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Penis Rash - Recurrent
For about a year I have had a rash that continues to show up on my glans penis. It is a very strange red rash that used to sort of concentrate around the Urethra but now seems to have generalized around the the glans. It used to hardly ever be visable until after sex when a subtle red rash would appear.(a year ago, and sometimes it mostly goes away to this point) Now the red rash is visable all the time and after any friction it is very apparent. I have searched images on the internet endlessly to identify this and the closest thing I found was psoriasis. The rash gets much more apparent after any friction – including sex, masturbation, or just clothes rubbing at night, sometimes I get an erection in the morning because I have to pee and that seems to really make it worse. It doesn’t itch it’s more of a burning or pinching type of sensation. Sometimes it seems to go into the Urethra but I’m not sure.(seems like it used to but lately it’s been a mild rash on the glans. It will almost go away at times but as soon as a friction even occurs it comes back. I feel like maybe there is some scar tissue building or something as it almost seems like very small skin tags are developing. I have been dealing with this for over a year, initially it wasn’t bad but seemed to be concentrated near the Urethra. I tried some pretty radical self prescribed treatments like cleaning with Betadine, because I thought it was a fungal or bacterial infection. I have also tried Monistat(which made it worse) Protopic(which I think may help a little) and recently I’ve applied a vitamin D cream which also seemed to provide some relief. I’m concerned that I misdiagnosed and complicated the problem. I do have HSV2 but I don’t think this is related as that looks much different and affects a different area, but it did come about shortly after the HSV2, possibly because my initial response to the HSV2 infection was to cleanse the area vigorously with things like Betadine(and Dynimaclear which has some sort of sulfur compound) as I thought it was a microbiological infection. I do have a history of psoriasis in my family but I have not shown any symptoms that I know of. I thought maybe HPV as I have been dating women from Herpes dating sites, and it's pretty common for some to have HPV as well.
I have never had any discharge from my urethra, but sometimes it looks red inside and I think I can see a little sore in there. Mostly the problem is on the head of the penis but there has never been anything on the shaft. My HSV2 outbreaks however have been on the shaft and never on the glans. Any theories would be appreciated.
I have never had any discharge from my urethra, but sometimes it looks red inside and I think I can see a little sore in there. Mostly the problem is on the head of the penis but there has never been anything on the shaft. My HSV2 outbreaks however have been on the shaft and never on the glans. Any theories would be appreciated.
See if it's fungal.
Fungus, and many bacteria, like dark anaerobic (no oxygen) warm and moist places. Like under the foreskin.
Tape your skin back so your head is always bare. Do it every day for a month. (You will be itchy for the first week. You will also be seeing whether or not you'd like circumcision, but if you'd prefer to keep your foreskin and a month of your head being dry kills a fungal or anaerobic infection, just stop using the tape.)
Fungus, and many bacteria, like dark anaerobic (no oxygen) warm and moist places. Like under the foreskin.
Tape your skin back so your head is always bare. Do it every day for a month. (You will be itchy for the first week. You will also be seeing whether or not you'd like circumcision, but if you'd prefer to keep your foreskin and a month of your head being dry kills a fungal or anaerobic infection, just stop using the tape.)
See if it's fungal.
Fungus, and many bacteria, like dark anaerobic (no oxygen) warm and moist places. Like under the foreskin.
Tape your skin back so your head is always bare. Do it every day for a month. (You will be itchy for the first week. You will also be seeing whether or not you'd like circumcision, but if you'd prefer to keep your foreskin and a month of your head being dry kills a fungal or anaerobic infection, just stop using the tape.)
Fungus, and many bacteria, like dark anaerobic (no oxygen) warm and moist places. Like under the foreskin.
Tape your skin back so your head is always bare. Do it every day for a month. (You will be itchy for the first week. You will also be seeing whether or not you'd like circumcision, but if you'd prefer to keep your foreskin and a month of your head being dry kills a fungal or anaerobic infection, just stop using the tape.)
Hey Guys Suffering and Lady Doctors from India,
Got a thought. I was circumcised at 22 because of frequent (about annual) minor problems with my foreskin from childhood on. I love circumcision and I'm glad I had it done, wish it was done at birth. I like it better in every way. Let's put it in the bluntest of terms to shut up the anti-circ Nazis: I lost no sexual pleasure or any enjoyment of daily life to my circumcision. It wasn't even painful - I expected ice packs and crotch wraps for weeks, but it was done under a local anesthetic and I was back at work two days later. I would immediately call a doctor to schedule a new circumcision if my foreskin magically reappeared overnight.
Any uncircumcised readers (and your patients, Good Lady Doctor) can easily "test drive" what it would feel like to be circumcised. Buy 3M Nexcare bandage tape. After your shower (morning or night), tape your foreskin back so your head is always bare. Peel off yesterday's tape and wash the bunched-up skin in the shower. Then dry off, and apply new tape. Do it every day for a month. The first week or so will be itchy, but the next three weeks are a very good approximation of how it feels. My doctor insisted that I do this before he circumcised me. I liked it a lot, so I laid on his table.
It's been nearly 16 years since I was circumcised, long enough I believe, to have "adapted" to it, and experienced everything about it. The foreskin was important protection before man started wearing clothing - now it's a redundant liability.
But circumcision didn't cure my last group of foreskin problems. You see, sometime in my last year of high school, I stupidly started smoking. And I inherited a Zippo lighter from my grandfather.
Loaded with Zippo fuel, in my left front pocket (and I hang to the left!) my "area" was always bathed in fumes of naptha and other volatile hydrocarbon compounds.
