Balhanaposthitis

Hi Channie1 . Not come across this before. I did a search on the forum and it doesn't come up anywhere. I hope he gets sorted. Best wishes.

Hi rily 

There’s a slight misspelling. It’s balanoposthitis, but still nothing anywhere in the community I could find.

Sarah xx

Thank-you, we have discovered its the steroids he's been given, also has had hiccups since he started them too, trying every remedy we can. His gp has prescribed hydrocortisone cream for the balanoposthitis.

Hi Channie1 . Good to know they found out the cause of the problem. Hopefully the cream will do its job. Best wishes.

I know this sounds crazy, but I was plagued with hiccups as a youngster.

Discovered that the best cure is to slowly sip water from the 'wrong' side of the glass. Ie the side further away from you. To do this you have to stand up and bend right forward. The action of sipping and swallowing effectively upside down releases the spasm in the diaphragm.

Whether it will work for medication induced hiccups I don't know, but I offer it in the hope it may help.

Denby

Thank-you he will try anything, hopefully they will stop soon x

Hi, Thank-you for looking and sorry about the spelling,I should of copied it down first. We now know it's caused by the steroid dexamethasone and it's also the cause of his hiccups which he's had for 48 hours. He's been told not to take any today and things should improve,then when he has his next chemo they will give him a different steroid.

Thank-you for taking the time to look for me rily x

I’m glad you got an answer Channie1 The only reason I mentioned the spelling was so that it would be found in a search if someone had mentioned it before, so just to make it easier to check. I hope things improve for him, and all the best for his treatment.

Sarah xx