I don't believe that is any different the the other failing solutions. I bought a fresh coconut and chewed the flesh till it was paste then put it into my forskin. It seemed to have allowed some healing. I think extra virgin coconut oil is going to have to be the solution. I hope it's not too expensive.
So I have been eating coconut and I just bought some extra virgin organic coconut butter. I wish I had been using this my whole life.
Pretty sure this is a blood yeast infection. I am senstive to the sun etc.
The worst part is how this has effected my mind. between worrying if I have HIV and worrying about whether or not I will ever be able to touch my girlfriend again and wondering if I gave my girlfiend HIV but she just doesn't know it yet etc, it sucks. The stress leads to sweatting the sweatting leads to red skin and rashes and it's not like I can forget abou it. Sun sensitivity and strange itching and tingling come and go.
Sexually irresponsibillity otherwise known as sexual immorality is like gambling with your life and your health. Why do we do it? Because we are fools and addicts. I should have gone to those meetings and earlier.
I hate our cultures la de da attitutde towards this.
Well, now it's my turn to describe my ordeal. Mine has a different twist to it.
About 2 months ago (has it only been 2 months?) I discovered that my "skin tag" that I had at the base of my penis was in fact a genital wart. I'd had it for years, it was tiny and I never thought anything about it (amazing how stupid a person can be!)
So anyway, one day the wart "came to life". It probably had a lot to do with me ripping it off a couple days earlier. So it grows back aggressively with a cauliflower look to it.
I read online that you can treat this with applications of apple cider vinegar. Sure enough, after a couple days, the wart turned white and fell right off. In fact it has not grown back. If only my story ended there. (in case you thought apple cider vinegar was some magic cure for GW)
A couple days later I began to notice an itch around my anus, pereneum and my scrotum. I also noticed I was shedding some skin from my scrotum. Then came the nice of burning balls and tears.
So I go to the General Practisioner and she felt it was a yeast infection so she prescribed lotriderm. (one part clomatrizole, other part fairly strong cortisone).
I applied this cream for a total of 6 days and I can only describe the time as agony. I stopped altogether and began applying zincofax.
At the same time, I went to the STD clinic and was screened for a full spectrum of STDs. Everything came back clean. The only thing I had to my knowledge was that wart (which in itself was alarming)
I decide to see a dermatologist and his advice was very similar to what was posted on this board ( I think he reads it infact since he called it RSS by name). He told me that I had applied too many chemicals --especially cortisone and that I simply need to wash less often, with gentle soaps (cetaphil. petrophylic), cut out coffee and be patient. He told me the application of cortisone really complicated this and would prolong the healing process. He said following this program, I'd feel better within 3-6 months.
So I began this course of treatment but was not satisfied with the "do nothing" approach. I got a second opionion from another dermatologist who laughed at me. "Red Scrotum Syndrome" he asked, "It should be called, 'People don't know why their scrotum is red syndrome'".
He proceded to take a biopsy (ouch) and prepared me for the fact that it is likely psoriasis or eczema. He then prescribed CORTISONE. I have refused to apply the cortisone but I am currently awaiting my test results.
My symptoms. The scrotum was initially very dry and flaky and I lost some skin. It then burned like hell and was wet. I also had some burning around the anus and the perineum.
After about a week, I had similar problems start on my penis and glans. The skin darkened a bit, then flaked off. What remained was raw red skin. The worst affected part of skin on the penis also happened to be the part that rested on the scrotum and was in contact with the lotriderm. Coincidence?
Around this time, I developped symptoms similar to a UTI. I always had an urge to pee (maybe every 30 minutes). I did a urine test and everything came back squeaky clean.
I have also developped an annoying itch in 3 general places. 1 - the back of my legs, 2 - my forearms, 3 - my scalp.
I find this info about Candiditis interesting so I have embarked full on in this Candida diet. (what's the harm in trying).
I will repost here when my biopsy results have been confirmed to shed some light on my condition.
I will say this: Don't be discouraged. I am convinced that the sudden onset of this illness was stress related and that stress aggravates the problem. Use whatever methods you can to be comfortable and get lots of sleep.
I no longer suffer from the horrible burn. Now I feel a dull warmness down there at worst and sometimes I feel nothing at all. The only thing I apply there is vaseline because it has no active ingredients. Tight pants are a real irritant so avoid those.
If anyone has any advice for me, I would appreciated. This condition has affected my ability as a husband, a father and at my job. I seem to be getting a handle on it but it's not easy.
Good luck to all of you.
