Phimosis / Tight Foreskin / Circumcision

[buds]

Cud be urine infection, Zack.

Oh… the poor dear. Cry?

[ZacK]

buds:

Cud be urine infection, Zack.

Oh... the poor dear. Cry?

DS1 is ok... Just complained abt the stinging pain, other than that... He is still happy and going abt doing his own stuff

[buds]

Was recommended by friends to drink

juices with anti-oxidants like cranberry
juice to ease the stinging in the cases
of urine infections - it worked!

With urine infection also, feels like gg
toilet every other time…

[worried mummy]

My son had similar symptoms when he had an infection 2 months back. He felt a little pain after he urinated and but he never complained to me till the doctor asked him. So I presume the pain is quite bearable.


There is a slight redness at the tip of his penis. A urine test was done but no bacteria infection was detected in his urine. The doctor said small amounts of urine accumulated at the tip of his penis after he urinated because he cannot pull back his foreskin, resulting in the inflammation and urge to urinate frequently. That’s why he suggested circumcision - for hygiene purposes. He didn’t have fever and was just given some oral medicine to reduce the inflammation.

[ZacK]

buds:

Was recommended by friends to drink

juices with anti-oxidants like cranberry
juice to ease the stinging in the cases
of urine infections - it worked!

With urine infection also, feels like gg
toilet every other time..

Yeap heard that cranberry is good for urinary tract infections

[ZacK]

worried mummy:

My son had similar symptoms when he had an infection 2 months back. He felt a little pain after he urinated and but he never complained to me till the doctor asked him. So I presume the pain is quite bearable.


There is a slight redness at the tip of his penis. A urine test was done but no bacteria infection was detected in his urine. The doctor said small amounts of urine accumulated at the tip of his penis after he urinated because he cannot pull back his foreskin, resulting in the inflammation and urge to urinate frequently. That's why he suggested circumcision - for hygiene purposes. He didn't have fever and was just given some oral medicine to reduce the inflammation.

Not sure my DS1's condition is a fluke? Cos today when he peed when I brought him to school... He said today not painful anymore..

[buds]

ZacK:

worried mummy:

My son had similar symptoms when he had an infection 2 months back. He felt a little pain after he urinated and but he never complained to me till the doctor asked him. So I presume the pain is quite bearable.


There is a slight redness at the tip of his penis. A urine test was done but no bacteria infection was detected in his urine. The doctor said small amounts of urine accumulated at the tip of his penis after he urinated because he cannot pull back his foreskin, resulting in the inflammation and urge to urinate frequently. That's why he suggested circumcision - for hygiene purposes. He didn't have fever and was just given some oral medicine to reduce the inflammation.

Not sure my DS1's condition is a fluke? Cos today when he peed when I brought him to school... He said today not painful anymore..

Good for him lah... and you too.
Glad its ok already..

[Christine_T]

worried mummy:

Now, I am confused again. There seems to be 2 differing views on the effects of circumcision. I have consulted 2 doctors, one GP says it is very unlikely for a kid with tight foreskin to open up eventually without being circumcised. He claimed that there will be scarring if we don't do it and it will cause more problem in future. Another doctor said that circumcision is an elective surgery unless the kid has frequent infections, else just leave the kid alone. So now the point is my kid has only one infection and there wasn't any bacteria infection in his urine. He has since recovered. So is it still medically necessary to go through a irrevisible surgery such as circumcision? Btw, my boy is 6 years old this year and we are unable to pull back his foreskin to clean his gland during bathing, leading to the infection, according to the paediatric urologist.

No, as I posted above, your son doesn't need a circumcision. He is perfectly normal. The foreskin doesn't require cleaning. Maybe you introduced the infection by trying to pull it back. He will be fine , trust me I know a lot about this. Some boys aren't retractable until the teenage years. Just follow these guidelines:
http://www.cirp.org/pages/parents/care/
if you try to pull it back before it is ready- it causes scar tissue in the foreskin- which is inelastic. This could cause true phimosis. So you don't want that. So just leave it alone. It requires no care. The GP that said it is unlikely to open up is completely wrong and obviously uninformed about the natural development of the foreskin.
http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/
A lot of doctors are uninformed in the USA. They don't see anything wrong with circumcision. So they think it is no big deal. Presumably he gets paid too when he performs the circumcision.

[Christine_T]

worried mummy:

My son had similar symptoms when he had an infection 2 months back. He felt a little pain after he urinated and but he never complained to me till the doctor asked him. So I presume the pain is quite bearable.


There is a slight redness at the tip of his penis. A urine test was done but no bacteria infection was detected in his urine. The doctor said small amounts of urine accumulated at the tip of his penis after he urinated because he cannot pull back his foreskin, resulting in the inflammation and urge to urinate frequently. That's why he suggested circumcision - for hygiene purposes. He didn't have fever and was just given some oral medicine to reduce the inflammation.

Redness happens with most boys. Nothing to worry about. According to this:
http://www.cirp.org/pages/parents/care/

[metz]

Christine_T:

Redness happens with most boys. Nothing to worry about. According to this:
http://www.cirp.org/pages/parents/care/

I understand the negative stand on routine circumcision at birth. But how about when there's been recurrent infections, do most reputed medical bodies (aside from CIRP and its affiliated organizations) also strongly discourage circumcision?

btw, some info on CIRP from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOCIRC for parents to digest on.