Patient's question:
The glans always has some white cloudy fluid, and it still hurts sometimes. This condition has persisted for a while. Recently, the pain has become more severe. I wonder if this is what's called inflammation? What is balanitis? What are its symptoms?Doctor's answer:
Phimosis is inflammation of the glans penis in males. In clinical diagnosis, phimosis is divided into four categories. There are bacterial phimosis and mycoplasma phimosis in clinical diagnosis. Except for fungal phimosis, their symptoms in the early stage are generally the same in clinical diagnosis. They mainly manifest as increased local secretions, itching, pain, or red papules on the glans penis. However, if it is a bacterial infection that causes the secretions to increase continuously, and if it is a fungal infection, there will be curd-like secretions on the glans penis in clinical diagnosis. However, in clinical diagnosis, the differentiation and confirmation are mainly through relevant laboratory tests to further examine the secretions on the glans penis.