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Hey FX, thanks for the post. I think the redness and burning in the perenium area and up my butt crack is more bothersome than my itchy sack because walking and physical activity irritate those spots. I never tried vasoline, but here's a few ideas you can try:
1. Jojoba oil. It's all natural, and at the molecular level its as close to sebum (natural skin oil) as you can get. Very soothing, easy to apply, and available in most health food stores.
2. Another popular favorite up here is Palmers Cocoa Butter lotion. I really like stuff, and I actually use it all over, as my skin gets very dry here in the winter in California.
3. Cerave lotion. I LOVE this stuff, but it's feels a little gritty because it's not oil based like most lotions. It doesn't cause my butt to break out in zits like the Jojoba oil, and it really made the skin on my scrotum look great. Redness was down, and the skin looked tight and healthy. Unfortunately for me I THINK I may be allergic to the stuff (I was breaking out in a slight rash on my chest and back where I was applying it) so I'm giving it a break for a month to verify.
The back of my thighs aren't itchy like yours, but they are definitely more sensitive now. You know how your skin feels sensitive sometimes when you have a fever? At first I didn't think it was related, but several other posters up here have complained about back of thighs too.
One of my theories on RSS is that it is a form of neuro dermatitis.......so your comment about nerves being related could be right on. As I said a few posts back, I was under a tremendous amount of stress for several months right before my RSS appearred. I'm still hopeful it is contact dermatitis....we shall see.
Please keep us posted regarding your condition. You're on the right track. Stay away from steroids (cortisone, etc) and keep applying lotion/oil/vaseline.
Good luck....and please post back if you find a cure.
I've been dealing with this for the last year and a half, so I feel ur pain. I've dealt with one doctor and after researching all these message boards I've realized that they aren't going to assist me.
I will give the short version to my research and experiments. I've used probiotics which intially helped with relieving my symptoms. Basically with using probiotics I know that I've cleared any yeast issues(if that is the case). It got better, but still returned, but has been more managable. If you choose to use probiotics to help, just know you will get improvement, but you will also have rashes and bumps that will appear within first few weeks b/c of the "infection" retreating from ur manhood.
I only offer that b/c I didn't know that would happen until I consulted a nurse who explained this.
Now like I said I haven't cured this, but I truly believe that this isn't an STD, which I surely thought it was. I've tested negative for all tests and had this gone for almost a month until it came back a few days ago.
I've monitored my actions and truly thought it was the probiotic that cleared it up. I haven't stopped the probiotic and now it's back. I do remember that when I started the probiotic I decided to by some new underwear. I bought at least 20+ pairs. I didn't wash them, just used them straight out of the pack. In that time it went away...not a single relapse...it was out of state out of mind...
Another factor is I was laid off from a stressful 70-80 hour a week job. I was off for those two weeks before I just started working again. Right now my job isn't demanding, it's cake, so I really don't think that's a factor, but not sure?
I really thought back to when this all started and all could think about was this one chick and I thought she gave me something, but honestly I protected myself and there was actually three chicks and not saying they couldn't have caused this, but I really think that's always a man's natural assumption is an STD. I truly don't believe that now.
I've always had bad allergies and honestly I always have some rash or something that irritates me, it's just not a big deal b/c it's not my manhood...lol.
So as I started burning downstairs I got on this message board and then finally saw all the negative STD tests including mine and said it's something else or we all have a brand new disease(possible, but not likely).
I stripped out of my boxers and now I'm not burning. I'm not going to do anything, but buy new underwear for a month now and if that fixes it again I know it's a skin irritant.
I recall when it first started and I remember I stopped using fabric softner(which I've always used except for this time frame). My clothes feel kind of rough without it and I'm sure that doesn't feel good on my manhood. It's fine for the rest of my body, but that area is a lot more sensitive.
I really don't know if this is the answer, but I can almost guarantee with all the psorisis creams, steroids creams, alchohol, lamisil, etc etc etc I pray this will be it.
As stated in previous threads everyone feels good out the shower, and honestly when I'm naked I never have any issues.
I will update you guys in a month of my status and hope it is really just this simple.
Also as a heads up what works wonders if your burning throughout the day is 2-3 advil. That's what has helped me to manage recently. It almost instantaneously takes the away all the inflammation and burn. I'm amazed I didn't see that, but like I'm starting to see we are all looking at the worst because it feels like the worst s*** ever!
I learned something last night, that I wanted to share with everyone. If you wash your clothes in hard water, a non dissolveable soap particulate can precipitate out of the water, and just stay in the fabric of your underwear. The particulate is highly allergenic. Since it is non dissolveable, you can not wash it out of your underwear.
