itchy, sticky scrotum

[wranglerjeans]

This is to address the posted answer that was made on itchy sticky scrotum. Dr. this condition is a real condition and it is spreading like wild fire. No doctor out there has found any real answers for this condition. The man that made the statement concerning his scrotum is not imagining his problem nor is it in his mind. I share his problem and have gone from doctor to doctor, dermatologists, etc., you name it. They have put me on creams, foams, powders, but nothing has helped.  I am tired of the excuses and guesses. I know its frustrating for a doctor to not be able to help his patient, that is if he/she really cares about their patient. Truth is sir, no one knows anything about this skin condition. Mine started with small tiny bumps in my pubic hairs. I remember like it was yesterday. It was after an sexual encounter or night at a hotel and I thought the female gave me something. I'm not saying its sexually transmitted because we were in a hotel and it could have be that in my bathing maybe the hotel rags had some type of bacteria in them. I have been reading up on this condition from many men postings over the web and some said they were not sexually active or never been outside their marriage or really don't understand how this came about. I can only speak for me that it was the day after a sexual encounter. Now whether the woman or something in the hotel I can't tell but like I said it started with small bumps in my pubic hairs. Later, I started itching in my scrotum. When I started using antifungus creams it later became sticky. I have been affected by this condition for 2 years now and nothing and nobody has said or gave me any cures. I am still hoping that some Dr. out there will take on this condition and learn about it, study it, maybe get some scientific help concerning it. You will here more about this condition from men because it is real, and we don't know how we are getting it and the saddest part, there seems to be no cure at the present time. I just wanted to speak on the man's defense that its not in his mind. May have nothing to do with a new STD because its not proven to come through sex. But I will say I hope somebody will find a cure out there before it ends up an epidemic all over dermatologist offices everywhere.


This discussion is related to itchy, sticky testicles.

[Tiredofscratching]

I'm one of the many who have suffered this for years, and without diagnosis.  I also had the small red bumps (like fire ant bites) in the pubic region, which came to a head and burst.  For a while the scrotum was red and skin thickened, which settled into a constant itch and stickiness.  It causes my scrotum to stick to the inside of my leg (but only on one side).  Diagnosis and treatment is long overdue.  Any help is welcome.

[questionguy334]

Hi,

I have been dealing with the problem of a sticky scrotum and penis on and off for several years.  I believe that I have just found the solution.

Quite by accident, my physician discovered that I was vitamin D deficient---not even on the low end of the scale for measuring.  My doctor prescribed a supplement, initially twice a day until my levels rise.  I have noticed that the sticky skin problem has disappeared...and here I was thinking that the problem was related to soaps, etc.

I truly hope that this helps men who have experienced this problem, I truly do.  I know how isolating this problem can be because you don't feel that you'll ever be able to be intimate with a woman again.

As for the doctor on this website who keeps telling men to stop imagining the problem, please stop assuming that just because you don't know the solution.  Yes, physicians are well educated, but you're learning too.  Trust me, no one wants to have the need of being on this forum.  We just want to live our lives...with quality of life.

Hope this info helps.  Be sure to check this over with your physician.  A person can get too much vitamin D also.  Keep it within limits.

All the best.

Questionguy

[RASHYBOY]

Holy god, i have discovered a whole new fraternity, i have the same problems and i always thought that mine was a rare case and i was haplessly depressed, more so coz the treatments prescribed by the doctors didn't work. It's really frustrating and it's hard 2 concentrate on work.  Though i'm yet 2 get any cure but mentally i'm stronger 2 face my plight after finding out that a lot of people actually lives with this as a part of life no matter howsoever unwilling.  DONT LOSE HOPE BROTHERS.

[StickyBalls]

I'm trying the vitamin D suggestion and I'm being conscious of post urination dribbling. I dab with a piece of toliet paper until Im sure not even a drop is left. Something is working. Stickiness has subsided and the night time itching isn't as bad. Condition is at least tolerable.

[stickitchyredscrot]

I have Sticky - itchy balls, where they stick together they start to burn slightly and itch.  Allowing them to pull apart and breath relieves the itch temporarily. The condition is definitely real.  It seems if i can prevent them from sticking the itch wont happen.  When the condition first started it was after having sex with a very sexually active woman.  I thought i must have jock itch and started using antifungal cream, this made the condition much worst, then i tried honey, blow drying the area all night long to keep it dry garlic tabs, boric acid, expensive cream prescribed by a dermatologist worked the best but did not cure it, every anti fungal pill imaginable, and none of it worked. The docs all said I dont really have anything. And most likely if anything contact dermatitis.   They were somewhat right in that not treating it made the effects lesson dramatically. The most annoying aspect is the stickiness and the fact that the skin absorbs lubricants and remains sticky.  This makes sex more difficult as if she even slightly gets dry its much less pleasurable.  Getting started for this reason when she's not already very aroused is much more difficult and even for me sometimes hurts.  I would like to find a cure so I can get my sex life back to normal.  Using lotion relieves all symtoms for a little bit and some days i barely notice it.  But its still there i still have a slight redness all the time mostly where my scrotum and penis stick together when left un-lotioned for too long.   My best guess is its just a bacteria or fungas that isn't quite studied yet in too much detail and the byproduct is sticky skin, and when its allowed to stick together for too long it grows enough and gets painful.  In my situation the resultant treatments I used made the condition much worst because they damaged the skin so much. I would lean toward a bacterial infection because the anti fungal creams made it much much worse.  I have had mine for 15 months. I am only publishing this because I think it will be useful should any doctor choose to take on these cases in more detail.

[zacastellani]

I have had a similiar problem as well for about a year now, it comes and goes, but always in the same spot. First it's unbearably itchy, after i scratch it, it starts to leak some sort of moist, sticky substance. If i scratch it too much it starts to burn, but the itching is too intense not to scratch most of the time. I have been worried  that it is std related but my blood work shows up clean.