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Sudden dry skin on scrotum and penis
by trebor0638, Apr 27, 2008 05:13PM
Yesterday morning I awoke and found the skin on my scrotum had become VERY dry, almost thick to the feel. It looked like the scrotum had been dipped in a glaze -- thick, dry, and transparent. It wasn't itchy, or scaley, it was just thick and dry. When I showered, the rough, dry, skin sloughed off with the towel. This happened suddenly. One day it wasn't there, the next it was. Today, there are flakey spots all over the scrotum and on the underside of my penis but not to the extent that it was when I first discovered it and showered and toweled it off. Again it is not itchy.
What could this be? What should I do to keep this from happening again. Thank you for any advice or direction you can give me.
What could this be? What should I do to keep this from happening again. Thank you for any advice or direction you can give me.
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I suggest that you seek a prompt consult with a dermatologist.
This may be a dermatitis ,a bacterial infection, and a fungal infection. However, you have noted that there is no itchiness and also you have not mentioned any signs of redness or swelling.
An allergic reaction should be ruled out here. Are you taking any medications lately?Have you changed your soap, towels, beddings, detergents lately?
Your sexual history is also important here. Any thing significant in the sexual history which could have lead to this?
A microscopic evaluation of the skin may be able to help ascertain the diagnosis. I do suggest a prompt consult though since a differential of bacterial infection and allergic reaction may need immediate treatment.