Listening to your story, I'm going to buy some new underwear and make sure I don't wash them with detergents. Just extra hot water and the "Laundry Balls" I posted a few threads back. Water is known as the "universal solvent" so as long as you are washing your underwear in HOT water, they should be plenty clean. I'll keep you all updated if I see some relief.
So, how many of you guys have real hard water where you live?
Maybe that's the thread we all have in common.....
I've been reading some of the older threads and many people that had cultures taken came back with a staph infection and went on Keflex. I noticed that these people seemed to say that this worked to an extent.
Does anyone know if that turned out to be a viable solution?
Talk about a full reversal. I've been starving my body of sugars, eating and taking probiotics and an anti-biotic might be the answer?
I've been following this forum for almost a year now. I've read through all 10 threads, and two things are obvious:
1. Most guys post for a time, then disappear. This could be good news or bad......but unless these guys are dying from "sack cancer", I'm assuming it's good news. I think it's safe to say these guys get better and just move on. Only one guy said he had this a looong time (ten years). Most were in their first year or two. My guess is that this crap just burns out after a while.
2. If you go back through the threads you see a lot of "answers" being tossed out there, including mineral/teatree/lavender oil cocktail, doxycycline, amitryptilene, candida diet, etc. This is why I continue to hammer on the fact that I don't think we all have the same underlying problem. I think we all need to try out as many things as possible.
I wish some of the old posters would come back and update us. Only one has (Nax) and he still has the problem. I think it's pretty clear that doctors don't know what this is. I still subscribe to the allergy theory, and went out and bought all new underwear after reading Dirt's post.
FX, regarding your staph theory. The first time I showed this to my GP I asked him about the possibility of a staph infection, and he said "absolutely not". Staph is pretty common, so it doesn't surprise me that it was found on some of the guys. Apparently you can have staph on your skin, without having a staph infection.
I see my GP again next week for my annual physical. I'll be adamant this time that he takes a culture, but I don't expect that he will find anything.
So I am HIV negative and let me just say I wept into the guys arms for like 5 full minutes. Not even joking. Like 5 full minutes. I was so relieved. I hate it that this quick test is so hard to get for free. What a relief it was, I wish I had spent the $50s to order it online.
Anyway my balls seem to be calmer right now. Not to their silky smoothness but at the burning and itching is almost completely gone. The infection seems to have "retreated" like people say to my fore arms and neck, which freaked me RIGHT out before I got the HIV test.
I am going to try out churches till I find one that properly condemns irresponsible sexual behavior while encourages their young adults to partner responsibly with out worrying about 50 years of financial stability.
As far as it being a yeast infection here's the thing; when I was a kid I was so stressed out at school that my hands had hives, my hands got super dry and crackly at an age as young as 9. I have always had sensitive skin and I have learned that my adult acne was totally a yeast-like infection.
I hope to Love that I can positively identify this so if/when I get back to my girlfriend in Big City I can know for sure what's in store for her if anything.
Oh PS: Shocker of shockers women can flirt outside of an STD clinic even when they know you are getting and HIV test. Seriously, googly eyes and everything, I am so over pick up it's not even funny. Responsible courtship and marriage is the answer. Hippies need to repent.
How many of you are in desert climates by the way? How many on the border of mexico?
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I'm in a dry climate. Try applying a good body lotion all over right after you get out of the shower. You might simply be experiencing the side affects of over dry skin. Also, don't dismiss the allergy theory. Both contact dermatitis (soap allergy, dye allergy, etc) and food allergies will present themselves with rashy symptoms.
Now.....
I'm going to say this in the hope that you will take this constructively. You seem to be suffering from a mindset called "catastrophic thinking". I sufferred the same mindset last summer when I was told I had two different types of cancer. I still do think catastrophically sometimes. Try to think on the positive side of things.
My skin has been freaking out for over a year now. Rashes, and itching all over my torso and back.......and no one can tell me what's going on. I had to decide to think on the positive side of things. I have to think things like "It's probably nothing," and "God will watch over me, and ensure I'm OK." Find the positive in everything, even in this. It will help.......I promise.
By the way. They were wrong about the cancer (both accounts).
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I feel like the reason I have catastrophic thinking is 3 fold. One, my mother raised in that way, totally urban feral but with christianity. No gangs no drugs just craziness and isolation.
Two, society is so irresponsible as a culture I feel like I have to compensate all over the place. Everyone is so joking and careless I have to be unhealthy drawn in and mean and serious.
