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Re: H E L P

Written by Ivan at 12 Apr 2005 04:59:27:

As an answer to: H E L P written by RC at 12 Apr 2005 03:53:36:

>For the past several months I have been experiencing a problem that has only gotten worse as time progresses. My experience as an uncircumcised male is that after intercourse, the next day I would find my penis to be in pain. The pain and swelling would subside in a few days. However now I find that my foreskin has become extremely tight. I have trouble retracting whether I'm flaccid or erect. It has become so painful when I'm erect that I have not been able to have intercourse for a couple of months. The head of my penis would be red and sore but eventually subside, but the tightness becomes progressivley worse. I went to see a doctor about it and I could hardly retract at all. He told me to soak my penis in warm salt water and prescribed a "MUPIROCIN" ointment. This creme would make the redness go away and I would be able to retract when flaccid. However when I'm erect my foreskin no longer retracts on its own. If i retract it myself it becomes very painful. I tried to have intercourse and I saw stars. The worse thing is that I notice small tears or cuts at the end of my foreskin. Sometimes its 1 or 2 . Sometimes its like 8 small cuts. Someone please help. The doctor told me I would have to be circumcied. I really don't want it to be done. Has anyone on this site experience what I'm talking about. Please reply because I need help.
It sounds very much like you have a yeast infection. I'm not familiar with the name of the medicine, so I can't comment on that, but tears and increasing tightness are indicative of infection, usually yeast. Do not wash with soap or use any detergents, antibacterials or other harsh compounds or those that disrupt the natural biotic balance. The warm salt water is fine. You do not need a circumcision - you need to fix the condition causing these changes. Was it by any chance a urologist you saw? A dermatologist or a family practitioner would be better. One thing I would be concerned with given what you describe is diabetes - the sugar in the blood can come through the skin and feed the yeasts there (by the way, you cannot entirely rid your skin of yeasts and bacteria - the guys that try to sell you on circumcision saying it will eliminate those are ignorant or liars. All the skin has a natural population of microbes. The goal is to have a healthy balance)

If you were having a fungal infection of your feet, you wouldn't let a doctor peel the skin off and yank your toenail, would you? That's the same as letting a doctor cut away the infected parts of your penis. Get the infection under control and then you can restore your foreskin mobility.


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