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Suggest Treatment For Infection In Foreskin

Posted on Mon, 1 Aug 2016

Question: I have infection on my foreskins , and am a diabetic with 300 + blood sugar for the last 25 days . now taking insuline and other tabs.what should I do to reduce the infection?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Must be yeast infection, apply topical antifungals

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I am Dr Asmeet Kaur Sawhney, a dermatologist.
You must have developed yeast infection of the foreskin which is very common in diabetics especially if it is not controlled.
In such cases I recommend my patients to maintain proper personal hygiene, apply antifungal cream like sertaconazole cream on the affected areas twice daily for 2-3 weeks and take antihistaminic like tablet levocetrizine 5 mg once or twice daily if the infection is associated with itching or irritation.
But the most important thing in controlling the infection is to normalise your blood sugar levels.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (11 hours later)

Thanks , the foreskin is so tight and painful that I cant push it back to clean the tip. What to do?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Take oral antifungal and go for warm saline washes

Detailed Answer:
Hi
You can take an oral antifungal like fluconazole tablet 150 mg single dose stat and wash the foreskin with warm saline water 2-3 times in a day.
This should reduce the swelling and then you can apply the antifungal medication.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Priyanka G Raj