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Re: Most probably not.

Written by kevin page at 21 Jul 2002 00:34:43:

As an answer to: Most probably not. written by Paul B. at 20 Jul 2002 23:36:29:

>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.

BXO , from the day I got circumcised, gave me such a hard time. I am having such a hard time walking or putting/taking off my pants. I walk like a penguin.

>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.

The body does absorb 30% of the Steroid ointment rubbed on the skin.
(I am using Descort Desonide 0.05% Ointment)

>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?

I don't know...he is strange and don't like people asking so many question :-(


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