Patient's question:
I got a check-up last week and found that I have balanitis. It seems to be getting worse recently, with some bleeding and discharge, and it looks like there are also blisters. Is the condition getting serious? Please ask: How should balanitis be treated to improve?Doctor's answer:
Based on the description of the issue, it is more likely to be balanitis. Balanitis can be divided into balanitis, red spots on the glans without pain or itching, and balanoposthitis. This inflammation can be infectious or non-infectious, and in clinical diagnosis, infectious balanitis is more common. Infectious cases are often caused by unclean sexual intercourse, transmitting Candida, trichomoniasis, chlamydia, mycoplasma, gonococcal bacteria, or other bacteria. 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 trigger inflammation of the local foreskin and mucosa.