Re: Swollen, red foreskin - excuse cross-post please

[Guest guest]

The violet would be good, but if you have like monistat cream, or

equal therof, what I would do is mix one part monistat, one part mild

hydrocortison cream and one part bacitracin (mycitracin, etc) in your

hand and then apply. This reduces the inflamation quickly, works on

the yeast and prevents a secondary infection. Apply with each diaper

change. A sitz bath with baking soda may be soothing as well.

Good luck. Poor baby.

[Guest guest]

Hi there everyone

Its funny your brought this up.. because when Tommy woke up this

morning.. he had something REALLY weird happening. We are just

getting through the nights pullup free.. But this morning... when he

woke up.. he came to me with his pants down, and says " HELP

PLEASE " . The top of his weewee was like.. how do i explain this..

splotchy white stuff? Like, dry.... not goopy. Im not sure how to

explain it. He also had like, yellow-whitish stuff in his pants..

that smelled really bad. It wasnt urin though.. it was kind of the

texture of dried up paste. I havent a CLUE what it is.. and have

just planned on waiting for Tommy's dad to come home from work to ask

him.. maybe its a " Boy thing? " . Anyone have any clue?

sorry for the BLUNT explanation..

Rhonda

> Mikey's foreskin is red and swollen. He is circumcised. He never

lets me

> touch him there so I don't know if it's painful, but his diaper is

off and

> he's not touching his penis, and that's pretty unusual. He was

also up in

> the night and kept putting my hand on his diaper...I thought he

just wanted

> to be changed, & changed him in the dark. I didn't see the

swelling until

> just now.

>

> Gabe has had thrush so I thought it might be yeast? But I don't

see any

> white stuff.

>

> There's no discharge at all.

>

> I have him in the bath just to rinse it...I was thinking of putting

genetian

> violet on it...what do you think??

>

> Thanks,

>

>

> -Sara.

> wife to Matt

> SAHM to nurslings

> Mikey, 9/14/99, Autism, and

> Gabe, born at home 5/17/01, GERD

> http://home.earthlink.net/~thebyks

[Guest guest]

Rhonda:

Sounds like an infection of some kind (hey, you knew that!) Yeast is a good

guess. Baking soda baths are soothing, but won't totally take care of it

(although baking soda is good for getting rid of yeast). You might try

Sara's gentian violent if you don't mind purple penises or the monistat that

Dr. suggests.

Salli

[Guest guest]

wonderful!!!

Well, I should admit.. i am more at ease with it being an infection

more than anything. I thought it was " something else " which I am

SOOOOOOO NOT READY to deal with yet!..lol I've already called the

doc to see what he recomends.

Thanks for the advice!

Rhonda

> Rhonda:

>

> Sounds like an infection of some kind (hey, you knew that!) Yeast

is a good

> guess. Baking soda baths are soothing, but won't totally take care

of it

> (although baking soda is good for getting rid of yeast). You might

try

> Sara's gentian violent if you don't mind purple penises or the

monistat that

> Dr. suggests.

>

> Salli

[Guest guest]

Sara,

woke up this morning with the same thing. He is circ'd also but has

extra skin on the bottom from where the doctor did a horrible job. Long

story but this isn't the first time it's gotten a bad swollen forskin.

I start off with a baking soda wash. Is it common for AS children not to

let you touch there. screams and I have to hold him down. ( not a nice

sight) Then I use lotrimn (yes the same stuff you use on your feet if you

need it that is) if I think it's yeast. If it's not yeast I will use berts

bee's daiper cream which takes it away most of the time. The baking soda is

the key for us. I have used GV and then taken him to the doctor, most

doctors know what it is but then again I lived where it was common for the

hospital to still use this.

I would allow him to walk around in cotton training pants or maybe cotton

diaper with no cover if possible. won't let me do this anymore, he

insists on having pants on. If I don't put his pants on he will go upstairs

and find Pj's and scream till I put something on him.

Hope it gets better soon

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[Guest guest]

THAT sounds like yeast, Rhonda...For us the OTC creams & even script

Nystatin & Difulcan don't work, but Genetian Violet does, quickly. It can

be hard to find but is very inexepensive, less than $2 for a bottle. But

it's purple. Very, very purple. For some people it doesn't do squat.

