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What Causes Penile Pain When On Medication For Neutrophilic Dermatosis?
My 9 year old son had been diagnosed with neutrophilic dermatosis ( pyoderma gangrenosum) also with splenic and pulmonary abscess previous arthritis ( sweet syndrome) his medication he is on is Adalimumab, cyclosporin, prednisolone, pain killers, my son has now got a lot of pain in his penis and testicles he has had a pyoderma close by about 3 months ago but it was switched off! Could the pain just be part of his illness or growing pains or could it be something else?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Penile pain is unlikely to be related to growing pains. You should really not be in an online forum, as his disease and medications are really complex. You should consult his doctor immediately.
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