My oldest son (6yo) has what I think is an adhesion. It's right at the tip & I can see there's a thin piece of skin/vein like string attached to the skin further down his penis to the tip of his penis. I've thought about taking him to the dr. but am afraid they're going to just rip it apart which will be very painful. He says it hurts when he tries to pee & I know when it's erect it hurts even more. This has been going on for 4 days now.
He had another adhesion further down a few months back & when I took him to the Urologist (chief of Urology) the only options were to put steroid cream or circumcision. I did some research & didn't want to use the cream so I didn't. Db showed him how to retract it a little to clean it & after he showers but I don't think he's been doing it. He tends to pull the skin all the way up & play with it.
Okay let me clarify some things:
1. My son isn't writhing around in pain or crying in pain or anything like that. It's just when he has to use the bathroom. Mainly in the morning AFTER holding it all night. After he's able to play he's off & running & playing & having a good old time no longer thinking about it. He's been at a birthday party for the past 5 hours & not one phone call about his penis hurting.
2. If he was writhing around in pain or in constant pain the whole day I wouldn't even know it BECAUSE if he was doing it for even 1 HOUR I would be at the doctor's office, Urgent Care, or the ER so fast it would make you head spin. And yes I'm one of those moms who will take her child to the ER after hours for something not considered a true emergency. His doctors, my doctors know I'm very familiar with medical services as well as emailing them if I have a concern.
3. I did start using the cream yesterday in an attempt to help him but I'm not going to forcibly retract his foreskin.
4. Yes I did post & ask for help but it would seem to me if you don't have an intact boy or a circumcized boy that has had an adhesion you shouldn't even be answering since you can't offer any help which is why some of you think he's been in constant pain for 4 days.
Poor lil guy.............my gs is not circ'd and we were trying to have him retract the foreskin to clean himself (he's 8) and he wouldn't do it because it was so sensitive. The doctor said not to try and retract or have him retract the skin because as he gets older, he will naturally do it on his own. I don't blame you for not wanting the dr just rip it apart. I'm sure that would be extremely painful..........I've heard people say that a baby doesn't even feel a circumcision but if that's the case, why do they scream so much. Hope your lil guy gets to feeling better soon
will do. thanks again for your help!
Quoting whowhat:
Mmhm. It works really well too. They told me to use it for ten days on my son and it only took three. I hope your boy feels better.
Lol. Yeah they definitely do. At least if he had to be circ'd at this age it would be done under general anesthesia. And that's the thing. We hadn't been teaching him to retract because from what I've read it will do so on his own but it certainly doesn't help with painful adhesions. As he's gotten older it's become more painful when it happens for him & my usually tricks don't work. Anyway, I'm going to try the cream & see if it works. At least this will be practice for his younger brother. :)
Quoting Texascandee:
Poor lil guy.............my gs is not circ'd and we were trying to have him retract the foreskin to clean himself (he's 8) and he wouldn't do it because it was so sensitive. The doctor said not to try and retract or have him retract the skin because as he gets older, he will naturally do it on his own. I don't blame you for not wanting the dr just rip it apart. I'm sure that would be extremely painful..........I've heard people say that a baby doesn't even feel a circumcision but if that's the case, why do they scream so much. Hope your lil guy gets to feeling better soon
Good grief! Take him in. People like you give the rest of us a bad name.
no. being arrogant & refusing to ask questions to get more information gives you people a bad name. If you'd read the replies you'd know he's been taken in already about an adhesion AND THE UROLOGIST (specialist because yes, I prefer my children seen by specialists) already explained my TWO options for him. And he was seen by the I'm in charge, buck stops here CHIELF OF UROLOGY.
Quoting kansasmom1978:
Good grief! Take him in. People like you give the rest of us a bad name.
What makes you think I don't take my kids to specialists? My autisitc son sees Autism Specialists. My dd who has chronic UTIs sees a Urologist.
Quoting mommy2cristian:no. being arrogant & refusing to ask questions to get more information gives you people a bad name. If you'd read the replies you'd know he's been taken in already about an adhesion AND THE UROLOGIST (specialist because yes, I prefer my children seen by specialists) already explained my TWO options for him. And he was seen by the I'm in charge, buck stops here CHIELF OF UROLOGY.
Quoting kansasmom1978:
Good grief! Take him in. People like you give the rest of us a bad name.
Quoting kansasmom1978:What makes you think I don't take my kids to specialists? My autisitc son sees Autism Specialists. My dd who has chronic UTIs sees a Urologist.
Quoting mommy2cristian:no. being arrogant & refusing to ask questions to get more information gives you people a bad name. If you'd read the replies you'd know he's been taken in already about an adhesion AND THE UROLOGIST (specialist because yes, I prefer my children seen by specialists) already explained my TWO options for him. And he was seen by the I'm in charge, buck stops here CHIELF OF UROLOGY.
Quoting kansasmom1978:
Good grief! Take him in. People like you give the rest of us a bad name.
Are these really inappropriate pictures? *pics*
Does sex in the 1st 30 days kill a relationship?
- mommy2cristian
on Aug. 18, 2012 at 5:05 PM