Dry, wrinkled and flaky scrotum

Dryness, wrinkles, and flaking of the scrotum are symptoms that many men have. This symptom may be caused by scrotal eczema. Scrotal eczema has a relatively adverse effect on the health of the male scrotum and the entire reproductive organs, and even the male sexual function, and needs to be treated in time. Below, we will introduce you to the relevant knowledge of scrotal eczema in detail!

1. Introduction to Scrotal Eczema

Scrotal eczema is a common skin disease. With the development of science and technology and the advancement of medicine, there are many ways to treat scrotal eczema. However, when treating scrotal eczema, you should choose the appropriate method according to your own symptoms, so as to achieve the best treatment effect. When treating scrotal eczema, patients often ask, is scrotal eczema contagious?

Scrotal eczema is not contagious. We know the answer to whether scrotal eczema is contagious, so patients do not need to worry and just actively receive treatment.

2. Clinical manifestations of scrotal eczema

1. Acute scrotal eczema is mainly manifested by diffuse redness, swelling, and severe itching of the scrotal skin. Many papules and blisters ranging in size from needles to rice grains may appear at the same time. After scratching or rubbing, the erythema, papules, and blisters rupture, revealing large areas of moist erosion, with a large amount of light yellow slurry exuding, part of which condenses into pairs of light yellow scabs. Generally, after 2-3 weeks, the redness and swelling will be reduced, the exudate will decrease, and it will gradually heal completely, but it is easy to relapse.

2. Subacute scrotal eczema is a transformation from acute scrotal eczema, characterized by mild thickening and mild erosion of the scrotal skin, more scaling, little exudate, and still severe itching.

3. If subacute scrotal eczema is not treated in time, it will be delayed for a long time or recur repeatedly, which may turn into chronic scrotal eczema. The scrotal skin gradually becomes thicker and rougher, dark red or gray-brown, with enlarged wrinkles and walnut shell shape, and scales attached. During the course of the disease, it may cause erosion, exudation and other symptoms of acute or subacute scrotal eczema due to severe itching and scratching.

3. How to quickly recover from scrotal eczema?

1. Drug treatment

Since scrotal eczema is related to allergies like eczema in other parts of the body, the drugs used to treat allergies can be used to treat scrotal eczema. For example, some commonly used antihistamines include cyproheptadine, chlorpheniramine, deschlorpromazine, and astemizole. Topical drugs are mainly some weak corticosteroid ointments.

2. Scrotal care

Avoid re-irritating the area, avoid scratching the area with your hands as much as possible, do not use hot water or soapy water to clean the area, and do not apply strongly irritating drugs on the area. Pay special attention to not applying hormone drugs on the area casually, as these can easily make the disease worse or recur. Avoid eating some irritating foods, such as onions, ginger, garlic, strong tea, coffee, alcohol and other foods that are prone to cause allergies, such as fish, shrimp and other seafood.