Penile scaly spots pictures

Data shows that Guangdong Province reports more than 150,000 cases of STDs every year. For example, in 2013, 158,192 cases of five STDs were reported, of which syphilis accounted for the largest number, reaching 34%, or 53,421 cases. Syphilis epidemics are mainly concentrated in Guangzhou, Foshan, Dongguan, and Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta region, accounting for 40.2% of the province, with young patients being the main group. Syphilis is caused by unclean sexual behavior, while tinea is a superficial fungal infection of the skin. If erythema appears on the glans penis, is the disease in this sensitive area syphilis or tinea?

The related STD prevention and control propaganda program has led many people to mistakenly believe that all skin and mucous membrane diseases occurring in the male genital area are STDs. In fact, in many cases, they are some common skin diseases that have nothing to do with syphilis, and male genital tinea is one of them. Male genital tinea is a superficial skin fungal disease, which is actually tinea cruris. Because it grows on the glans penis, many people mistake it for syphilis.

There are significant differences between syphilis and male genital tinea

Male genital tinea is mostly caused by bacteria invading the thin stratum corneum of the male genital skin. It can also be caused by the spread of body ringworm (such as tinea cruris) occurring on the inner thigh. Skin damage often occurs on the root or middle skin of the male genitals. It is usually a round or oval erythema with a circle of protrusions around it. The color is darker and there are inflammatory phenomena such as blisters. The center of the treatment area usually heals spontaneously and normal skin color appears. There is a thin layer of scaling on the surface of the erythema, and bacterial fungi and spores can be detected by examination.

When syphilis caused by Treponema albicans first occurs, the lesions mainly occur on the glans penis and around the coronal sulcus in front of the male genitals. The skin damage is a "chancre" (a hard lump about the size of a soybean, the surface skin may be broken, slightly red, with a small amount of blood exuding, but it is not painful. Because the bottom of the ulcer is slightly hard to the touch, it is called a chancre), rather than annular erythema. The adverse effects and treatment methods of syphilis are also completely different from those of genital ringworm.

How to prevent male genital ringworm?

The bacteria in genital tinea like warmth, humidity and coldness, so people who are obese, sweat a lot, and have cold and damp vulva skin are more likely to get this disease. Some people know little about genital tinea, and they are reluctant to seek medical treatment. It is easy to cause harm by self-treatment, which leads to the spread of bacteria, but it is actually not related to unclean sex life.

People with genital tinea should take a bath frequently, change underwear frequently, and keep the vulva dry and clean, so that the tinea bacteria do not have a natural environment to grow and multiply. Genital tinea can be cured by applying antifungal cream. Do not apply drugs containing corticosteroids. Although such drugs have a temporary effect of relieving itching, they will reduce the immune function of the skin, thereby creating opportunities for bacteria to multiply, which will expand the scope of tinea and make it even more difficult to cure.