Patient's question:
I've noticed this symptom for a long time, but the condition has not improved. What could be the possible causes of this scrotal itching?Doctor's answer:
Infectious causes are often due to dirty sexual intercourse, transmitting Candida, trichomonas, chlamydia, mycoplasma, gonococcal bacteria, or other bacteria. Non-infectious factors are mostly 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, leading to inflammation and causing glans itching. When the foreskin is excessively long and the foreskin opening is tight, if it is forcibly retracted and not promptly, the tight foreskin opening acts like a tight ring, tightly securing the glans of the penis. This is known as phimosis. Below the phimosis, blood circulation and lymphatic drainage are obstructed, causing swelling of the penis and foreskin, making repositioning even more difficult.