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Delicate down below on my ds question

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Monkeybar · 17/09/2006 13:15

My ds looks really sore where his penis joins his body. There's a bit of a skin fold there and in the past when I mentioned it to my HV she said to put metanium on it, which seemed to do the trick. I noticed it was looking red at bathtime last night, so put on the cream, it still looks sore now, despite cleaning off the residual metanium and adding fresh (which seemed to be a bit uncomfortable for ds). It's worse this time than I've seen it before, I think it might be that some wee gets trapped there and starts to burn a bit. He is teething, so could that be why?. Could it be thrush? I've got some daktarin, which I'm considering putting on. Just a bit worried, because I've got to go away for a few days for work, leaving before he wakes tomorrow, and my dh isn't great at this sort of thing. TIA

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mears · 17/09/2006 13:18

I would stick to the metanium just now and give it time to work. Was the daktarin prescribed for him?

Monkeybar · 17/09/2006 13:21

Yes, but ages ago

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mears · 17/09/2006 13:24

Try metanium for 3 days at least. Do not use baby wipes and clean with water only. Avoid bubble bath and see how it goes. Make sure it is well dried before you put the cream on. Best not to jump to antifungal cream unless it is thrush - not a usual place for thrush to be. More likley irritated skin.

Monkeybar · 17/09/2006 13:25

Thanks Mears.

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