:34:

>Hi, I am a diabetic, not fully circumsized and about twice a year, the foreskin around my penis gets extremely tight. There is nothing consistant about when it happens. The first time it happened I was 28 yrs old and my sugar was around 650 and stayed that high for about three months before I found out I was diabetic. When I went to the doctor, all he could tell me was it was a yeast infection. My doctor then referred me to an Urologist and he said I needed a "butterfly" incision to release my penis. The question I have is: Is this related to diabetes? Question 2: Is the "butterfly" a good idea? (When my penis is erect, there is no extra skin there.) I would greatly appreciate any input on this. Thanks, Carl

I’m sure our friend here will bite me for that, but I have never heard of a butterfly incision before and I have been around here for a couple years. I do wonder what it is about — and if you don’t know either, it is a good idea to ask your doctor what he means by that, too.

On diabetes, last I heard it made people more subsceptible to yeast infections. Good idea would be to get the sugar under control (if you haven’t yet), and treat the yeast the way you treat fungi anywhere else: with appropriate medicine.


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