DS's penis and im worried!

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Hi

DS is 6 today and he seems to be having an issue with ish is penis.
He can't touch it at all and he cries out when his clothes touch it.

We went to the GP today and he gave us some cream to put on it, however it looks like the tip of the penis has swollen quite a lot since even this morning and he was crying in pain to pull back his foreskin to even try to put the cream on.

He won't let me or his dad touch his penis at all.

I am unsure what to do- I have no idea what boys penises are supposed to look like so I don't know what's normal or how far his foreskin is supposed to go back
Any advice greatly received thank you

Anyone? Bumping shamelessly

Sounds like it is painfully swollen and maybe infected. Am no expert on foreskin either (am circumcised) but if something is that painful, you need to take him back to the doc.

I would second taking him back to the doctor, sounds like he has a possible infection which is quite common. I had to give my son a penis bath with an antiseptic lotion the doctor prescribed (betadine). Cleared things up within three days.

Yes take him back to the GP. See if they can fit him in today as he's so young.

Yes, do take him back, no child should be in that much pain

Hope its sorted soon

It soiled like an infection- but is it possible he's forced the foreskin back? It's quite uncommon ( I think) for the foreskin to retract at all at this age- could he have made it sore? Did the dr say he shout retract it to put the cream on?

Give him lots of fluids might be infection. Keep an eye out for temp.

DS had balanitis, the cream worked within a day or two. At that time he was very little and the forskin didn't retract, so we just had to put the cream in the end.

I wouldn't pull it back, if it is that painful. He may have pulled it back too far and damaged it, it needs to heal.

Ds is nearly 3 and much to his delight after months of playing his does now retract, and go back. I imagine though that if it is infected and swollen then it might not. As others have said go back to gp and see if they can give him anything else. I would also plan to go back once it is better to get them to look at it. He will need to be able to retract it so he can clean it properly otherwise he will be more prone to infection. There are less extream options to try before circumcision.

We were concerned about ds with a long family history of needing circumcision, but so far his enthusiatic pulling seems to be doing the trick!

No retraction needed at this age as up to around the age of 9, the foreskin is attached to the head of the penis by a piece of skin. This naturally comes away over time. Put the cream on the head of the penis and see how he goes overnight. You could always let him have an ice pack to put on it.

Thanks everyone!
I think a long sleep helped him and he was desperate Togo to school so think its not as bad as I thought.
Need to stop worrying I think and dab cream on the end bit
Just know nothing about little boys bits will look up on some children's health websites I think.
thank you :)

My DS had this salt baths worked wonders. Showing your DS how to keep clean in that area is a must.

Can you elaborate on that numbertaker? I have a nearly three year old ds and am a single parent so don't know what I or in due course he should be doing. No close male relatives to ask either and I might alarm people at work if I asked them!

drjohnsonscat at 3 year old you dont need to do anything, once you notice that your son can retract his foreskin then he needs to clean under her foreskin.

his foreskin not hers