Patient's question:
When taking a shower at night, I noticed a white ring around the head of my penis, and the head of my penis seemed a bit wrinkled and red. Recently, I also found that I wasn't urinating smoothly. After checking at the hospital, they said it was balanitis. Please ask: What are the methods for treating balanitis?Doctor's answer:
According to the symptoms that the skin reappeared after taking medication for balanitis as you mentioned, it may be possible that the symptoms are recurring due to drug irritation. It is recommended to stop using the medication.It is suggested that you can use physiological saline cotton swabs to clean the skin of pollutants daily, sterilize with povidone-iodine, and apply erythromycin ophthalmic ointment for anti-inflammatory treatment to see how it works. For patients with balanitis, timely treatment can reduce the likelihood of recurrence. If it is not treated promptly, it may affect fertility. Therefore, patients should take timely and symptomatic medication and pay more attention to self-care in daily life, avoiding spicy foods. Wishing you a speedy recovery.