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Re: Is this likely to be a problem? - keep an eye on it

Written by Ivan at 11 Jun 2004 15:44:27:

As an answer to: Is this likely to be a problem? written by nick at 11 Jun 2004 11:57:37:

>I'm not sure whether I've got a problem or not, hopefully I can get some help with the diagnosis here.
>I woke up this morning with a slight discolouration on my glans next to the urethra - just to the right (looking down at it from my perspective). It's also ever so slightly, almost imperceptibly swollen, and it's tiny. It completely disappears upon erection, and only reappears when the penis is 100% flaccid again.
>My initial panic reaction was that it might be evidence of BXO, and that it might develop into a harder, whiter area on the tip of the glans. I'm still worrying about that now, but there are no other symptoms. For all I know, it might be something as simple as that part of the glans not being covered by the foreskin as I slept, and it reacting slightly to being exposed.
>Any suggestions as to possible causes/problems? Or is it nothing to stress about? I can't help but fear the worst here, guys... :(
>(FYI, I have a mild phimotic ring and a short frenulum, which I recently started stretching, so far with positive results.)

I'm not much of an expert on infections of that area, but I do know that almost nothing you are likely to encounter in Europe, N.Am or Oz is going to be particularly fast-growing. Everything is easier to solve when caught early, but that doesn't mean you can't give it 3-4 days before running to the GP or family doctor (this is a skin condition, not a urologic one - don't go to a urologist). In the meantime, when you wash use only clear water on the glans and under the foreskin, make sure you give it a last rinse at the end of your shower to get stray shampoo and soap off, if you can, pull the skin back while peeing to prevent spray/ backwash and to allow a little drying out (usually not necessary but germs don't like dryness and a bad one may have gotten the upper hand), and keep to your stretches (and I'm sure you aren't doing so, but I'll remind everyone it should be taut, not painful, and most certainly never even close to pulling hard enough to tear - more time rather than harder pulling aids progress best). If the condition gets noticeably worse, then re-evaluate about going to the doctor.


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