
Suggest Treatment For Soreness And Swelling On The Penile Foreskin

no red dots on shaft. The red dots on the XXXXXXX are flat. Also the end of the foreskin is super red and inflamed. Still hurts when I try and retract the foreskin but again not that painful.
Seems to be candidiasis which is a yeast infection
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at Health Care Magic
I am Dr Asmeet Kaur Sawhney, Dermatologist.
I have gone through your complaints and you seem to have developed candidal balanoposthitis which is a yeast infection most likely contracted from your sexual partner.
If I was your treating doctor I would recommend you to apply anti-fungal cream like Clotrimazole cream on the affected area twice daily.
You have used Lotrimin ultra cream which is also an antifungal but it is not very effective in treating candidiasis or yeast infection. That's why it was not very effective in your case.
Besides this, keep the area dry and please request your partner to get herself examined for candidiasis and take treatment accordingly.
Till the time she is treated, please don't go for unprotected intercourse, Otherwise it will worsen.
Feel free to ask if you've any further queries.
Regards
Dr Asmeet


The picture provided is after a shower.
Seems to be yeast infection, most probably contracted after intercourse
Detailed Answer:
I have reviewed the attached photograph and it is yeast infection.
It is most probable that you got yeast infection from your partner as your symptoms started after intercourse and became more obvious after intercourse.
Yeast infections are common in persons with diabetes, on long term antibiotics, immunosuppresive drugs besides being sexually transmitted.
It can be possible that the infection was already present but was lying dormant and got aggravated because of intercourse but that seems unlikely in your circumstances.
Yes there are many females who are totally unaware that they are having yeast infection.


Once the signs & symptoms will subside, will take 2-3 weeks
Detailed Answer:
Welcome back,
The redness, soreness and red dots will start disappearing once the infection got treated accordingly.
Then you can stop applying the cream.
It will usually take 2-3 weeks for the infection to disappear completely but the response should start within 5-6 days of starting treatment.
Regards


What if the girl isn't showing any symptoms? Is that because she passed it on to me?
Don't go for unprotected sex
Detailed Answer:
You should not go for unprotected sex.
Sometimes the infection is not very obvious in females. It can be sub clinical.

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