Need Help - Fissures & sores

[rxr1965]

I have had this problem for about 2 years now and have not been properly diagnoised.  When I ever I have intercourse with my wife, I get these fissures on the fold of my pennis.  The fissures go accross the foreskin.  I can not last more than 5 minutes during sex, because these open fissures (sores) develop and are very painfull.  The fissures then need about a week to cure, but then the next time I have intercourse, they come back again.  It's the friction directly on the head of my pennis that casues the fissures to develop underneith the fold (If I massturabate, they do not develop) My wife does not have any of these symptoms and is fine, but she was just diagnoised with H-Pylori. (Could this be related as we do perform oral sex on each other?)  Everytime I have gone to my urologist, he prescribes antifungal medication and it goes away, but as soon as I have sex again, I get the same results. I also seem to get this greyish, film like build up underneith my foreskin that has a strong odor.  I am very clean and hygenitic, but no matter I still get this build up underneith my foreskin.  Has anyone else had these symptoms?  I'm thinking I may have some type of fungus infection, that is resistant to just topical solutions.  Should I see a dermatologist.  My Dr, has never performed a culture test.  Would that identify my problem?      

Thanks

[gracefromHHP]

Sometimes it is the simpliest of things going on - but figuring out which simple thing it is sometimes takes awhile! good luck :)

grace

[rxr1965]

Wow.  Thanks Grace for your advise.  Everything you said makes perfect sense.

[gracefromHHP]

Since your regular doctor and you aren't seeming to come up with a plan that works for you - I'd go see the dermatologist.  Perhaps you need a much longer course of anti-fungals ( most folks don't use them properly anyways - not quite sure how often you were applying the creams and for how long ).  You might also need to hit this both inside and out - oral antivirals and the creams combined.  You might also want to consider using a condom for sex for a couple of months just to protect your sensitive penis and to help reduce the chances of developing yeast genitally if it's a case of the ph of both of your secretions during sex allows for the build up of fungus under your foreskin.  Having a yeast issue has little to do with cleanliness so don't take it to mean that you aren't cleaning yourself enough - it's just that some folks are more vulnerable to it than others and other folks just have a booger of a time getting rid of it once they do get it.  Many folks have yeast issues genitally - both males and females.  

Also do you and your wife use lube? If not consider using it to help decrease friction ( a drop or two before you apply a condom helps too ).  You can google lubes to find out which ones are less likely to encourage the overgrowth of yeast ( it's mostly a female problem but it can be a male problem too  - I honestly can not remember off the top of my head the ingredient in some lubes that can trigger fungal overgrowth ).  I'd avoid any spermicides just because your skin is already sensitive - no need to throw in more irritants.  If you already regularly use condoms - ask about getting tested for a latex allergy.

Hopefully you and a dermatologist can get to the bottom of this so that you and your wife can get back to having a more fullfilling sex life  :)

grace