Pads and itching & soreness

I have a blood/PSA test and uro visit coming up and there is an issue I want to mention to him, but thought I'd ask about it here first.

Problem is that since last summer I have had to wear a pad again in the daytime due to all the minor leaks (two or three per hour). My penis and scrotum are thus warm and moist for a lot of the day and as you might expect there have been a few occasions when I have ended up with sore bits.
I gather that this is known as "Jock itch" on the US side of the Atlantic, I don't think it has a name in England (or in Holland come to that) and is just called a fungal infection. (Dutch= schimmelinfectie). I get small red "blisters" on the glans of my penis that sting and the same on the matching area on the inside of my foreskin (I'm uncircumcised). I also get sore under my balls.
I had the red areas on my glans in the past and used a cream to deal with it and have been trying the same cream again as it is now availble from drugstores whereas it used to be on prescription.) In Holland it is called DAKTARIN and the active ingredient is Miconazolnitrate. It has though gone away and come back about six times in the last 6 months.

Washing and careful drying are required too, but the problem with pads is of course getting any fresh air into the system as wearing loose-fitting underwear is not an option any more.

I feel like I need to be able treat the area with something on a daily basic to prevent recourrence the way you would a baby's bottom to prevent nappy rash, but am not sure what the best product would be to use, as I don't want to cover little Alf and his nuts with something that interferes with a sex life that already suffers from a lot of interference.

Any thoughts, petroleum jelly? vaseline? nivea ??

Alf

Also, keep the bushes trimmed. You don't have to shave, just keep it short. Toronto Guy's suggestion will help with this also.

Startech - things are kept short (not shaven) I trim to stop getting hair stuck in/under my foreskin.
Sagittarian. - Thanks, that's been my concern, you can only use the meds for a limited time to make it go away, but I think you have to use something else to stop it coming back, basically you have to give your skin a bit of help to stay waterproof. In fact I expect if you use the meds too much they may end up being less effective when you need them
John - I think using powder might backfire. It was okay to use powder in the past to get a cool dry result when the problem was being too hot and sweaty, but dribbles of pee is a continuous additon of liquid.

I think 52 years ago my mum used to use some cream that the German au-pair had brought with her. I was always told it smelt great, so something like that might work! Needless to say I can't remember the name; I've tried googling for it (Panaten?) but without success.
Not sure I can ask my German friends!!
My thinking is, that if it's safe for babies, then there won't be any complciations for my sexlife.

Alf
edit to add that I think I've found the german cream = Penaten.
I remember metal tin with the foil!
It should be available in Holland too.

Get smaller pads and change them more often.

At night, sleep in the buff on top of a towel if needed and give the boys some fresh air.

As Albert Einstein once said - the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

Alf,

You probably do have jock itch.

I buy a creme which is actually the same medicine used for athlete's foot. Usually I need an application every three or 4 weeks, and it takes care of it. I only use it when I itch, and maybe do it 2 mornings in a row after I shower, and it works great for me.

Goodlife

Alf,

The Daktarin worked for me years ago. I had rashes like that even before PCa. A homeopathic cream helped (Calendula, from Borion in France) and was easy to find when I lived in Europe.

I would say absolutely DO NOT use heavy petroleum-based products like Vaseline. Those, at least for me, make such irritations worse, as they prevent exposure to the air, which is essential for healing unless a wound is deep. Much worse. My post-surgery checkout included a visit with a nurse to go over "best practices", and she insisted that water-based or very light creams were best.

Changing the pad before you "must" is a big help. I get out walking every day, and use a lighter Tena guard for that period. It is rarely needed for a leak, but always damp from sweat when I get in, so it gets changed. Costs more, but a day with jock rot is worth avoiding.

I used the small tena pads.  What I would do is put a small

wad of toilet paper in it, and change several times a day.

Would only change pad if it got moist or had large leak.

142
Yes I'm definitely looking at a two part plan.
part one is the daktarin to make it go away
part two is once things are betetr to use something to help repel moisture like a baby creme (eg the Panaten) but not something as greasy as Vaseline. The panaten smells okay.

Definitely going to change the pad midway through the day even though there is not enough dribbling yet for the pad to be full, and that will also help deal with the other thing I am worrying about which is the smell.
I'm using Tena level 2, not so much for the thickness as for the area as little Alf tends to point at the whole compass during the course of the day and has managed to leak beyond the range of smaller pads in the past.

Startech I'll look out for the Aloe stuff if I need to try something else.

Thanks guys

Alf

Hi Alf. I found using the boxer-briefs works wonders. Those are briefs that are boxers. Still holds the pad and the Jewels and Staff breath. Good Luck

Alf,

I have no clue what a Tena Level 2 is. We only have one Tena Men's Guard (and the full pants) in the US market. All the other Tena pads are female oriented, and no, those are not shaped right for us. If one is big enough to "cover the territory", it would be huge and unmanageable.

An update

Dakatarin musty be working in that the itch has gone away and stayed away.

Penaten is quite thick, so works best with just a little, and only at bed time aftyer washing and drying everythgng thoroughly.

Have not used any powder.

Things have also felt better since I starting changing the pad midway through the day even if it is not full - this has also reduced the smell, in fact last night Mrs Alf said things didn't smell at all.

Trying little Alf in the fresh air is problematic due to the drips. Also it's too cold here at present for nudity, even with the heating going. Loose boxers while I'm sleeping is the best I can manage, plus lots of lingeriung in the bathroom while naked at the beginning and end of the day.


To explain Tena 2 Here's a photo of mine of some of the pads I have used:
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Number 1 is Tena Level 2 and the approximate size is:
7 inches wide at the top
2 inches wide at the bottom
9 1/2 inches from top to bottom

The other pads are:
2 = Tena level 1, (this is just too small)
3 = cheap drugstore sanitary towels (€1 for 20) (too narrow)
4 = large female pads supplied by hospital after catheter came out (too long, and thus too wide at the perineum.)
5 = Male Pads from a French store (these have a pocket and are quite good, after you've been wearing them for an hour ior sio they become triangualr in sahpe and fit much better)
6 = triangular male pads from another Dutch drugstore (useless - not at all soft and the jel leaks out of them and gets stuck to everything.)

All 6 pads have a sticky strip on the back to hold them in place in my underwear.

The other thing about the Tena level 2 is that I am getting via my health insurance and they are thus not meant to be costing me anything. (I have seen no bills so far! If I order them online before 4pm they are delivered for free the next day - and the best option is to order 6 packs of ten as that fills their standard box.) But when I have bought them they are aboput €5 for ten

And while the itching etc has not been welcome, wearing pads has actually improved my QOL as I feel much safer about going out.

Alf

142 said...
They seem to have vanished from the Coloplast web site in the US since I last requested samples. But they were horribly expensive.

142... $28.95/box 30... They have worked great for me in keeping the scrotum and surrounding area away from the moisture of any leakage... for me, much drier than open pads...

Example: www.healthykin.com/p-493-manhood-absorbent-pouch.aspx

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