Patient's question:
I am 26 years old this year, and it's been about three or four days. It's just that I feel a bit itchy at the base of the penis. What should I do if it's always itchy down there?Doctor's answer:
Generally speaking, penile itching is caused by balanoposthitis, which is a very common urological disease. It can be divided into infectious and non-infectious types, with the majority being infectious cases. The reasons are mostly due to unclean sexual life, which transmits bacteria such as Candida albicans, leading to penile itching. Non-infectious factors are often due to excessive foreskin, insufficient hygiene, and the accumulation of unclean substances between the foreskin and glans, known as smegma, which can irritate the local foreskin and mucosa, causing inflammation again.