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Diabetic balanoposthitis

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chiefsub68

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Chaps, have any of you had diabetic balanoposthitis as an issue? If so what treatment did you have? Creams? Circumcision?
 
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chiefsub[emoji6][emoji[emoji6]] said:
Chaps, have any of you had diabetic balanoposthitis as an issue? If so what treatment did you have? Creams? Circumcision?
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What’s balanoposthitis?
 
chiefsub68 said:
Chaps, have any of you had diabetic balanoposthitis as an issue? If so what treatment did you have? Creams? Circumcision?
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I did. It was probably my worst symptom, to be honest, in terms of immediate pain. It started around early 2018 when my BG would have been in the mid-40s. I had about six or seven episodes of skin adhesions and tearing - lots of bleeding and of course clotting was slow because of the high BG.

It was little use going to the GP who was adamant I didn't have diabetes, so I treated the wounds myself with sudocreme and trying to keep the whole area as dry as possible. Obviously that wasn't easy and usually didn't really work. At least I never got an infection.

The good news is that the symptom vanished as I brought my BG back to normal levels in early 2020. Six plus years on and there's been no recurrance.

I'm sorry I have no miracle solution other than normal BG levels, which I achieved through a 20g/day carb limit. Best of luck.
 
I think I may have had this real pain retracting the foreskin hurt like hell
Dr thought it was dermatitis and gave me Daktocort ( you can buy this OTC) it really worked for me anyway
 
KennyA said:
I did. It was probably my worst symptom, to be honest, in terms of immediate pain. It started around early 2018 when my BG would have been in the mid-40s. I had about six or seven episodes of skin adhesions and tearing - lots of bleeding and of course clotting was slow because of the high BG.

It was little use going to the GP who was adamant I didn't have diabetes, so I treated the wounds myself with sudocreme and trying to keep the whole area as dry as possible. Obviously that wasn't easy and usually didn't really work. At least I never got an infection.

The good news is that the symptom vanished as I brought my BG back to normal levels in early 2020. Six plus years on and there's been no recurrance.

I'm sorry I have no miracle solution other than normal BG levels, which I achieved through a 20g/day carb limit. Best of luck.
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Many thanks. mine’s not as bad as that but I’m now aware it can get worse.
 
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