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Suggest Treatment For Dry Penis Skin
Question: my skin get dried on the penis and comes out. it itches also some time. The ring of shaft is d what can be reason and treatment for this?
Brief Answer:
candidial balanitis is most likely possibility
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Welcome to Healthcaremagic.com. I have read your query. I understand your concern.
As per details, the most likely possibility for your symptoms is a condition of skin called Candidial balanitis. It is fungal infection of skin involving the glans characterised by White colored scaly rash or red specks over glans associated with itch.
The infection can be transmitted by sexual contact from tge the infected partner also. Various precipitating factors are Diabetes Mellitus, excess sweating, hot humid weather.
I will advise you to get your blood sugar levels done.
In such cases, I prefer to advise topical antifungals like clotrimazole cream and tablet fluconazole.
Visit your doctor so that he can examine you and give you prescription. You can share my opinion with him. I hope it helps. Take care.
candidial balanitis is most likely possibility
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Welcome to Healthcaremagic.com. I have read your query. I understand your concern.
As per details, the most likely possibility for your symptoms is a condition of skin called Candidial balanitis. It is fungal infection of skin involving the glans characterised by White colored scaly rash or red specks over glans associated with itch.
The infection can be transmitted by sexual contact from tge the infected partner also. Various precipitating factors are Diabetes Mellitus, excess sweating, hot humid weather.
I will advise you to get your blood sugar levels done.
In such cases, I prefer to advise topical antifungals like clotrimazole cream and tablet fluconazole.
Visit your doctor so that he can examine you and give you prescription. You can share my opinion with him. I hope it helps. Take care.
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