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Ds has what looks like an open blister on the tip of his foreskin. He is uncirced. The tip of it is red, too. Is this some form of diaper rash? The rest of his little bum is fine. No redness, or rash, or anything. Only the tip of his "little man". :LOL Should I slather him with diaper cream or leave him nudie patootie? It looks so sore. It just seemed to pop out today. It looked really red at the tip earlier, then I just changed him and I found the open blister. What is it? Is it just weird diaper rash?
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A blister is a sign of a bacterial diaper rash, if it does not look like it's getting better tomorrow, I would go to a Dr, get a culture and an antibiotic script. I wouldn't take the prescription without the culture- to make sure that you are hitting the target. Antibiotics are such a can of worms.

Hope you will see the healing soon!

Love Sarah
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A blister is a sign of a bacterial diaper rash, if it does not look like it's getting better tomorrow, I would go to a Dr, get a culture and an antibiotic script. I wouldn't take the prescription without the culture- to make sure that you are hitting the target. Antibiotics are such a can of worms.

Hope you will see the healing soon!

Love Sarah
Thanks so much Sarah! I put him to soak in a warm bath and left him without his diaper for quite awhile before bed. The blister looked smaller and slightly scabbed when I put on his bedtime diaper. He wears cloth. I put in a lay-in raw silk liner, so I am hoping it will do some healing overnight. Also, I should have been more specific...it isn't exactly right on the tip, rather it's about 1/8-1/4 inch back from the tip. I will definetly take him in tomorrow for a culture if it looks worse or the same. I wonder if the ped. would allow me to do the culture? Ds hasn't had a regular ped. appt for about 6 months, also this ped. slightly retracted his foreskin when I brought him in when with what looked to be blood in his diaper. It turned out to be calcium deposits, but I will be on my super mama guard to prevent any further damage. Our ped. is excellent in every way so far, but we have yet to address this issue. I guess no time like the present.
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