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Suggest Treatment For Penile Yeast Infection

i had a penile yeast infection about 8 months ago which never went away completely. it comes back every time i have sexual intercourse. what is wrong with me is it really just a yeast infection or is it something worse since the condition has worsened now.
                                                                 
Mon, 2 May 2016
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Hi,
Thanks for posting in HCM.
I understand your concern.
Recurrent yeast infection of the penis could be due to following reasons:
1. Poor genital hygiene.
2. Resistance of the organism to the medications used.
3. Repeated infection from your partner.
4. Poor immune status.
Kindly do the following to overcome your problem.
1. Get a fungal swab culture and sensitivity done to know the nature of organism causing infection and which drug it is sensitive to for administering appropriate medication. Kindly take a complete course of anti-fungal medication.
2. Maintain good genital hygiene by washing with warm water and mild antiseptic solution like Savlon twice daily.
3. Treat your partner simultaneously with the same drug. She also needs to take care in maintaining good genital hygiene.
4. Take multivitamin - multimineral capsules and protein supplements to boost your immune status.
Abstain from sexual activities till the lesions heal completely. It would be advisable to use barrier methods like condoms during sexual activity.
Hope the information provided would be helpful.
All the best.
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Suggest Treatment For Penile Yeast Infection

Hi, Thanks for posting in HCM. I understand your concern. Recurrent yeast infection of the penis could be due to following reasons: 1. Poor genital hygiene. 2. Resistance of the organism to the medications used. 3. Repeated infection from your partner. 4. Poor immune status. Kindly do the following to overcome your problem. 1. Get a fungal swab culture and sensitivity done to know the nature of organism causing infection and which drug it is sensitive to for administering appropriate medication. Kindly take a complete course of anti-fungal medication. 2. Maintain good genital hygiene by washing with warm water and mild antiseptic solution like Savlon twice daily. 3. Treat your partner simultaneously with the same drug. She also needs to take care in maintaining good genital hygiene. 4. Take multivitamin - multimineral capsules and protein supplements to boost your immune status. Abstain from sexual activities till the lesions heal completely. It would be advisable to use barrier methods like condoms during sexual activity. Hope the information provided would be helpful. All the best.