10 year old with swollen penis

[MomOfFive]

I just returned home from taking my 10 yr old to the hospital. Still don't have a clue what his problem is. They gave him a shot of epinephrine and a benadryl thinking he has had an allergic reaction but it didn't change a thing. His penis is very swollen around where the foreskin would be. Looks like he slipped a snack size doughnut over the tip. Has anyone had this problem with their boys or has a clue what it is? He goes to a urologist and his doctor this week but I am very worried.

[coldtits]

Has he been fiddling with it? He's about the age they start to take an interest. Maybe some mildly salty lukewarm water would help?

[CLOVER81]

This happened to my ds and it was ballentitis sorry spelling is bad its an infection under the foreskin if its the same thing

[CLOVER81]

he was given a course of antibitocis and i was told too wash under it with mild soapy water too keep clean and make sure its rinsed well

[MomOfFive]

I don't believe he has been fiddling with it. He said the scrotum started itching last night and then he woke up this morning with the huge ring around it. I have started him on his Antibotics and his Oral Steriods and it's been about 2 hours and there is no change. I researched the Balanitis and it said it was for boys that were not circumcised. I am just at a loss on what it could be and I don't believe the hospital did everything they could have done to figure it out. I guess I will be up all night...

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

Has it gone down yet. Poor chap, having your lad examined in front of your mum.

[clodsofclay]

Just thought I would add to this thread as I was looking for advice as we had a similar experience. The snack size doughnut was a good description of what it looked like. I assumed it was balanitis and managed a day or so with creams but when it got worse I contacted an out of hours Gp. We ended up being admitted to the children's ward immediately as DS had paraphimosis, where the foreskin gets stuck behind the glans and starts to swell. Turns out this is quite serious and needs to be dealt with promptly before the swelling starts to restrict blood flow. They managed to pull the foreskin back to where it should be with the help of some morphine and manipulation and all is well. If in doubt, get it checked out sooner than later.

[BarbarianMum]

Oh don't be so stupid milf Of course she looked at it, he said there was a problem.

[SorryButIdontUseRealName]

Hi I would like to add a little something like as a Male I had this problem and I still haven’t got it threatened but what I have done at first was got a cold tissue and just put it on the area of swelling cause I woke up went to the toilet and it hurt when I did and the penis wasn’t forming a ring around the tip but was swelling in where the foreskin would be so this was weird for me at first but doing the cold tissue did reduce my pain not sure if it works for any others don’t listen to me I AINT some medical expertise

[BabyST]

Antibiotics take time to get into his system. It won't happen in 2 hours. Could take up to 24-48 hours to kick in. Is it effecting him weeing?

I'd suggest to have little or nothing on to avoid unwanted pain or friction.

[Booboostwo]

Antibiotics take time to get into his system
I'd like to think 9 years will have done the trick though.

ANCIENT ZOMBIE

[Fischbein]

Did you ever figure this out? My son has the exact same problem. Not sure what to do.