Thread: treatment for inflammed foreskin?

It does not look peely, dry, or bumpy. Just a little red and inflammed. I put some yogurt with live cultured on it today so we'll see if that does anything! We're away from home for a couple more days so I don't have access to all my first-aid stuff, but I can try the GSE (pretty sure what I have is citricidel) when we get home, and sunning and all that stuff. From what I read before when I thought my older child had yeast...

I'm glad you are trying this method first. You can also buy acidophilus at the health food store and put it on. Just be sure to dilute the GSE well try 5 drops per 2oz water first. If you see little improvement after a few days you can up it to 10 drops per 2oz. You will want to apply it with a cotton ball 3 times per day. GSE is extremely good stuff and has both anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties. It should help restore the...

I didn't wipe at every diaper change either. I always viewed it as over drying and possibly throwing off the flora/ph balance etc. I missed that you were out of town in you earlier posts. I've noticed that these kinds of issues often come up when travelling. I suspect that the part of the five point harness on the carseat that goes up between the legs chafes and causes swelling and redness in the very sensitive and vascular foreskin.

How old is he ? Is his remaining foreskin getting pulled back at bath and every diaper change ? Is he a loose circ where the leftover foreskin still covers the glans ?

I might try and put some antifungal cream (monostat, canesten etc) Otherwise it may be best to check with your Dr. My ds's are intact so I'm not super certain on treating remnant skin, my suggestion is soley based on what I'd do to a whole penis (thinking any superificial chaffing would be similar)

first try 7 day monistat yeast cream. If you dont see improvement with that then try otc bacatracin. One of those should do the trick if not then you should take him to the Dr. for a culture to see what the problem is.

Plain yogurt. Topically. No joke. Slather it on there, let it sit a bit, wipe it off. TMI: When I have YIs I insert 3 applicators full just like Monistat. Works in half the time. Pro-biotics help too.