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What Causes Intense Itching And Redness In Testicles?

Posted on Fri, 19 Jun 2015

Question: Ive been feeling intrnse itchiness on my balls and it looks abnormally red ..felt like thousands of people are pinching it ..but there is no signs of rash

Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (2 minutes later)

Hi,
Please some anti-allergic medicine like levocetrizine 1 tab.twice a day for 3 days.Apply some moisturising cream locally.If still the complaint persists,please consult a skin specialist.If this helps,please say thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Ajay Panwar (2 minutes later)

Is it a jock itchy or paraite casued it? Ive never experience this before ..also i recently visited mexico is it possible i caught soemthjng there?

Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Likely Fungal infection.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
It can possibly be a jock itch or some other fungal infection.

Please maintain good local hygiene and apply clotrimazole lotion locally, twice a day.It should improve.
If it persists still then,please get examined by a skin specialist as he will be the expert to help you out.

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Regards,
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar