Re: Soreness with urination/circ

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Intact boys will often complain of soreness when they are beginning

the separation process. Since you say he was ballooning when he

urinated as well, I'm certain it was the separation that was causing

some pain. And since he retracted with the steroid cream, but went

back to the way it was before, I'd say with confidence that his body

just isn't ready for him to be fully retractile yet. Even having gone

back to the way it was, there's no reason to worry, it will still

happen when the body is ready (the right hormones, etc. will be

present in his body naturally, without a need for creams). The

ballooning and pain would also suggest that natural retraction is not

far down the road at all.

-Becky

>

> Thanks for your response.

>

> DS is 5. I wasn't at all worried about hygiene or retracting the

> foreskin until he got his first soreness a couple of years ago. He

> said his penis hurt to wee. He was prescribed some antibiotics, and

> the doctor already mentioned circ, which amazed me! I am anti-circ by

> the way. When it recurred I went back to the doc who said he was

> peeing out of a pin hole and the foreskin was very tight. It balloons

> out sometimes. He recommended hc45, which is a very weak steroid. It

> did reduce the redness and DS was able to retract it himself in the

> bath - I didn't ask him to, he just found that he could. I thought

> that was the end of the matter, but as soon as I stopped applying the

> steroid cream, it went back to the way it was before. That suggests

> to me that there are some adhesions? I am happy to go along and see

> how he does, as long as it doesn't hurt. I don't want him to have

> surgery, and I doubt he'd ever forgive me if I put him in for a circ!

>

> I was just worried it might be related to the MOM in some way.

>

> > >

> >

> > How old is your DS? It is perfectly normal for an intact penis to

> > remain adhered to the glans until puberty. If you are using steroid

> > creams to loosen it and retract it, then it's premature and could

> very

> > very likely be causing the soreness. He absolutely does *not* need

> to

> > be circumcised if he is not retractile. If he still doesn't retract

> > on his own when he is sexually active, *then* is the time that you

> > want to try steroid creams and stretching exercises. Before then,

> > it's just not needed- the foreskin is protective, not dirty.

> >

> > Please see this article by Fleiss:

> > http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/circumcision/protect-

> uncircson.html

> > Specifically quoting:

> > " As long as your son can urinate, he is perfectly normal. There is

> no

> > age by which a child's foreskin must be retractable. Do not let your

> > doctor or anyone try to retract your child's foreskin. Optimal

> hygiene

> > of the penis demands that the foreskin of infants and children be

> left

> > alone. Premature retraction rips the skin of the penis open and

> causes

> > your child extreme pain. There is no legitimate medical

> justification

> > for retraction. The child's discomfort is proof of that. "

> >

> > I would bet all my money that his pain is due to premature

> retraction,

> > and not at all related to any constipation-related issues or

> medications.

> >

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