Patient's question:
I am 26 years old this year, about three or four days. It's just a feeling that the base of the penis is a bit itchy. Why is the area of the penis always itchy?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 leads to the transmission of bacteria such as Candida albicans, resulting in 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.