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2 year old boy in pain holding penis

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bexsox · 31/10/2010 18:33

Our son is nearly 3 years old and for roughly a year he has been pooing in the night when he is asleep. I do remember a possible 'bad poo' experience that may have brought that on. Sometimes we can hear that the pooing process seems to be difficult but most of the time he will go back to sleep after me changing him.

The puzzling thing is that while the doctors have said that he may be holding it in/constipated and have prescribed movicol - he identifies pain (which has been getting alot worse)in his penis. This pain seems to be there all of the time - sometimes if he is distracted he can deal with it - other times (which is increasing) he cannot deal with it and will cry/hold himself down below and roll about on the sofa/floor.

We are left not knowing whether we actually do have a poo problem or a problem with his penis. We have been referred to a urologist but are waiting for an appointment.

Blood tests & abdominal scan have revealed nothing - a night in hospital did also not help as attention by nurses and his own TV allowed him to forget the pain for a while!

Can anyone suggest anything?

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BeenBeta · 31/10/2010 18:58

My immediate thought is an infection in hs penis due to ballanitis if his foreskin is tight.

Alternatively is his urine 'burning' him due to cystitis or because it is acidic.

Finally, check he is emptying his bladder fully. Straining to empty a bladder that is extremely full and obstructed in some way is excrutiatingly painful.

bexsox · 31/10/2010 19:12

Thanks, the foreskin is not enflamed or tight. He still wears a nappy but does go on the toilet now and then and when he wees he's not in distress. He doesn't strain to empty his bladder and isn't in pain when he comes to the end of his wee.

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Aga9254 · 05/01/2021 14:12

I know it's an old post but if anyone having this problem here is my advice. My 2.4y son has seen 4 gp's in london and was given 2 coures on antibiotics for penis pain. Non of this helped. Then we went private to our home country which is Poland and he was given solution to dipping in for 5 min 3x per day. It's Rivanol ( yellow liquid) can be bought online. The pain was gone on the same day

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