Male Health Issues. (Warning... Graphic)

[Blu (Ontario)]

While reading this thread, I had to grimace a bit. Not so much from the graphic details but from the fact that your condition was another example of "crapshoot medicine". I'm no physician but I've never heard of anyone treating an infection with a topical powder. As advanced as modern medicine may seem to us sometimes, much of it gets treated with the shotgun approach antibiotics), or expensive preceedures (structural repair). Old world and natural fixes have been abandoned in favor of substances pushed by the large pharmaceutical companies. AS we well know that has had its own consequences. Anyway, best of luck with the problem and hope you see a speedy recovery.

[Atticus]

All I can say is ouch!

I am a kilt wearing doctor (family doctor). If the problem is fungal (yeast) the critters like heat, darkness, and warmth. This is why you get athlete's foot (Tinea Pedis) between your toes and Jock Itch (Tinea Crura) in your groin. Some people have medical conditions that make them more susceptible to this problem. Diabetes, smoking and poor circulation due to atherosceloris (hardening of the arteries) are conditions that could make things worse.
Bacteria cover our skin normally. They typical (not always) need a skin break to get in and cause infection. Staph and Strep are bacterium that are the cause of many skin infections (cellulitis).

Bacteria are not Fungi, but yeast are a type of fungi. Both fungus and bacteria should be able to be cultured from a wound. This way they can be identified and a specifcally treated. Antibiotics for the bacteria and Anti-Fungals for the yeasty beasties. Some anti fungals come as powders.
Oh... there are inflammatory conditions that mimic infection too. But in that case but no organisms are present on wound culture.

My 2 cents...find a doctor who will do a wound culture (Qtip sample of the wound that is then plated and grown out on bacteria agar (food) or yeast medium).

In terms of wound care...place something moist (Bactricin if bacterial or antifungal creme if a fungus) on a "no stick" guaze. Place the guaze pad, sticky side to the scrotum and a second guaze pad, sticky side to the leg/thigh. The non gooey sides of the guaze will touch but not adhere to each other...

Don't use Neomycin Ointment! 25% of the population is allergic to it. Those people keep reappling it and getting worse and worse. If you are using Neomycin just stop it and you may get better over the next week...

Boy that was a mouthful huh?
I'll pray for you.