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Re: More pros and cons.

Written by ned at 20 Oct 2002 16:40:59:

As an answer to: More pros and cons. written by Paul B. at 20 Oct 2002 00:58:40:

>Well there you go. A urologist has a job to do. His job is cutting things up and stitching things together, as efficiently as possible. You were referred to him for a circumcision, so he says "Yeah, let's do a circumcision". If you were referred for medical management of your balano-posthitis, you wouldn't have been referred to a urologist, would you?

I was referred to him (urologists) for problems I'm having which I mentioned on one of my posts. My doc referred me to my local hospital over a year ago, I'm still waiting on an appointment. The urologist blamed this BXO as the cause for the trouble I have in my nether regions,as he put it, funny thing I didn't have any thrush 10 years ago. So I'm lost on this issue. I have asked the doctor about balantitis (sp?) but he is insistent on a circumcism, he reckons get rid of it and end the problem.

>And if you are getting a discharge, I'd definitely not go probing around with cotton swabs, but just wash/ flush with water. Yoghurt is going to do far less damage than soap!

I use the buds dipped in cooled down boiled water, and to apply cream under the fore skin, this helped for a while,I mean it calmed the itching down.

>> diflucan has helped in the past,
>Just how much good? Do you mean the problem resolved when you used it, but came back afterward? If indeed you have a problem with diabetic control, you can only expect this - you will need to continue "thrush" management all the time till you have consistently normal sugars.

The diflucan was actually prescribed by my wifes doctor, it hit things on the head for a while, my own doctors say's diflucan is for women, as it cause some problems in men??? One thing I forgot to mention, every time I get anti biotics I end up with thrush. I was given anti biotics for a bladder infection summer 2001, this is when the present episode started and has not let up (it seems continuous to me), I had to buy diflucan, which calmed things then the discharge came back.

My fore skin dries up at the tip and it flakes off, at this stage I get small length way splits along the skin. I don't know if this helps you in advising me.

Can you confirm that diflucan is suitable for men, I want to tell my doctor about the advice you give me,hopefully it will change his mind.

Thanks for your help.


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