Penis smells bad

The penis is one of the important male reproductive organs and is also the outlet for urine and semen. Some men smell a strange odor from their penis when they go to the toilet, but they don't know why. The presence of a strange odor from the penis often indicates that the patient has a urogenital infection, such as balanitis or urethritis, which can cause the penis to have a odor. It is recommended that patients keep the area clean and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.

1. What is the reason for the penis to have a smell?

1. Penis odor caused by excessive foreskin

The sebaceous glands of the foreskin often secrete some oily substances. Since the foreskin cannot be turned up when the foreskin is too long or the foreskin is too long, the sebum accumulates in the gap between the inner surface of the foreskin and the glans penis. At the same time, urine will also penetrate into this gap and react chemically with the sebum to become smegma, which produces a strange odor. If you don't pay attention to cleaning it on a regular basis, the odor will be more obvious. The smegma is always secreted continuously, accumulating thicker and thicker, and sticking tightly to the skin, so it smells like there is an unwashable odor on the penis, which is very unpleasant; when men have the habit of masturbation and have too long foreskin or foreskin, they are most likely to develop balanitis, which aggravates the odor.

2. Penis odor caused by sexually transmitted diseases and other reproductive infections

Penis odor, frequent urination, burning pain in the urethra when urinating, red and swollen urethral opening with purulent secretions, unclean sex life... When male friends have one or two of the above symptoms, they should be highly alert to urinary tract infections such as urethritis. Penis odor caused by urethritis is more common in gonorrhea and non-gonococcal diseases. Urinary tract infection with Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, fungi, gonorrhea or other bacteria can cause odor.

2. Symptoms of urethritis

Purulent secretions appear in the urethra, which are mucous at first and gradually become purulent, accompanied by redness and swelling of the urethral opening, eversion of the mucosa, urgency, frequency, pain, stinging pain in the urethra, mental depression, and in severe cases, chills, high fever, and difficulty urinating. The secretions of patients with chronic urethritis will decrease, and the symptoms of frequent urination, pain, and urgency will be alleviated during the non-acute attack period, accompanied only by itching or a tingling sensation, and some patients may have no symptoms. It is generally easy to ignore and misdiagnose.

3. The harm of foreskin being too long

If the penis has a bad smell, you should also consider whether the foreskin is too long. When the foreskin is too long, it cannot be turned up, and the sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands of the foreskin accumulates in the gap between the inner surface of the foreskin and the glans penis. At the same time, urine penetrates into this gap and reacts chemically with the sebum to form smegma. Smegma causes frequent inflammation of the foreskin and glans penis. Long-term inflammatory stimulation will cause local tissue cell degeneration and deterioration of the penis.