Three, I have a calling to teach but I don't and for some reason I feel that every time something bad happens THIS is the fallout from my lack of a integrity, living a principled life, and lack of discipline.
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I'm in a dry climate. Try applying a good body lotion all over right after you get out of the shower. You might simply be experiencing the side affects of over dry skin. Also, don't dismiss the allergy theory. Both contact dermatitis (soap allergy, dye allergy, etc) and food allergies will present themselves with rashy symptoms.
Now.....
I'm going to say this in the hope that you will take this constructively. You seem to be suffering from a mindset called "catastrophic thinking". I sufferred the same mindset last summer when I was told I had two different types of cancer. I still do think catastrophically sometimes. Try to think on the positive side of things.
My skin has been freaking out for over a year now. Rashes, and itching all over my torso and back.......and no one can tell me what's going on. I had to decide to think on the positive side of things. I have to think things like "It's probably nothing," and "God will watch over me, and ensure I'm OK." Find the positive in everything, even in this. It will help.......I promise.
By the way. They were wrong about the cancer (both accounts).
I posted on this forum months ago and I've had this problem for a little I've two years. I too agree that we all have similar symptoms but different problems. My scrotum is red and burning but I'm almost positive it's not a skin issue. I've almost been talked into thinking it's all my prostate. On top of the red scrotum my stomach is always bulged out and hurting and I always have to spit this white stuff out of the back of my mouth that just keeps coming all day. Has anyone heard of Chinese traditional medicine called diuretic anti inflammatory pill. It's expensive but he says that antibiotics are almost impossible to penetrate to the prostate. I've tried cipro and bactrum. Not sure what to do from here. Doctors all act like I'm crazy but they see my scrotum and bulging stomach and agree something is going on. This all happened a couple hours after sex w a stripper by the way. The stomach and stuff in mouth developed about a year after the burning red scrotum and burning in butt. But only red on scrotum.
No I haven't tried the candida diet. I didn't think I had to. My scrotum is all that is red and it doesn't itch ever. And it's never spread. It's always had a real definitive line that stops exactly in the folds of my groin. If it was yeast it would spread or itch right? Also it gets redder when I use the bathroom and not necessarily when I pee. Someone told me that bowel movements apply pressure to the prostate and that could be the reason for the redness and burning. But I'm not sure what's wrong so I could be wrong. Does anyone know for sure how I can eliminate if it's the prostate or not? Or if the Chinese medicine diuretic and antiinflammitory pills work or if it's a scam cause it's 500 dollars. But after two years I'll try anything. I just know that yeast and prostate are two totally different cures and if I go take antibiotics and it's yeast than it'll get worse. But I don't see a whole lot of signs pointing to yeast since it has never itched or spread on my skin
I posted on this forum months ago and I've had this problem for a little I've two years. I too agree that we all have similar symptoms but different problems. My scrotum is red and burning but I'm almost positive it's not a skin issue. I've almost been talked into thinking it's all my prostate. On top of the red scrotum my stomach is always bulged out and hurting and I always have to spit this white stuff out of the back of my mouth that just keeps coming all day. Has anyone heard of Chinese traditional medicine called diuretic anti inflammatory pill. It's expensive but he says that antibiotics are almost impossible to penetrate to the prostate. I've tried cipro and bactrum. Not sure what to do from here. Doctors all act like I'm crazy but they see my scrotum and bulging stomach and agree something is going on. This all happened a couple hours after sex w a stripper by the way. The stomach and stuff in mouth developed about a year after the burning red scrotum and burning in butt. But only red on scrotum.
Hey Jeremi,
We're all pretty lost with this stuff and nobody seems to have any answers. But I gotta say, your symptoms sound a lot like yeast over growth.
1) Candida yeast infections in the genitals are usually transfered through sexual intercourse.
2) Candida and yeast primarily live in your gut. Do you have trouble going to the bathroom, do you have IBS?
3) Doctors can't figure it out and doctors refuse to acknowledge candida yeast infections as a health problem.
This is just an idea, I don't have the answers and I also suffer from your symptoms. I'm hopeful that I will eventually beat this though.
