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Question: I AM SUFFERING OF SKIN INFECTION ON PENIS SKIN UNDERSIDE AND PRESCRIBED TERBEST CREAM APPLICAION AND TERBEST TABLET FOR 7 DAYS FOR FUNGAL INFECTION ON MY PENIS.IT IS ARISING AGAIN AFTER TREATMENT SAY EVERY MONTH.IT BECOMES VERY PAINFUL TO BRING SKIN COVER ON BACKWARD AND ITS REDDISH .
Brief Answer:
Kindly tell your blood sugar status.
Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr XXXXXXX
Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.
I can understand your concern for the present problem.
In view to help you best I request you to kindly tell me if you have gone for your blood sugar status or are you diabetic.
Hope to hear soon from your side.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases
Kindly tell your blood sugar status.
Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr XXXXXXX
Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.
I can understand your concern for the present problem.
In view to help you best I request you to kindly tell me if you have gone for your blood sugar status or are you diabetic.
Hope to hear soon from your side.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I Have got it checked today and its RANDOM VALUE is 149.9
Brief Answer:
Latest anti-fungal creams such as "Sertaconazole"
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
The Random Blood Sugar should be 70 to 140. In your case it is bit higher. So I suggest you to go for Glycated Hb ot HbA1C which tells the control in last 3 months.
After reading your complete query with diligence I can make out that you are suffering from recurrent candidal (fungal) infection of the glans penis area.
Before I proceed to your condition, let you understand some medical facts- Fungal infections are common type of infections which can affect anybody at any site. But more commonly it affects the areas which are moist areas (as in your case).
More specifically this is related to the hygiene especially in uncircumcised males. It is more common to find moist area at glans penis and frenulum (skin covering the glans penis) area which favors the growth of fungus. The fungus can be grown directly in an individual or can be more commonly because of infection from the partner.
Now more importantly you experienced the recurrence of infection as soon as you stopped the terbinafine tablet and application. This shows that fungus is not completely eradicated.
For the management of the same kindly follow the suggestions below:
- Wash your penile area for two times in a day. You can use a mild soap to wash the area. Wash it very gently but properly. If you are uncircumcised then it is quite important to retract your skin fully backwards and then wash the area.
- If you are sexually active then after every sexual intercourse too, wash the area properly. I personally suggest you to use protection in form of condoms during every intercourse.
- It is quite very important to check for infection in your partner too. If your partner has white discharge then it is the most common cause of recurrent infection. In all the cases of candidal infection we always treat the partner. So get your partner treated for the same.
- Wear cotton undergarments. Change these two times a day. Do not wear any synthetic or tight garments.
- In my patients I suggest to apply latest anti-fungal creams such as "Sertaconazole" and take latest anti-fungal tablets according to medical advise. Sometimes there is resistance to the terbinafine, so the latest antifungals helps in completely eradicating the infection.
Overall it is nothing to be worried about. It is a common condition which we see quite often in our day to day practice.
Keep a watch over your blood sugar level as is one of the most important cause of recurrent fungal infections. It would be better if you can go for HbA1C level.
I hope this clears all your doubts. Tell me if you have any further quires.
Wish you good health
with regards,
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD - Skin & Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
Latest anti-fungal creams such as "Sertaconazole"
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
The Random Blood Sugar should be 70 to 140. In your case it is bit higher. So I suggest you to go for Glycated Hb ot HbA1C which tells the control in last 3 months.
After reading your complete query with diligence I can make out that you are suffering from recurrent candidal (fungal) infection of the glans penis area.
Before I proceed to your condition, let you understand some medical facts- Fungal infections are common type of infections which can affect anybody at any site. But more commonly it affects the areas which are moist areas (as in your case).
More specifically this is related to the hygiene especially in uncircumcised males. It is more common to find moist area at glans penis and frenulum (skin covering the glans penis) area which favors the growth of fungus. The fungus can be grown directly in an individual or can be more commonly because of infection from the partner.
Now more importantly you experienced the recurrence of infection as soon as you stopped the terbinafine tablet and application. This shows that fungus is not completely eradicated.
For the management of the same kindly follow the suggestions below:
- Wash your penile area for two times in a day. You can use a mild soap to wash the area. Wash it very gently but properly. If you are uncircumcised then it is quite important to retract your skin fully backwards and then wash the area.
- If you are sexually active then after every sexual intercourse too, wash the area properly. I personally suggest you to use protection in form of condoms during every intercourse.
- It is quite very important to check for infection in your partner too. If your partner has white discharge then it is the most common cause of recurrent infection. In all the cases of candidal infection we always treat the partner. So get your partner treated for the same.
- Wear cotton undergarments. Change these two times a day. Do not wear any synthetic or tight garments.
- In my patients I suggest to apply latest anti-fungal creams such as "Sertaconazole" and take latest anti-fungal tablets according to medical advise. Sometimes there is resistance to the terbinafine, so the latest antifungals helps in completely eradicating the infection.
Overall it is nothing to be worried about. It is a common condition which we see quite often in our day to day practice.
Keep a watch over your blood sugar level as is one of the most important cause of recurrent fungal infections. It would be better if you can go for HbA1C level.
I hope this clears all your doubts. Tell me if you have any further quires.
Wish you good health
with regards,
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD - Skin & Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Today got checke of my HbA1c result is 11% Today Glucose fasting -154 mg/dl. GLUCOSE PP. -152.1 mg/dl. I have been prescribed daily
Tablet Metformin 500mg+Glimepiride 1 mg daily for 2 months. Any other test required?
Tablet Metformin 500mg+Glimepiride 1 mg daily for 2 months. Any other test required?
Brief Answer:
Control your sugar immediately.
Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,
Welcome again to the forum and thanks a lot for your follow up with HbA1c results with fasting and PP results.
I can see that your HbA1c results are really very very high. In general for diabetic also it should remain below 7 or at the maximum below 8 only.
As it is 11% so it means that your sugar is not controlled by the tables you are taking. This uncontrolled sugar is the cause of recurrent infection at your penile area.
SO till the time you do not have your sugar control, you will not have control of penile rash too.
I humbly request you to meet your treating doctor of diabetes to give you medicines to control the sugar at its best and control your sugar immediately.
I hope this information will help you. Tell me if you have any further quires.
Wish you good health
with regards,
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD - Skin & Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
Control your sugar immediately.
Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,
Welcome again to the forum and thanks a lot for your follow up with HbA1c results with fasting and PP results.
I can see that your HbA1c results are really very very high. In general for diabetic also it should remain below 7 or at the maximum below 8 only.
As it is 11% so it means that your sugar is not controlled by the tables you are taking. This uncontrolled sugar is the cause of recurrent infection at your penile area.
SO till the time you do not have your sugar control, you will not have control of penile rash too.
I humbly request you to meet your treating doctor of diabetes to give you medicines to control the sugar at its best and control your sugar immediately.
I hope this information will help you. Tell me if you have any further quires.
Wish you good health
with regards,
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD - Skin & Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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