Patient's question:
I usually have a bit of a messy sex life, but I'm quite careful about safety. I had a sexual encounter recently, and a few days later, I felt intense itching and redness on my glans. When I retracted my foreskin, I noticed the glans was swollen and inflamed. What are the main causes of balanitis and phimosis?Doctor's answer:
Often associated with various parasitic bacteria accumulating in the foreskin sac. When the body's resistance decreases, non-pathogenic bacteria can transform into pathogenic bacteria, with phimosis, excessive foreskin, smegma, and fecal industrial pollution often being the triggers. There is often diabetes or chronic wasting diseases, or a history of long-term use of antibiotics or corticosteroid drugs, or the patient's immediate family members suffer from candidal vulvovaginitis, leading to recurrent fungal infections in the foreskin area and causing inflammation. Balanitis can be relieved, but the treatment process is generally slow, and it is prone to recurrence after treatment. Proper medication should be used.