No I haven't tried the candida diet. I didn't think I had to. My scrotum is all that is red and it doesn't itch ever. And it's never spread. It's always had a real definitive line that stops exactly in the folds of my groin. If it was yeast it would spread or itch right? Also it gets redder when I use the bathroom and not necessarily when I pee. Someone told me that bowel movements apply pressure to the prostate and that could be the reason for the redness and burning. But I'm not sure what's wrong so I could be wrong. Does anyone know for sure how I can eliminate if it's the prostate or not? Or if the Chinese medicine diuretic and antiinflammitory pills work or if it's a scam cause it's 500 dollars. But after two years I'll try anything. I just know that yeast and prostate are two totally different cures and if I go take antibiotics and it's yeast than it'll get worse. But I don't see a whole lot of signs pointing to yeast since it has never itched or spread on my skin
I've heard other posters say that when they pee/defecate their sacks get redder. I noticed it as well. For what it's worth, I think it happens to everyone, because when you you relax your muscles to pee, more blood gets through to the scrotum. I think guys up on this forum just notice it more because we are all constantly examining our sacks.
My advice is not to worry about how it looks......worry about how it feels. I remember being younger and thinking how my sack looked red from time to time (probably after I peed). Redness won't hurt anything. Heck, I've been looking at my red sack so long, that I honestly can't remember what it's normal color should be. I think pinkish.......but I don't know for sure.
So does anyone think it can be yeast if there is no itch at all and it has never spread. I know with the stuff in my mouth and my stomach pain and bulging it may seem easy to know what it is but other things point to a prostate. Just because a urinalysis co
comes back clean doesn't mean the prostate isn't infected. There's bacterial and nonbacterial prostate infection. When u pee or have a bowel movement it irritates the prostate and it releases something that aggravates the scrotum and makes it burn and turn red. Sitting also causes this problem. But my problem is I don't know what to take to try and help it and I'm scared to take antibiotics because what if it IS a yeast infection and I'd make it worse. But if anyone knows any test I can do to eliminate one or the other or the best thing for a prostate I'd appreciate it. I've heard the prostate is almost impossible to cure cause it takes so long for the antibiotics to finally break through the prostate wall if it ever breaks through at all. But like I said it could be yeast for all I know. Doctors don't know what's goin on. But they act like they can't run tests to help or eliminate one or the other
So does anyone think it can be yeast if there is no itch at all and it has never spread. I know with the stuff in my mouth and my stomach pain and bulging it may seem easy to know what it is but other things point to a prostate. Just because a urinalysis co
comes back clean doesn't mean the prostate isn't infected. There's bacterial and nonbacterial prostate infection. When u pee or have a bowel movement it irritates the prostate and it releases something that aggravates the scrotum and makes it burn and turn red. Sitting also causes this problem. But my problem is I don't know what to take to try and help it and I'm scared to take antibiotics because what if it IS a yeast infection and I'd make it worse. But if anyone knows any test I can do to eliminate one or the other or the best thing for a prostate I'd appreciate it. I've heard the prostate is almost impossible to cure cause it takes so long for the antibiotics to finally break through the prostate wall if it ever breaks through at all. But like I said it could be yeast for all I know. Doctors don't know what's goin on. But they act like they can't run tests to help or eliminate one or the other
There is a simple test a doctor can do to check your prostate. He sticks his finger up your rectum, and presses down on the prostate. This will make prostatic fluid come out of the tip of your penis. He will take a culture of the prostatic fluid and look for bacteria. Simple, and effective.
Prostatic fluid can not irritate the scrotum. Whoever told you that is wrong.
Prostate problems take so long to cure because very little blood goes to the prostate area, meaning very little antibiotics will get to it.
Here are the usual symptoms of a prostate problem:
1. Getting up to pee more than once a night (twice max).
2. Having to pee constantly during the day (more than every 2-3 hours).
3. When you pee your stream is weak, you stop and start several times.
4. Burning during urination.
If you have these symptoms you could have a prostate problem. Keep in mind, most men over forty have some kind of prostate problem. It is very, very common.
For info on non bacterial prostatitis, I highly recommend the book "a headache in the pelvis". Available online.
I would see a gastroenterologist about the bloating.
I am not a doctor. Nothing in this post should be construed as medical advice. Go see a GOOD general practioner, or urologist, and get checked out if your are concerned.
I've been following this forum for almost a year now. I've read through all 10 threads, and two things are obvious:
1. Most guys post for a time, then disappear. This could be good news or bad......but unless these guys are dying from "sack cancer", I'm assuming it's good news. I think it's safe to say these guys get better and just move on. Only one guy said he had this a looong time (ten years). Most were in their first year or two. My guess is that this crap just burns out after a while.
2. If you go back through the threads you see a lot of "answers" being tossed out there, including mineral/teatree/lavender oil cocktail, doxycycline, amitryptilene, candida diet, etc. This is why I continue to hammer on the fact that I don't think we all have the same underlying problem. I think we all need to try out as many things as possible.
