What is the most effective medicine for balanitis?

Balanitis is mostly caused by unhygienic sex and poor personal hygiene, which leads to inflammation of the glans penis and penis head. In severe cases, it can cause ulcers on the penis. The symptoms are similar to syphilis and belong to the category of sexually transmitted diseases.

Introduction

Balanitis refers to inflammation of the inner layer of the foreskin and the glans penis. A lipid substance secreted in the normal foreskin cavity can accumulate into smegma when the foreskin is too long or phimosis occurs, which can irritate the foreskin and glans penis and cause balanitis. This disease can also be caused by bacterial or fungal infection or drug allergy.

The causes of this disease can be divided into two categories

Simple or non-infectious factors

In addition to physiological phimosis, glans inflammation may occur due to excessive foreskin, smegma stimulation after sexual maturity, or a few mechanical injury factors.

Infectious or communicable diseases

Balanitis is mainly caused by pathogenic microorganisms, among which bacterial and fungal infections are the most common.

Complications

Secondary phimosis; urethral orifice stenosis; anterior urethral stenosis.

Keep the area clean to prevent secondary infection. Apply iodine-fluoride solution or anti-inflammatory ointment locally. Allergic balanitis requires oral anti-allergic drugs and topical cortisone ointment.

For exudate erosion, you can use 3% boric acid water or 0.1% levulinol wet compress.

Corticosteroid cream can be used for non-infectious subacute stage.

For chronic stage or dry desquamation, tetracycline cortisone ointment can be used.

If the infection is obvious, with fever and lymphadenopathy, systemic antibiotics such as ceftriaxone or ofloxacin can be applied.

Circumcision: If the foreskin or foreskin is swollen and cannot be turned over for washing and drainage is not smooth, and the inflammation still cannot subside after general treatment, dorsal circumcision can be performed to facilitate drainage. Circumcision can be performed after the inflammation completely subsides.