Balanitis Recovery And Masturbation Posted: 02-14-07 00:29am
Hi
i'm 23, circumcised,and have never had
sex,oral or otherwise.For 2.5 years i've
had a persistent balanitis problem. Its
red irritated looking skin immediately
under, and slightly around the meatus.I've
tried many otc items in that timeframe to
remedy it to no avail.
The problem always worsens after
masturbation, even without touching the
glans while masturbating.I tried once not
masturbating for a 2 month period,that
didnt help.And i've come to know anyways,
if I don't masturbate for a week i'll have
a wet dream, which in turn flairs it up.
I went to a doctor for the first time
about my balanitis 12 days ago, he
prescribed nystatin triamcinolone.Its
helped, though the problem is still there
some.The thing is,during those 12 days,i
masturbated only once, so this is a factor
in the apparent relief.I know if I
masturbate the problem will present itself
more conspicuously,for the next day(s).
Should I masturbate as I like while
following a prescribed balanitis
treatment, for there is perhaps a better
representation of how affected my glans
still is by balanitis?I don't want to go
back to the doctor and them treat it as
nearly gone, when in reality if i'd
masturbated 3x a week or a couple days
prior the area would be redder. I dont
want them to send me on my way, when if
i'd go home and masturbate the problem
will present itself conspicuously.I'd like
to be able to masturbate more, and I worry
about balanitis significantly affecting my
sex life/relationships with future
girlfriends.
I sincerely and deeply appreciate your
response
thank you
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 02-14-07 02:12am
Yeah, I would probably suggest
masturbating as usual, or as often as you
would like to, as that would give you a
more accurate idea of whether or not the
meds are working and to what extent they
are working, unless your doctor told you
that you should not be masturbating during
the treatment. If this stuff does not
work, and you have to get another round of
meds from him, you could ask him if you
can "carry on your usual sexual routine"
or if you should slow down while on the
meds just in case. It sounds like it is
safe to carry on as usual, however, if he
did not tell you otherwise. I assume he
would have warned you if you couldn't.
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oaklandav
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 02-15-07 00:35am
Thank you llewellyn for the message. I
had posted this exact same message in the
urology forum This link has been removed..
Paid $16 there to post the question to
have it answered by a doctor in that
forum.. His reply completely avoided my
questions about masturbation and the topic
of masturbation, or even mentioning the
word. It just reinforced for me
unfortunately the tabooness of talking of
masturbation.. Furthering making me
uncomfortable like to talk openly about it
with a doctor. Or thats its shameful to
talk about it or do.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 02-15-07 01:03am
Wow, that's crazy! I honestly don't
understand why some people are so
squeamish about this stuff. If you ask
your doctor if it is safe to masturbate
during the treatment and he gets
squeamish, I would consider changing
doctors. if
anyone can talk about this stuff, I would
hope it would be doctors!
if
anyone can talk about this stuff, I would
hope it would be doctors!