What to do if your penis is inflamed?

Penile inflammation usually presents with redness, pain, itching, and even erosion, so these patients need to pay attention to correct treatment solutions. If the glans penis is inflamed due to excessive foreskin, then be sure to use 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution for cleaning.

1. Generally, when the infection is acute, there is often dampness, redness, swelling, pain, itching, and even erosion and shallow ulcers. There is yellow purulent or milky white odor secretion with a special odor. In severe cases, the glans penis may become necrotic. After an acute attack, the infection may cause the foreskin to adhere to the glans penis, and the foreskin cannot be turned up, and even cause urethral stenosis. Some patients develop urethral adhesion and stenosis after the acute phase, causing difficulty in urination. Repeated infection can cause the glans penis or foreskin to thicken and form white spots.

2. When taking certain drugs, allergic reactions may sometimes cause fixed edematous erythema to form on the glans penis or foreskin, with blisters in the center that can cause infection after rupture. Symptoms usually occur within 24-36 hours after taking the drug, improve after stopping the drug, and reappear after taking the drug again.

3. The treatment of acute attacks is to turn the foreskin up or cut the back of the foreskin to facilitate drainage, and use 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution for local washing, or apply antibiotic ointment, such as chlortetracycline ointment. And use antibacterial drugs (antibiotics) for the whole body, such as penicillin injection, 800,000 units each time, 2 to 3 times a day. After the acute attack period, you should go to the hospital for circumcision. If the urethra is narrow, plastic surgery is also required. If it is caused by drug allergy, anti-allergic drugs should also be taken.

4. Foreskin is too long, and recurrent balanitis is very common. When taking a bath, the foreskin should be turned over to clean the smegma in the foreskin sac. This is the simplest and most effective way to prevent inflammation. Chronic smegma irritation and recurrent balanitis are also important factors causing penile cancer. Therefore, early circumcision is of certain significance in preventing penile cancer.