Hi guys,
I just wanted to ask if this is normal, due to the lack of stuff I can find on the internet about this happening to adults rather than infants and I've been driving myself completely mental as a result...
So I got circumcised 5 days ago. Hurts but bearable to the point I decided to stop taking pain relief really. Is the swelling of skin to the point it's as though the head of your penis is being swallowed it also feels as if there is skin under the shaft that needs to be pulled back to realign to where it should be, is what they go on about with swelling? If I pull it back this skin I can just about clean the part underneath the head, it bleeds a tiny bit and does sometimes have some proper stanking yellowish liquid leak out but still not a very considerable amount at all, that I'd panic about. I try to apply vaseline as much as possible to prevent it sticking together.
Could this be an adhesion? Or just swelling? After reading on.... http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/gracely1/
An excerpt that I think relates to what I feel like is happening...
" A penile adhesion can cause problems. The major one is that it can completely fuse, causing total reattachment of the shaft skin, and require surgical release or "recircumcision." Usually the adhesions can be released by simple retraction, done either by the practitioner or the parents. Sometimes, however, the fusion is so complete that simple retraction will not work, and the child must be referred to a urologist. Another problem is that smegma or bacteria can accumulate under the adhesion if it covers the preputial cavity and can cause infection.7 Also, if a bridge-like adhesion is present, it can produce a tethering of the erect penis which can cause pain, penile curvature or both.7-8
To prevent the occurrence of penile adhesions, nurses and parents must be shown the proper technique of caring for the penis following a circumcision. Most nursing textbooks discuss the procedure and the initial care following a circumcision, which involves observation for bleeding and the application of Vaseline gauze or a lubricant and sterile gauze for 24 to 48 hours but do not discuss later retraction of the shaft skin.9-13 but usually this is all that they are taught. The penis looks different immediately following a circumcision than it does a few days later (at which time most babies are home from the hospital). With the swelling that occurs after a circumcision, the natural appearance of the shaft skin cannot be appreciated. The skin must heal after the circumcision and should not be retracted for approximately 10 to 14 days. However, the mother and the father must learn to pull back the shaft skin every day after the circumcision is healed so that the corona is free from any adherent skin. Another reason to retract the skin is to clean around the base of the glans, being certain to remove smegma and any other debris. Then the shaft skin should be returned to its original position, or a paraphimosis (constriction of the penis by the shaft skin) could occur. "
Hey there it's hard to tell exactly whats going on because there is no picture. but, it is most likely just due to swelling. if you have concerns I would go see your surgeon. they would be able to tell you for sure. also if your penis is getting more painful, or the drainage is milky green/yellow and thicker it could be infected. a small amount of clear yellowish pink discharge is normal.