What is the disease of small red spots on the glans and foreskin?

Many of our male friends, especially when we were children, did not pay attention to the hygiene of their lower body and had no concept in this regard. This would cause the glans penis to become infected, resulting in small red spots on the glans penis and foreskin. People often only notice and feel this symptom after it appears, but they don’t know much about this symptom, so they just endure it. This is an incorrect approach. Let us tell you what disease the small red spots on the glans penis and foreskin cause.

Many patients develop erythema or small papules on the glans of the penis and suspect that they have a sexually transmitted disease. When they go to the doctor, they find out that it is balanoposthitis (glanvical balanitis). In fact, balanoposthitis is a common disease. Balanoposthitis is divided into balanoposthitis and glansitis. Because they often appear at the same time, it is called penile balanoposthitis. This inflammation can be infectious or non-infectious. Infectious balanoposthitis is more common in clinical practice. Infectious ones are often caused by unclean sexual intercourse, infection with Candida albicans, Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Gonorrhea or other bacteria; non-infectious factors are mostly due to excessive foreskin and insufficient cleaning, which causes the accumulation of unclean substances between the foreskin and the glans penis, namely smegma, which irritates the local foreskin and mucous membrane and causes inflammation.

Common clinical types of balanitis include the following, and their symptoms are:

(1) Acute superficial balanoposthitis is characterized by local redness at the onset, redness and swelling of the penis skin, and a burning and itching sensation at the glans. When the foreskin is turned back, the inner surface of the foreskin and the glans can be seen to be congested and eroded, with exudate and even bleeding. After secondary infection, small ulcers can be seen, with foul-smelling milky white purulent secretions. If rubbed against underwear, it will be painful, and the patient often has difficulty in moving. It may be accompanied by enlargement and tenderness of the inguinal lymph nodes.

(2) Annular ulcerated balanoposthitis: Red spots can be seen on the glans and foreskin. They gradually expand and become ring-shaped, and may form superficial ulcers.

(3) Candida albicans balanoposthitis: Erythema can be seen on the foreskin and glans, with a smooth surface and small blisters. The edges of the erythema are clear, and there are erosions and exudates during acute attacks.

(4) Trichomonas phimosis: papules and erythema appear on the glans, which gradually expand and have clear edges. Small blisters the size of a needle can be seen on the erythema, and finally an erosive surface is formed.

If you are asking what disease the small red spots on the glans penis and foreskin cause, we have explained this issue very clearly in the above article. We hope that you can read it carefully. We strongly urge you to pay more attention to hygiene in your daily life and avoid causing symptoms of bacterial infection. Everyone must develop the good habit of washing and changing the foreskin frequently, especially children.