It sounds like it isnt ballooning since that only happens while urinating. What it does sound like is that the area that is swollen was damaged a bit either by him scratching it or some other injury or possibly a bit of yeast has moved...
Removing the foreskin will not stop UTI if it did then my dh and every other circed guy wouldnt get them. Like the pp said the study was done on PREMI infants not on babies born at term so the study is by its very nature flawed.
UTI in...
Removing the foreskin will not stop UTI if it did then my dh and every other circed guy wouldnt get them. Like the pp said the study was done on PREMI infants not on babies born at term so the study is by its very nature flawed.
UTI in...
Here are 2 links that show the foreskin in motion: show actual penises so N:
http://www.noharmm.org/anatomy.htm
http://www.circumstitions.com/completeman/
It could be 1 of 3 things:
1)normal separation
2)bacteria has moved in due to separation since it can leave raw areas and his age is around when many boys do start separation (though any time is also normal)
3)yeast
Here is a thread...
Nope whether to retract or not is a personal preference kind of thing. ds didnt do it until this last couple of weeks, he will be 8 yo next month.. Some prefer to do it because it helps with aim but other than that there is no medical...
It sucks that it has become so "normal" People are rightly concerned about child abuse yet this one subject is not seen in the same way at all,. I cannot understand that .