What is the itchy skin under the glans?

Men should not be careless in their daily lives, because if they want to stay healthy, they must be careful. Take men's genitals for example. Some men think that their genitals will not have any problems, so they don't care much about it. As a result, they regret it when the disease comes. So the question is, what is the reason for the itching under the glans?

Causes

1. Infection

It is often caused by unclean sexual intercourse, infection with Candida albicans, Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Gonorrhea or other bacteria.

2. Non-infectious factors

Most of them are caused by excessive foreskin and insufficient cleaning, which leads to the accumulation of dirt between the foreskin and the glans penis, namely smegma, which irritates the local foreskin and mucous membrane and causes inflammation.

3. Balanitis

It manifests as erythema on the glans penis, and there are usually small pustules or papules on the surface. It also manifests as local edema of the glans penis mucosa, mild desquamation at the edges, and papules and pustules expand to the surrounding area to form glans penis erosion.

Differential diagnosis

1. Swelling of the glans penis

The penis and glans are congested and edematous. Based on the history of sexual contact before the onset of the disease, especially the history of unclean sexual intercourse, the typical clinical manifestations and course, the development of soft and flat papules, pustules, ulcers, unilateral purulent lymphadenitis after a short latent period, the detection of Haemophilus ducreyi by direct microscopy and culture, and the detection of Haemophilus ducreyi DNA by PCR, a diagnosis can be made.

2. Superficial ulcer of the penis

Penile ulcer is a localized defect and erosion of the penile skin surface tissue, and its surface is often covered with pus, necrotic tissue or scab.

treatment

Treat the underlying condition causing the itching of the glans penis.

Clean the area every day or disinfect with iodine; or use Jie'eryin to clean and apply fluoride cream locally to relieve discomfort.

For bacterial infection, clean the area with 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution and apply antibiotic ointment, commonly used is compound ketoconazole ointment. Take antibiotics at the same time.

You can choose physical therapy. You can also do circumcision surgery to prevent inflammation.

Prevention

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene on a daily basis. If itching symptoms occur, go to the hospital immediately.

2. Actively treat the primary disease. For example: balanitis, prepuce is too long, etc. If the above diseases are found, they should be treated first.

3. Avoid unclean sexual intercourse to prevent infection with Candida albicans, Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Gonorrhea or other bacteria.