Patient's question:
When urinating, I feel extremely uncomfortable, and it feels like there is some obstruction during urination. I sometimes want to scratch my lower body, and my glans is also slightly swollen. Especially after sexual activity, my friend said I might have balanitis. How should I treat it? Is it serious if I don't get treated?Doctor's answer:
Your current symptoms are likely to be balanitis. You can choose to go to the hospital for diagnosis. Proper treatment and medication should be administered based on the cause. If diagnosed with balanitis, you can go to a regular pharmacy to apply symptomatic ointment. Additionally, you can coordinate with potassium permanganate to clean the genital area. Generally, it may take about three days to alleviate the symptoms. Balanitis is usually caused by poor personal hygiene. Therefore, you should pay attention to personal hygiene.