Yeast is a particular beastie. 's mixture is a good one if you can

use those things.

Give him a probiotic (or live-culture yogurt; Dannon is a good brand) and

try to keep him away from sugar and refined grains. You can apply plain

live-culture yogurt topically & it will be soothing as well as help kill the

yeast; acidophilus eats yeast. Apply as often as he needs. You can't OD on

the probiotioc; I give at least double the rec. dose for infections.

Some vineger in the bathwater will help. You can use quite a bit in a tub

or mix 1 part vineger to at least 5 parts water and rinse/wipe him with

that. If the mix is too strong it will burn; if it does rinse very well

with plain water and dilute the vineger more. But 1:5 should be fine.

Otherwise try to keep it clean & dry.

Be very consistant. Change his underwear frequently. Put 2 cups of vineger

in the rinse cycle when you wash his clothes. Continue treatment for at

LEAST FOUR DAYS after symptoms are gone or there is an excellent chance the

infection will come back stronger than before.

Good luck!!!

-Sara.

wife to Matt

SAHM to nurslings

Mikey, 9/14/99, Autism, and

Gabe, born at home 5/17/01, GERD

http://home.earthlink.net/~thebyks

> Re: Swollen, red foreskin - excuse

> cross-post please

>

>

> Hi there everyone

>

> Its funny your brought this up.. because when Tommy woke up this

> morning.. he had something REALLY weird happening. We are just

> getting through the nights pullup free.. But this morning... when he

> woke up.. he came to me with his pants down, and says " HELP

> PLEASE " . The top of his weewee was like.. how do i explain this..

> splotchy white stuff? Like, dry.... not goopy. Im not sure how to

> explain it. He also had like, yellow-whitish stuff in his pants..

> that smelled really bad. It wasnt urin though.. it was kind of the

> texture of dried up paste. I havent a CLUE what it is.. and have

> just planned on waiting for Tommy's dad to come home from work to ask

> him.. maybe its a " Boy thing? " . Anyone have any clue?

>

> sorry for the BLUNT explanation..

>

> Rhonda

>

>

> > Mikey's foreskin is red and swollen. He is circumcised. He never

> lets me

> > touch him there so I don't know if it's painful, but his diaper is

> off and

> > he's not touching his penis, and that's pretty unusual. He was

> also up in

> > the night and kept putting my hand on his diaper...I thought he

> just wanted

> > to be changed, & changed him in the dark. I didn't see the

> swelling until

> > just now.

> >

> > Gabe has had thrush so I thought it might be yeast? But I don't

> see any

> > white stuff.

> >

> > There's no discharge at all.

> >

> > I have him in the bath just to rinse it...I was thinking of putting

> genetian

> > violet on it...what do you think??

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> > -Sara.

> > wife to Matt

> > SAHM to nurslings

> > Mikey, 9/14/99, Autism, and

> > Gabe, born at home 5/17/01, GERD

> > http://home.earthlink.net/~thebyks

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you SO MUCH for the suggestions... I couldnt find the Violet

last night.. but we've been watching him very closely and changing

FREQUENTLY.. and I added some baking soda to his bath last night.. it

looks MUCH better already.. no trace of it this far.

Thanks again

Rhonda

> > > Mikey's foreskin is red and swollen. He is circumcised. He

never

> > lets me

> > > touch him there so I don't know if it's painful, but his

diaper is

> > off and

> > > he's not touching his penis, and that's pretty unusual. He was

> > also up in

> > > the night and kept putting my hand on his diaper...I thought he

> > just wanted

> > > to be changed, & changed him in the dark. I didn't see the

> > swelling until

> > > just now.

> > >

> > > Gabe has had thrush so I thought it might be yeast? But I don't

> > see any

> > > white stuff.

> > >

> > > There's no discharge at all.

> > >

> > > I have him in the bath just to rinse it...I was thinking of

putting

> > genetian

> > > violet on it...what do you think??

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > >

> > > -Sara.

> > > wife to Matt

> > > SAHM to nurslings

> > > Mikey, 9/14/99, Autism, and

> > > Gabe, born at home 5/17/01, GERD

> > > http://home.earthlink.net/~thebyks

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Sara,

had something like this as an infant. Doc had us put neosporin on

it.

Sue

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