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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
Rash and Swelling on Penis when touched
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Rash and Swelling on Penis when touched
by molluscum man, May 26, 2007 12:00AM
Great Service
March 17: diagnosed with mollus*** (genital) infection. Use (generic) retin-A. Causes AWFUL reaction, including a fissure on the head of my penis and some lacerations in (what's left of) my foreskin. (I have had a circumcision.) treat with zinc oxide.
May switch to some (iodine based) mollus*** medication i found online. Causes awful reaction on my penis. Nurse practitioner says put zinc oxide on it.
May 15: penis is red and irritated. The texture is like a powdery latex glove. Then the powdery feeling goes away and the skin swells every time it is rubbed. The swelling is generally flesh colored (or a light pink). Some times swelling occurs a minute after the contact. (If it helps, I have swollen lymph-nodes in the left groin.)
May 21: Doctor gives me antibiotics (doxcycline), as he thinks I may have folliculitis and other secondary infections (i have a rash on my stomach as well); dermatologist gives me desonide lotion, as she thinks its eczema.
May 25: Penis feels MUCH better, but any time it is rubbed the skin turns light red and then it swells in the spot it was touched.
Any clues? (I know this is hard when you can't see it.)
I am going to the doctor on Tuesday to have the molluscum removed, is there anything I should have the doctor look into?
Thanks
March 17: diagnosed with mollus*** (genital) infection. Use (generic) retin-A. Causes AWFUL reaction, including a fissure on the head of my penis and some lacerations in (what's left of) my foreskin. (I have had a circumcision.) treat with zinc oxide.
May switch to some (iodine based) mollus*** medication i found online. Causes awful reaction on my penis. Nurse practitioner says put zinc oxide on it.
May 15: penis is red and irritated. The texture is like a powdery latex glove. Then the powdery feeling goes away and the skin swells every time it is rubbed. The swelling is generally flesh colored (or a light pink). Some times swelling occurs a minute after the contact. (If it helps, I have swollen lymph-nodes in the left groin.)
May 21: Doctor gives me antibiotics (doxcycline), as he thinks I may have folliculitis and other secondary infections (i have a rash on my stomach as well); dermatologist gives me desonide lotion, as she thinks its eczema.
May 25: Penis feels MUCH better, but any time it is rubbed the skin turns light red and then it swells in the spot it was touched.
Any clues? (I know this is hard when you can't see it.)
I am going to the doctor on Tuesday to have the molluscum removed, is there anything I should have the doctor look into?
Thanks
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, May 27, 2007 12:00AM
, May 27, 2007 12:00AM
I think you're all set. Don't pay any attention to where the skin turns light red after it's touched--that's normal after an area has been irritated and treated in the ways you've had done. If there are any mollusca left, the doctor can treat them Tuesday. It's not unusual, by the way, for mollusca to get all swollen and to look red and infected just before they go away, even if they're not really infected. In any case, that's all in the past. From now on, I think the less you pay attention to it, the better off you'll be.
By the way, it's OK to write out the whole word, without the ***....
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
By the way, it's OK to write out the whole word, without the ***....
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
Member Comments (3)
by molluscum man, May 26, 2007 12:00AM
If it helps; the swelling looks like a bee-sting/bug bite (except generally flesh-colored or light pink/red); and then it disappears after about 10 minutes
by peekawho, May 29, 2007 12:00AM
To: Dr. Rockoff
I think the medhelp word sensor does that automatically sometimes.
