Patient's question:
The past few weeks, I've started feeling frequent urination and urgency, but I didn't pay much attention to it. Later, blood in the urine reappeared, and I bought some medicine from a pharmacy, but it didn't work. A few days ago, small hard lumps reappeared on the glans, and after a thorough examination at the hospital, I found out I have penile tuberculosis. Which hospital is the best for treating penile tuberculosis?Doctor's answer:
Penile tuberculosis refers to the recurrence of tuberculosis infection in the corpora cavernosa of the penis, a rare disease. Clinical manifestations include a history of frequent urination and hematuria secondary to tuberculosis of the urogenital system. The inflammation has begun in areas such as the glans penis, frenulum, and coronal sulcus. Initially, it appears as small nodules the size of green beans, with surrounding edema and hardening, without pain. Gradually, it forms an irregular ulcer with an infiltrating edge, the surface of which is covered with purulent exudate that is difficult to remove and is painless upon palpation. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is elevated. Treatment involves the use of antitubercular drugs, local dressing changes with streptomycin solution, and, if necessary, radical excision of the lesion or partial penectomy.