Patient's question:
How to best treat a itchy glans penis Recently, I've been very grateful for a slightly itchy glans penis, but upon closer inspection, there's nothing growing on the glans. What illness is this? How should it be treated? How is the best way to treat an itchy glans penis?Doctor's answer:
When the glans penis exhibits abnormal symptoms again, such as itching, redness, swelling, or burning, it can be considered as caused by inflammation or infection. Currently, balanitis is a very common disease in urology, and its causes can mainly be divided into the following two categories:1. The glans penis again experiences a burning sensation.
These two types of balanitis are often caused by phimosis or excessive prepuce. The accumulation of secretions in the prepuce due to phimosis or excessive prepuce forms smegma. Bacterial, smegma, and urine irritation, or in rare cases, mechanical injury, often cause the prepuce to become red and swollen, with yellowish discharge. When the prepuce is retracted, the entire glans penis is also red and swollen, which is a typical case of acute balanoposthitis.