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Suggest Treatment For Dark Spots On Skin Covering The Penile Shaft
My daughter took her 4 year old to family Dr. today. He has several little dark spots around skin on penis. She took tweezers to squeeze one. He also has a couple of small scabs. He has made comments off and on over the last 6 months his penis hurts. He does wet the bed at night and we have him in over night pull UPS which he fills up but we wash his skin in the whole area in morning before underwear. She did not even do urine test on him or prescribe anything. Just said keep log on when he complains and next visit will take urine test. Did not recommend another follow up appointment. We are worried.
Wed, 30 Dec 2015
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Your main concern is dark spots or pigmentation around the skin of penis for your 4 years grand-son which could be due to following factors.
1) Hereditary factors seems to play a significant role.
2) In allergy prone individuals, a condition or state of 'atopy'
3) In some individuals dark spots may be due to thin penis skin, thin skin makes the blood in the blood vessels shine through and hence this appears dark.
But we will be able to say exactly only after the visual inspection of that dark spots on the shaft.
You may seek advice from dermatologist rather than going for urine or some other tests.
Hope this detailed answer will be helpful.
Regards,
Welcome to health care magic
Your main concern is dark spots or pigmentation around the skin of penis for your 4 years grand-son which could be due to following factors.
1) Hereditary factors seems to play a significant role.
2) In allergy prone individuals, a condition or state of 'atopy'
3) In some individuals dark spots may be due to thin penis skin, thin skin makes the blood in the blood vessels shine through and hence this appears dark.
But we will be able to say exactly only after the visual inspection of that dark spots on the shaft.
You may seek advice from dermatologist rather than going for urine or some other tests.
Hope this detailed answer will be helpful.
Regards,
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