Foreskin Trouble

[Tubbycoates]

I'm a 63 old guy. About two months ago I noticed I was having trouble pulling my foreskin back. This has got progressively worse until now I can't pull it back at all.
I haven't had sex for a few years, and I suffer from erectile dysfunction.
I've tried to check my foreskin, but it's a little diggicult seeing over my belly. It feels that there is some sort of hard skin underneath the top which is stopping me from pulling it back. It now seems that the front of my foreskin is starting to look as though it is bruised.

Any ideas anyone ?

TIA

[bednobs]

please go to the GP.

[Buenchico]

Scroll down to the section beginning with "In adults, phimosis can occasionally be associated with . . . " here:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/phimosis/

[Paigntonian]

Good grief. See a doc.

[Sqad]

Your profile is that of a female, but I will take your post as authentic.
This is called balanitis and is almost certainly a fungal infection. Buy Canestan cream from the chemist, try to gently retract the penis, clean and remove the hard skin and apply the cream 3 times a day and give us some feedback over the next 48 hours.
Your are not a diabetic I presume ?
There is another cause but unlikely and rare.

[saintpeter48]

I have had the same problem for about 2 years, I'm 73 years old.
GP told me it maybe diabetes, after a blood test proved it not to be the case, he gave me a steroid cream to use which sorted it for a few days but it quickly came back, he also said that I could have the foreskin cut to ease the pain.
I have noticed that if I have the slightest sign of soreness in the crutch area it does bring on the tight foreskin.

[saintpeter48]

Sqad....
Thanks for the advice, there are a number of different canestan creams, is there a standard one for this condition?
As I said in an earlier post, my tight foreskin gets worse if my 'jock itch' flares up, I also suffer from thrush and herpes, both of which return occasionally, thanks for any help.

[Sqad]

SaintPeter. Iam certain that it is 1% Canestan but even better, particularly if it is itching you can buy Canestan with Hydrocortisone which may better

[DTCwordfan]

plenty of cream and Sqad will suggest your nurse rubs it in....enjoy!

[Buenchico]

Sqad:
I think Tubbycoates might have difficulty buying Canesten in a pharmacy. Clotrimazole isn't licensed in the UK for sale to anyone over 60 years of age. Countless 'senior' AB members have reported difficulties in obtaining it.

[Sqad]

Buenchico.....I thought that is OTC drug and equally is available on Amazon.
If I am wrong,then he will have to see his GP.

[Sqad]

https://www.boots.com/brands/canesten

[Buenchico]

Canesten used to be sold on supermarket shelves, Sqad, but it suddenly disappeared and was only available from pharmacies. When I tried to buy some for jock itch a few years back, the pharmacist said that he couldn't sell it to me because I was over 60 and that he couldn't offer any alternative without a doctor's prescription.

This quote is taken from a relevant thread on the HealthUnlocked website. (I can't provide a direct link, as you need to be logged into the site to access its content):
"Unfortunately working in pharmacy we get this all the time, no one in any shop not just in a pharmacy's. We are not allowed to sell anyone over 60 or under 16 any Canesten products, as it is not licensed for those age groups. When you are over 60 you can get something called Atrophic vaginitis which mimics thrush it happens to postmenopausal women who's lack of oestrogen reduces vaginal resistance to infection and injury, which can produce similar burning and itching symptoms to thrush, but thrush is uncommon in postmenstrual women. Therefore we can not sell it because it could not be thrush at all"

(Yes, I know that doesn't really explain why it can't be sold to men but it appears that the ban on sales to over-60s is a blanket rule, irrespective of gender).

[Buenchico]

Clicking through from your link, Sqad, takes me to this which, I feel, might well be relevant here:
"We need to ensure that this medicine is suitable for the person it is intended for. Therefore a Boots pharmacist may be required to contact you by phone to find out some additional information. If they are unable to speak to you when required your order may be delayed or the pharmacy medicine part of your order cancelled"
https://www.boots.com/canesten-cream-50g-10033194

[Vagus]

I bought two tubes of Canestan from Boots just last week, no questions about age asked.

[Sqad]

All very odd.
It can be obtained on Amazon.
The OP is 63 years old and I presume that the pharmacy wouldn't ask for proof of age.
Well he can try tomorrow at a pharmacy or contact his GP.

[Tubbycoates]

I'll ask my GP.

Thanks all.