THanks everyone for all your replies. I think i will go to the Dr tomorrow just to be sure as if i dont go then and it doesnt clear up after that i wont be able to get there till staurday.
Marcellus - his nappies are wet so i'm sure he is passing his urine ok.
Kim - oh no, my sister got herpes when she was little too - still unsure how hope it clears for your ds soon too
Curly - i thought abut putting cream on it but i didnt want to irritate it further and since it wasnt bothering him i didnt want to upset him incase it stung - glad to know it doesnt though
Trillian - salty bath sounds good, thanks, i'll put him in one in the morning
Megan - hope your ds's clears up soon too. It could be a scratch. I use cloth so no stingy wipes here
Krysalyss and Sterla - its not really bad, but it is noticable iykwim? i hope its only something minor and wil clear up on it own.
Thanks again ladies for your help, its much appreciated. I hope in the morning its cleared but if not, its a trip to the Dr for us.
Same thing happened to my DS (very red tip but no noticable discomfort) and it turned out to be thrush. I initally thought it was some kind of nappy rash and just tried nappy rash cream for a day or so but it didn't get any better, so we took a trip to the doctors! Apparently a nappy is a ideal place for thrush - wet and warm.. (ewww). The doctor gave him a few creams - I think one was a thrush treatment and the other was a cortisone cream for any pain and it healed very quickly and hasn't returned.
Took ds to the Dr and it seems that he has an infection
Have no idea how he has done it but he seems to have pulled back part of his foreskin. Have cream and antibiotics and a follow up appointment in aweek to see how is going.
Thank you all again for your advice (and so quickly too)
Hun, don't worry about it too much, when they are little and playing with it it can be easy for them to get a bit of dirt or something in there to make it sore. I hope the poor little guy feels OK soon
It sounds the same as what we have been dealing with. What cream are you using? We're using Hydrozole. That, along with the antibiotics (that awful pink medicine) made a difference very quickly.
Try and give him as much nappy free time as you can as well as that will speed up the healing process.
Hope it's all better soon
We've just finished a round of canestan on Tristan (thrush) what you described sounded exactly like his, except when I noticed it it was very swollen too (wasn't like it at 3pm nappy change but was at 5:45 nappy change) I took him to the hospital I was so freaked out! Thank fully it's all better now.
Megan - the cream is actually an eye cream lol, its called chlorsig eye ointment (prescription only one) and the pink medicine sounds the same as what you have. I must say that today it looked alot better after just one dose of the cream and ab's.
hope it clears for your ds soon too
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