What Causes Severe Itching On The Penile Shaft?

Posted on Fri, 14 Apr 2017

Question: Hi Sirs,

I am facing problem on my penis.. its starts with itching under skin of the penis then white yeast type things develop under skin of the penis.. the upper skin develop cuts which causes pains when touched with finger..the penis forehead skin becomes redish and have small red spots shows under the skin.. i used Tigboderm cream and cadiderma cream which get rid of these things until i am applying them twice in daily but itching starts again when i stop using them.. kindly advise cure from the same.. With best regards, XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Seems to be candidiasis, apply antifungal cream & antihistaminic

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at HealthcareMagic
I have gone through your complaints and it seems to be candidiasis which is a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
Are you diabetic?
Have you taken any long term antibiotics or any other medicines?
Are you sexually active? If yes is your partner having history of vaginal discharge?
The medicines you are using contain steroid and that's why they cause only temporary improvement.
Steroids will not let the infection cure.
If I was your treating doctor I would recommend you to apply only antifungal cream like sertaconazole cream on the affected areas twice daily for 2-3 weeks and take antihistaminic like tablet levocetrizine 5 mg once daily at bedtime for 2-3 weeks.
These are prescription drugs and you need to see the doctor in person to get them.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (45 minutes later)

Hi Mam,

Thanks for your quick reply.

First of all, i did not visit a doctor as yet as i am applying Tigboderm, Candiderma cream those are giving temporarily relief from this problem.

No, i am not diabetic at the moment.

I did not take any antibiotics or any other medicines in this concern.

I am not so sexually active but i remember this problem started once i had sex with my wife 40 days ago. She suffered chikengunia fever in last October and later feels weakness/ joint pains so had injections etc to recover from it under doctor prescription which affected delayed periods later then again she taken medicine to get proper periods. She told me that she was feeling itching inside her vagina but after having sex it has gone..My wife has never complain of itching problem after having periods.

At the moment i am feeling only itching, redness / red spots under skin of penis forehead but when i am applying tigboderm cream then feels cure temporarily. The other problems like upper skin cracks of penis has gone by now.

Kindly confirm should i start using antifungal cream like sertaconazole cream & tablet levocetrizine 5 mg once daily at bedtime for 2-3 weeks as advised.

I would appreciate if you could recommend two or three antifungal creams name & tablet name as well so i can get anyone available at medical store in my city.

Thanks, XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Still seems to be fungal infection

Detailed Answer:
According to your complaints it seems to be fungal infection.
Avoid tigboderm cream and candiderma cream in future.
Various brands of sertaconazole cream available in the market are sertacide cream, onabet cream, episert cream.
Various brands of levocetrizine are tablet levosiz, teczine, xyzal, 1 Al.
You can buy any one above as all are equally effective.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj