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Suggest Treatment For A Purple Rash On The Penis Shaft

I went swimming in the ocean tues today I wake up with severe chest congestion and this is the weird part and kind of embarrassing but there is a purple rash right around the very tip of my penis surrounding the hole,,I ve been fighting the chest congestion for about 3 weeks and just started feeling better but after the swim in the ocean I woke up this morning feeling crappy again coughing up a lot of phlegm what worries me about the purple rash is I havn t had sex in awhile or anything like that so,what possibly could it be? some kind of germ from the ocean water?
Wed, 12 Jun 2019
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Hi,

It can be due to injury from ocean mud and salt water rubbing your penis area.

Infection is less common in sea water due to high salt concentration.

It can be due to an insect bite in the ocean. Local steroid application can be used if it's not infected.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. S.R.Raveendran, Sexologist
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Suggest Treatment For A Purple Rash On The Penis Shaft

Hi, It can be due to injury from ocean mud and salt water rubbing your penis area. Infection is less common in sea water due to high salt concentration. It can be due to an insect bite in the ocean. Local steroid application can be used if it s not infected. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. S.R.Raveendran, Sexologist