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Most probably not.

Written by Paul B. at 20 Jul 2002 23:36:29:

As an answer to: Re: It (most probably) doesn't. written by kevin page at 20 Jul 2002 17:16:34:

> I feel much better now after reading your answer that the disease cannot be transferred via sharing things in the family.

No more so than asthma, or the other illnesses that I mentioned just now in another reply.

> So if a person has BXO , his chance of having diabete is also very big?
> I think I need a blood test.

Very big? I don't know about very big. There is some increased risk if you have one auto-immune disorder, to suffer from another, but not tremendous. And again, "BXO" seems such a minor (uncommon and not life-threatening) condition that research on it is not big. No-one really knows.

> What is the side effect of long term use of the Steroid Cream ?
> I find it strange after using the steroid cream. I always feel so sleepy very early in the evening and don't want to wake up late in the morning.
> I am not sure it this is one of the side effect of the cream.

Too much reading about "steroids" and possible side effects is your problem. You will not experience any effects in any part of the body other than where you rub it on.

> So much damage will this disease do? Can it spread all the way to other parts of the body?

Spread is the wrong word. It might occur elsewhere, but this would be because there is some reason for that place to be susceptible to it just as your foreskin was. If you play rough with your cat, he might claw your right hand and produce scratches. The next time, he may claw your left hand. That doesn't mean the scratches have spread from the right to the left, it means the same risk (playing with the cat) has affected each place.

Anyway, in most cases, it seems not that troublesome.

> On many websites, it suggests that circumcising the foreskin might take care of the problem

But may not.

> but in my case it didn't help much since I still have BXO. My Dermatologist said that I have to live with it for the rest of my life :-(

In context, how sure is the dermatologist that you actually have the condition at the scar site? Did the foreskin histopathology say that it extended to the edge? Did the dermatologist perform another biopsy (punch out a piece of the skin) from where it is affecting you now to re-test? Or did he just say (as I suspect he did) that you now had some irritation which might be BXO, in which case you would have to live with it, and just use the steroid to settle it down whatever it is?


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