Being around machines, cars, engines since I was a child, I've been exposed to lots of related hydrocarbons like benzene, xylene, and naptha - all of which are found in gasoline and used motor oil. Your immune system can become sensitized to them, causing painful and irritating rashes, eczema, etc.
My grandfather's Zippo needed a new wick, and I couldn't find a genuine Zippo part in town for 6 months. Bics were a temporary solution. Two days after I got a new wick and started carrying the Zippo again, red sore rashes on my head and my inner mucosa (the skin between the ridge at the back of your head and the "color change" on your shaft where your foreskin was removed).
I am an Engineer, a professionally-trained scientist. I stopped and tried to consider what variables had changed recently. Laundry detergent? Nope. Fabric softener? Nope. New underwear? Nope. New sexual partner in a while? Nope. Zippo back? Yup.
Parked the Zippo, problem went away in a few days. Brought the Zippo back, being conscious not to change any brands or behaviors or anything else. Yup. Rash, swollen mucosa. One of my favorite things about being circumcised is that pleasant feeling of my head rubbing gently in my underpants. Three days with the Zippo made every step feel like I'd just done a marathon with sandpaper inside my underpants.
I stopped carrying my grandfather's WWII Zippo, and instead moved to a Bic.
Not one single problem since. And that was in 1998.
***@****
Got a thought. I was circumcised at 22 because of frequent (about annual) minor problems with my foreskin from childhood on. I love circumcision and I'm glad I had it done, wish it was done at birth. I like it better in every way. Let's put it in the bluntest of terms to shut up the anti-circ Nazis: I lost no sexual pleasure or any enjoyment of daily life to my circumcision. It wasn't even painful - I expected ice packs and crotch wraps for weeks, but it was done under a local anesthetic and I was back at work two days later. I would immediately call a doctor to schedule a new circumcision if my foreskin magically reappeared overnight.
Any uncircumcised readers (and your patients, Good Lady Doctor) can easily "test drive" what it would feel like to be circumcised. Buy 3M Nexcare bandage tape. After your shower (morning or night), tape your foreskin back so your head is always bare. Peel off yesterday's tape and wash the bunched-up skin in the shower. Then dry off, and apply new tape. Do it every day for a month. The first week or so will be itchy, but the next three weeks are a very good approximation of how it feels. My doctor insisted that I do this before he circumcised me. I liked it a lot, so I laid on his table.
It's been nearly 16 years since I was circumcised, long enough I believe, to have "adapted" to it, and experienced everything about it. The foreskin was important protection before man started wearing clothing - now it's a redundant liability.
But circumcision didn't cure my last group of foreskin problems. You see, sometime in my last year of high school, I stupidly started smoking. And I inherited a Zippo lighter from my grandfather.
Loaded with Zippo fuel, in my left front pocket (and I hang to the left!) my "area" was always bathed in fumes of naptha and other volatile hydrocarbon compounds.
Being around machines, cars, engines since I was a child, I've been exposed to lots of related hydrocarbons like benzene, xylene, and naptha - all of which are found in gasoline and used motor oil. Your immune system can become sensitized to them, causing painful and irritating rashes, eczema, etc.
My grandfather's Zippo needed a new wick, and I couldn't find a genuine Zippo part in town for 6 months. Bics were a temporary solution. Two days after I got a new wick and started carrying the Zippo again, red sore rashes on my head and my inner mucosa (the skin between the ridge at the back of your head and the "color change" on your shaft where your foreskin was removed).
I am an Engineer, a professionally-trained scientist. I stopped and tried to consider what variables had changed recently. Laundry detergent? Nope. Fabric softener? Nope. New underwear? Nope. New sexual partner in a while? Nope. Zippo back? Yup.
Parked the Zippo, problem went away in a few days. Brought the Zippo back, being conscious not to change any brands or behaviors or anything else. Yup. Rash, swollen mucosa. One of my favorite things about being circumcised is that pleasant feeling of my head rubbing gently in my underpants. Three days with the Zippo made every step feel like I'd just done a marathon with sandpaper inside my underpants.
I stopped carrying my grandfather's WWII Zippo, and instead moved to a Bic.
Not one single problem since. And that was in 1998.
***@****
I don't have any comments about your penis, but your post desperately needs some punctuation. At least use some periods ... damn.
i havw hasd this weird rash below the head of my penis like just under the crown on my forskin then it moved to my gland also for 4 months now i got it 2 days after having sex with my girl friend went to the doctor a month after i got the bumps and he said i had yeast infection gave me diflucon pills and cream didnt do anything for me sent me to dermatoligest gave me econozole cream did nothing then did a biopsy from the rim of my gland came back as nothing there i also did the std panle test all came back nothing im getting frusterated with this the rash semms to gradualy covering my whole penis gland and my gland around the rim is a little swollen raised up looking the rash is like small tiny bumps like pinhead size and my penis looks redish purple when standing up when i am erect u can see the bumps in the skin also my penis used to be nice and (smooth) looking and now it looks like textured u can see lines and grooves in my skin gland where the rash bumps are the doctors keep telling me there is nothing there i show them pictures when erecet and they say that it looks like a skin iritation and i did get a cotizone shot that i requested because the creams were not working and doing anything and he gave me one i have been to 3 doctors one regular and 2 dermatoligest nobody knows what it is they say skin iritation and i know there is something wrong i know what my gland looked liker before i got this infection i think its an infection of some sort because none of these creams are doing anything i also used tropicort cream am trying that now it been 1 day so far said 2 times a day for 2 weeks any input will be grerat i dont know why these doctors cant figure this out if anyone has any updated info on a cure to get rid of this let me know
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