What are the medicines for balanitis? An authoritative introduction from doctors!

Men with long foreskin are prone to balanitis, so preventive measures should be taken in daily life, such as maintaining good hygiene in the glans area, taking regular showers, changing underwear frequently, etc. The most important thing is to go to the hospital for a circumcision surgery to completely solve the problem. If balanitis has already occurred, it needs to be cured before circumcision surgery can be performed. The following are methods for treating balanitis with medicine.

1. 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.

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

3. Corticosteroid cream can be used for patients in the non-infectious subacute stage.

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

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

6. 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.

7. Erythromycin and tetracycline are the first choice for the treatment of acute superficial balanoposthitis and annular effusive balanoposthitis, usually 0.5 grams per dose, 4 times a day.

8. The first choice for the treatment of trichomoniasis is Methionine, 0.2 g each time, 3 times a day, for 10 consecutive days.

9. Trichostatin or itraconazole is commonly used to treat balanitis caused by Candida albicans. Trichostatin 100,000-200,000 units, twice a day, itraconazole 100 mg per dose, twice a day, for 7 consecutive days.