What is glans sicca?

Are you unfamiliar with sicca glansitis? What is sicca glansitis? Is it serious? How can it be cured? What kind of disease is it? Who are the people who are susceptible to it? What age group is prone to this disease? What are the treatment methods? Comrades who don't know, let's take a look together.

A concept

1Glanitis sicca is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes the local tissue near the top of the glans to turn white and hard. The cause of the disease is unknown, but it may be caused by infection and allergic reaction. The urethral opening is often surrounded by white and hard skin, blocking the smooth flow of urine and semen. It can be treated with antibiotics or anti-inflammatory creams, but often requires surgical treatment to relieve the obstruction of the urethral opening.

2. Dry and obstructive glansitis is a skin and mucous membrane disease of the male external genitalia. The cause of the disease is still inconclusive. It may be that chronic glansitis of various reasons has not been cured for a long time, and repeated stimulation develops into this disease. However, some scholars believe that this disease is the same disease as penile dryness. Others believe that this disease is closely related to sclerosing atrophic lichen. Dry and obstructive glansitis destroys the physiological structure of the foreskin and glans, and also affects sexual life and aesthetics. It is also a common factor in premature ejaculation.

Age and symptoms of tertiary diseases

This disease is most common in middle-aged and elderly people. In the early stage of the disease, it is chronic glans inflammation, with infiltrated and hypertrophic skin, brown-red color, desquamation on the surface, and sometimes hemorrhagic blisters. Later, ivory white spots appear on the glans and urethral opening. As the disease continues to develop, it can cause atrophy of the glans tissue, dryness on the surface, loss of normal sponge-like characteristics, and can cause foreskin atrophy, adhesion, hardening, local discomfort, and sometimes narrowing of the urethral opening, leading to a certain degree of urinary difficulty.

4. Causes and pathological changes

Some people think that this disease is the same as scleroatrophic lichen planus. Some people also think that chronic glans inflammation due to various reasons that does not heal for a long time can develop into this disease. The tissue pathological changes of this disease are basically the same as those of scleroatrophic lichen planus. Because there are no hair follicles, no horn plugs can be seen.

Five treatment methods

It is still difficult to cure this disease, and the main treatment is symptomatic treatment. In the early stage of the disease, topical corticosteroids or local occlusive therapy can be applied, triamcinolone urea ointment can be applied topically or cortisone can be injected into the lesion. This can alleviate the condition. Foreskin stenosis can be treated with phimosis surgery; foreskin stenosis can be treated with urethral dilation surgery.

After reading the above content, do you have a certain understanding of sicca glansitis? You must know the relevant content. I hope that patients will not have a lucky mentality and think that sicca glansitis will heal itself without treatment, which will make the condition worse. We must pay attention to the disease and cannot underestimate any disease. Health is the most precious thing. So if patients read this article, I believe you will gain something. If the condition is serious, you should seek medical treatment in time.