Can glansitis be transmitted to women?

Glanitis can be contagious to women, mainly because it is caused by bacterial infection. Bacteria grow on the penis. If there is sexual intercourse during this stage, the bacteria will be directly transmitted to the woman and survive in her vagina. Therefore, patients with glansitis cannot have sexual intercourse, which will not cause symptoms of vaginitis in women. In addition, glansitis must be treated with antibiotics, and sexual intercourse can only be allowed after recovery.

Many friends have panicked because they heard that glans inflammation can also affect women. People are no strangers to glans inflammation. There are many causes of this disease. Bad hygiene habits or unclean sexual intercourse in daily life may lead to glans inflammation.

Balanitis is a common reproductive infection in clinical practice, so we should pay enough attention to it. The main types of balanitis include annular effusive balanitis, trichomoniasis balanitis, acute superficial balanitis, etc. Let's take a closer look at them.

Glanitis is divided into infectious glansitis and non-infectious glansitis, and only infectious glansitis is contagious.

1. Infectious glansitis

It is often caused by unclean sexual intercourse and infection with Candida albicans, Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Gonorrhea or other bacteria. Candidal balanitis is the most common type of infectious glansitis and is more common in young people between the ages of 20 and 50. Due to the vigorous secretion of sebaceous glands in young people, the vulva is moist, and they wear thicker underwear or the vulva is not clean enough, which makes it very easy to get Candidal infection and can be transmitted to the spouse through sexual intercourse.

2. Non-infectious glansitis

It is mostly due to the foreskin being too long and not being cleaned enough, which causes the accumulation of unclean matter between the foreskin and the glans penis, namely smegma, which irritates the local foreskin and mucous membrane and causes inflammation.

If glansitis is not treated, it will lead to the deterioration of the disease. It must be treated specifically to be cured. Glansitis is usually caused by unclean contact, infection with Candida albicans, Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Gonorrhea or other bacteria; and if the male foreskin is too long and not cleaned well, the dirt between the foreskin and the glans, that is, smegma, will accumulate, irritating the local foreskin and mucous membrane and causing inflammation.

There are two types of drugs for treating glansitis: oral or topical antibiotics, which are mainly used to treat symptoms of glansitis caused by bacterial or fungal infections. If the symptoms of glansitis are caused by skin irritation by chemicals, it is necessary to avoid contact with the relevant chemicals. If necessary, the doctor will use drugs to reduce the patient's itching and pain. Therefore, the drug for treating glansitis can be oral or topical antibiotics.

In fact, male glansitis is also contagious to a certain extent, especially when having sex with women, it can be transmitted to women through sexual intercourse. Therefore, in daily life, you must avoid the source of infection and go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. Only in this way can the symptoms be alleviated.