What kind of behavior is this?

Question

Without going into all the details... Elderly male, late 60s, keeps a squirt bottle of green alcohol next to the toilet. Every time he pees, he squirts his wee-wee with the alcohol.

It's a little bizarre, but his family thinks as long as its not harmful, no one is going to try to stop him. BTW - It must be green alcohol. He gets upset if someone buys clear alcohol by mistake.

Momof2 - His family found out when he threw a fit about running our of green alcohol. The person who does the shopping assured him that some would be purchsed on the next trip. He then yelled that he couldn't wait a week to pee. This led to a discussion about WTH he was talking about. That's how others found out.

Answer 1

It's could be OCD, but due to his age, I'm thinking it's most likely a therapy for enlarged prostate, swollen or inflamed urethra. It could also be caused by an obsession over cleanliness, if he's using the alcohol to "disinfect" himself after performing what society considers to be a "germy" act. But since you didn't mention whether he obsessively cleans anything else, I can't say.

For a chance of a more accurate diagnosis, you really need to provide more information. His insistence for that specific kind of alcohol is a good clue, so you'd need to learn what exactly is special to him about that kind of alcohol. You mentioned it's green, which makes me think it's the common type of isopropyl alcohol with added methyl salicylate (artificial wintergreen aroma) and green color added. You can find this stuff in any grocery store and pharmacy. That the man won't use another kind means that alcohol is significant for some reason. Without further information, my guess would be that he likes the astringent, cooling feel of the wintergreen on the skin. Lots of men his age suffer from a lot of possible conditions with their plumbing (think Viagra), and there exist thousands of folk remedies to address those problems. If he has an enlarged prostate, and has difficulty urinating, it's possible that particular alcohol functions similarly to Icy-Hot type products to make it easier for him to do his business. Regular isopropyl alcohol probably wouldn't do that. So, could be that, could be OCD, or maybe he just prefers his unit smell like wintergreen.

Note: If he's actually spraying the alcohol *inside* his urethra, that's a different story, and most likely incredibly painful. Something like that would need to be addressed, as it could cause inflammation and other problems for the guy. -Kel

Answer 2

Well, let's see, he may enjoy the burn from the menthol in addition to the alcohol, he may believe he has an infection of sorts, and the alcohol is cleaning his wee, he may also be obsessive-compulsive. Maybe he likes to burn his wee because he did something bad before. The only way to know for sure is to ask him, otherwise, it's his wee, let him do what he wants to it, as long as he doesn't hurt anyone else, no harm.

Answer 3

Sounds like ocd. Obsessive compulsive Dissorder. How do you know what he's doing to his wee wee in the privacy of the bathroom?

Answer 4

people would do that a loonngg time ago in some places 2 clean the toilets after they use them
and maybe he his showing sings of Alzheimer's disease cause my mom's grandad would do things from his child hod of thick we wear people from then

BUT I DON'T WANT 2 SCARE U OR ANY THING HE COULD JUST DO THAT 2 DO IT OR SOMETHING

Answer 5

Buying alcohol is a mistake. Emend that mistake.

Answer 6

his family probably needs to talk to his family doctor about this behaviour. it is not normal and could be a sign that something else is going wrong with him. meaning that this is the first symptom that you probably shouldn't overlook.

Answer 7

well that means he should eat some cheese

Answer 8

May be he has STD?