What causes blisters on the penis?

For some male friends, they may find several small blisters on their penis in life. In this case, because they don’t know the specific reason, they always feel very scared and worried, and even doubt whether they have a sexually transmitted disease. In fact, this is not certain. The following will introduce to you what is the matter with blisters on the penis?

Experts say that blisters on the penis are typical symptoms of genital herpes, which is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex virus invading the genital skin and mucous membranes, causing erythema, blisters, erosion, itching, and ulcerative lesions. Clustered blisters that occur in the genital area are very likely to recur. Genital herpes is prone to recurrence, and it is multiple and frequent, so it is a chronic disease among sexually transmitted diseases. Genital herpes often seriously endangers the patient's body due to repeated attacks of the disease and the unbearable and unstoppable burning local pain.

1. Genital herpes

Genital herpes is a manifestation of sexually transmitted diseases, mostly caused by viral infection. Genital herpes usually has obvious blisters. Genital herpes mostly occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membranes. First, the local skin becomes slightly red, and then groups of small blisters the size of a needle tip appear, with a slight itching and burning sensation.

2. Balanitis

Balanitis is a common male reproductive organ infection. Symptoms of balanitis include redness and swelling of the foreskin, burning pain, aggravated pain during urination, and purulent discharge from the foreskin opening. If the foreskin is turned over, the inner plate of the foreskin and the glans penis can be seen to be congested and swollen. In severe cases, there may be shallow ulcers or erosions, and small blisters.

3. Scrotal eczema

Scrotal eczema is a common type of eczema, which is limited to the scrotal skin, sometimes extending to the area around the anus, and rarely to the penis. The main symptoms of scrotal eczema are diffuse redness, swelling, and severe itching of the scrotal skin, and many pinpoint to rice-sized papules and blisters may appear at the same time.