I wish some of the old posters would come back and update us. Only one has (Nax) and he still has the problem. I think it's pretty clear that doctors don't know what this is. I still subscribe to the allergy theory, and went out and bought all new underwear after reading Dirt's post.
Fingers crossed....
Hello,
I've had RSS since I was 13 and I am now 22.
I visited the doctor numerous times to resolve it. None of the treatments were successful.
My symptoms:
itches all the time
gets worse when sitting or laying down
red skin
thin skin
cuts appear when scratching almost instantly
skin flakes off
deep itching
during the 8th year of having RSS, many cysts appeared
inflammation
skin gets hard and itchy when cold
skin becomes damped and itch when hot
there's never a day when it doesn't itch
physical labor makes the itch 10x worse
Also, a topical steroid only helps for a bit. It seems to just cover up the itch until it wears off.
Well, now it's my turn to describe my ordeal. Mine has a different twist to it.
About 2 months ago (has it only been 2 months?) I discovered that my "skin tag" that I had at the base of my penis was in fact a genital wart. I'd had it for years, it was tiny and I never thought anything about it (amazing how stupid a person can be!)
So anyway, one day the wart "came to life". It probably had a lot to do with me ripping it off a couple days earlier. So it grows back aggressively with a cauliflower look to it.
I read online that you can treat this with applications of apple cider vinegar. Sure enough, after a couple days, the wart turned white and fell right off. In fact it has not grown back. If only my story ended there. (in case you thought apple cider vinegar was some magic cure for GW)
A couple days later I began to notice an itch around my anus, pereneum and my scrotum. I also noticed I was shedding some skin from my scrotum. Then came the nice of burning balls and tears.
So I go to the General Practisioner and she felt it was a yeast infection so she prescribed lotriderm. (one part clomatrizole, other part fairly strong cortisone).
I applied this cream for a total of 6 days and I can only describe the time as agony. I stopped altogether and began applying zincofax.
At the same time, I went to the STD clinic and was screened for a full spectrum of STDs. Everything came back clean. The only thing I had to my knowledge was that wart (which in itself was alarming)
I decide to see a dermatologist and his advice was very similar to what was posted on this board ( I think he reads it infact since he called it RSS by name). He told me that I had applied too many chemicals --especially cortisone and that I simply need to wash less often, with gentle soaps (cetaphil. petrophylic), cut out coffee and be patient. He told me the application of cortisone really complicated this and would prolong the healing process. He said following this program, I'd feel better within 3-6 months.
So I began this course of treatment but was not satisfied with the "do nothing" approach. I got a second opionion from another dermatologist who laughed at me. "Red Scrotum Syndrome" he asked, "It should be called, 'People don't know why their scrotum is red syndrome'".
He proceded to take a biopsy (ouch) and prepared me for the fact that it is likely psoriasis or eczema. He then prescribed CORTISONE. I have refused to apply the cortisone but I am currently awaiting my test results.
My symptoms. The scrotum was initially very dry and flaky and I lost some skin. It then burned like hell and was wet. I also had some burning around the anus and the perineum.
After about a week, I had similar problems start on my penis and glans. The skin darkened a bit, then flaked off. What remained was raw red skin. The worst affected part of skin on the penis also happened to be the part that rested on the scrotum and was in contact with the lotriderm. Coincidence?
Around this time, I developped symptoms similar to a UTI. I always had an urge to pee (maybe every 30 minutes). I did a urine test and everything came back squeaky clean.
I have also developped an annoying itch in 3 general places. 1 - the back of my legs, 2 - my forearms, 3 - my scalp.
I find this info about Candiditis interesting so I have embarked full on in this Candida diet. (what's the harm in trying).
I will repost here when my biopsy results have been confirmed to shed some light on my condition.
I will say this: Don't be discouraged. I am convinced that the sudden onset of this illness was stress related and that stress aggravates the problem. Use whatever methods you can to be comfortable and get lots of sleep.
I no longer suffer from the horrible burn. Now I feel a dull warmness down there at worst and sometimes I feel nothing at all. The only thing I apply there is vaseline because it has no active ingredients. Tight pants are a real irritant so avoid those.
If anyone has any advice for me, I would appreciated. This condition has affected my ability as a husband, a father and at my job. I seem to be getting a handle on it but it's not easy.
Good luck to all of you.
My symptoms are almost exactly the same. I'm positive we have the same thing.
