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Post Circumcision Swelling + Initial Hematoma
Hi all, I need some advice/help on my recent circ.
I had it performed 4 days ago ultimately successfully, but at first experienced a large hematoma, which swelled my penis up to a small bleeding mountain - my glans at the top. Needless to say, they took me back into the OR within an hour, drained it, sutured the ruptured vessel, and closed me up again. It was successful, but it left my whole **** bruised. My urologist said that it would regardless heal in the same amount of time as a normal, complication-free circumcision.
I came home, and it would seem my bruising got worse, turning my whole **** near black. Additionally, it started to swell around the base of the shaft, giving it a "buddha belly" of sorts. I saw my urologist the next morning, as he wanted to check to see if everything was well, and he saw it and said it was alright, and that my penis would not look very appealing during the healing process.
So days 2 and 3 were alright, with my **** maintaining a swollen appearance, but getting slightly bigger. I applied the antibiotic ointment (basitracin) I received, as well as took my antibiotic pills, which I just finished yesterday, all the while routinely replacing my dressing due to nighttime erections and them constantly slipping off my now misshapen, triangular-ish penis.
Today, I realized that my shaft has swelled up a bit more and is turning "hard" more. Bruising is subsiding, and my penis color is returning, but my shaft is bulging a tiny bit more, and I'm now worried that the hematoma will/is come/coming back. My first hot shower on day 3 actually made the swelling go down some, but that hasn't been the case since. Ice packs hadn't worked for me since the start, so I've given up on them. I just now took 2 ibuprofen, but into 30 mintues, there's been no change in size or feel.
Should I be worried at all, or is this just the normal swelling kicking in?
Also, my scrotum seems to have been slightly bruised, as it is now darker in appearance, but I've read that that happens after groin surgery pretty often.
By the way - and I'm not sure if this is relevant - there has been barely any pain at all throughout all of this.
Anyway, thanks.
I had it performed 4 days ago ultimately successfully, but at first experienced a large hematoma, which swelled my penis up to a small bleeding mountain - my glans at the top. Needless to say, they took me back into the OR within an hour, drained it, sutured the ruptured vessel, and closed me up again. It was successful, but it left my whole **** bruised. My urologist said that it would regardless heal in the same amount of time as a normal, complication-free circumcision.
I came home, and it would seem my bruising got worse, turning my whole **** near black. Additionally, it started to swell around the base of the shaft, giving it a "buddha belly" of sorts. I saw my urologist the next morning, as he wanted to check to see if everything was well, and he saw it and said it was alright, and that my penis would not look very appealing during the healing process.
So days 2 and 3 were alright, with my **** maintaining a swollen appearance, but getting slightly bigger. I applied the antibiotic ointment (basitracin) I received, as well as took my antibiotic pills, which I just finished yesterday, all the while routinely replacing my dressing due to nighttime erections and them constantly slipping off my now misshapen, triangular-ish penis.
Today, I realized that my shaft has swelled up a bit more and is turning "hard" more. Bruising is subsiding, and my penis color is returning, but my shaft is bulging a tiny bit more, and I'm now worried that the hematoma will/is come/coming back. My first hot shower on day 3 actually made the swelling go down some, but that hasn't been the case since. Ice packs hadn't worked for me since the start, so I've given up on them. I just now took 2 ibuprofen, but into 30 mintues, there's been no change in size or feel.
Should I be worried at all, or is this just the normal swelling kicking in?
Also, my scrotum seems to have been slightly bruised, as it is now darker in appearance, but I've read that that happens after groin surgery pretty often.
By the way - and I'm not sure if this is relevant - there has been barely any pain at all throughout all of this.
Anyway, thanks.
Sounds normal to me, the external tissues of the penis are thin and filled with capillaries and vessels, if those capillaries and vessels are injured due to strain or surgery; they will leak a small amount of blood into the surrounding area causing a bruised appearance. The fluid build-up is likely just edema, Because of the abundance of capillaries and vessels an injury will cause an inflammatory response leading the tissue in the area to become porous so as to allow for the exchange of lymphocytes and scavenger cells, that inflammation allows for a temporary accumulation of fluid 'edema'.
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