HELP! huge swollen foreskin on 22 month old - Page 2

[MommytoB]

Is it possible that he is allergic to something ? Like how much sugar does he get or how much citric fruit he gets ?

One time after my boy ate tons of peaches he ended up with blisters on his butt and even a bit on his foreskin it went away after there was a break in the peach department.

Maybe even use a different detergent as in a more gentle one as chemical free one.

[kcparker]

Originally Posted by MommytoB

Is it possible that he is allergic to something ? Like how much sugar does he get or how much citric fruit he gets ?

One time after my boy ate tons of peaches he ended up with blisters on his butt and even a bit on his foreskin it went away after there was a break in the peach department.

Maybe even use a different detergent as in a more gentle one as chemical free one.

We have a pretty healthy diet. He doesn't eat dairy, and he doesn't get much in the way of sugar; he's not even eating a lot of fruit right now. We are using the same detergent we have been for the whole of his life. My gut feeling is that it's super-concentrated pee that comes out while he is asleep that's the problem because he can go to bed with the penis looking okay, then wakes up with the tip red and swollen and painful. We have been changing out the diaper before we go to sleep if he's peed in it already when we do his midnight pottying. I am torn about pushing water on him before bed. On the one hand, it would dilute the pee. On the other hand, it will ensure that he pees more than he does now, where the ideal is that he wakes up dry and pees right away...

[Super~Single~Mama]

If his pee is super concentrated, I would work on getting him to drink more fluids, since that will make his pee less concentrated. More mama milk, lots of water, if there are other drinks you offer him thats good too (you said no dairy, but other forms of milk maybe?).

Concentrated pee, as far as I know, is a problem of not being hydrated properly.

[kcparker]

Originally Posted by thyra

More mama milk, lots of water, if there are other drinks you offer him thats good too (you said no dairy, but other forms of milk maybe?).

Concentrated pee, as far as I know, is a problem of not being hydrated properly.

He drinks probably 4-5 oz. of water with dinner, then often chugs a bit after his teeth are brushed, and he also does still nurse before bed (insert small eyeroll here), but that's a whole 'nother thread. Maybe I can try to get him to drink a little bit more when we rouse him to pee?

[lari]

Update

Just an update. We returned to the Dr where he looked at it again. Obviously, it hadn't changed. the antifungal was an OTC lotrimin. He said not to bother with that anymore. He hadn't been sure that morning what it was. He put a call into a urologist to discuss whether he should be admitted for IV antibiotics, but because DS isn't in horrible pain he said that might be a little aggressive. I agree. We've loaded him up on omnicef and DH will take him back tomorrow to make sure it's looking better. Dr and myself did check to see if there was hair wrapped around anything, nope. He went diaper free the rest of the evening and crashed hard this evening. I can't help but be a little frustrated about this whole thing. All of our friends circ and I've taken a lot of criticism for leaving DS intact. I can't imagine what they'd say if I shared what DS is going thru right now. I feel like they were right about some things and it makes me upset. I can hear them now..."He wouldn't need to be taking antibiotics and be in pain if you had just circ'd him" "See, intact is soo less clean" I don't believe those things, but it still makes me sad.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

I went through the same thoughts when ds had his infection. But then I reminded myself about the horrific yeast rash that dd had and remembered that no matter which gender you are you can have issues with infection. Even a circed boy can get yeast infections on the penis that make it swell horribly the only difference is that the swelling in that case can really cause issues with urination. While severe swelling of the foreskin dosnt seem to cause problems in that way. At least not when it happened to my ds.

[lari]

MCatLvrMom2A&X- Thank you.

[ktgrok]

well, yes, if you circed he wouldn't have this infection. He'd miss out on a few days of discomfort. Of course, he would have had at least that much discomfort after the circ surgery, so that kind of evens out. And he wouldn't get all the adult years of sexual pleasure from having a foreskin. you made the right decision.

[Carlyle]

Originally Posted by kcparker

My gut feeling is that it's super-concentrated pee that comes out while he is asleep that's the problem because he can go to bed with the penis looking okay, then wakes up with the tip red and swollen and painful.

Is he teething? Teething makes for some hellaciously acidic pee (yeah, I know that's not really a word). My dd's pee turned her entire diaper area BRIGHT red in seconds (literally) when she was teething. Maybe he's working on those last molars?

Originally Posted by lari

I can't imagine what they'd say if I shared what DS is going thru right now.

Definitely don't tell them! You're right, they're wrong and this temporary issue is none of their business. Yuck. Sorry you don't have folks in real life you can confide in for support

[GardenStream]

My boys both had something like that fairly regularly. The youngest DS had it this morning. He woke up grabbing at his diaper, told me "pee, pee" and howled when I wiped his penis. It was red and swollen, we call it elephant penis in our house. It always seems to happen when they had a really wet diaper in the morning. I generally just let him run around naked for a while to dry it out and then put him in a sposie. I already know that DS will be fine by lunch time.

DS1 has never had that problem since he potty trained.

ETA: I thought it might help if I gave a better description of what I was talking about by saying red and swollen elephant penis. It's about twice the regular size and almost appears to be wrinkly (like fingers when in the bathtub). It's soft, very pliable, and doesn't feel hot like an infection does. It's painful when something rubs against it but not at all when peeing. It also never effects the glans, just the foreskin.

[vachi73]

Update?

Just wondering if OP had an update... Hopefully DS is feeling much better and doctors can be avoided