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Glans - Shiny / Red Patches
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4 months ago i had some kind of bacterial/fungus infection which caused frequent urination & burning sensation and there were small raised red bumps on my glans and also there was very bad smell ( i am not circumsizedd by the way). I went to Dermatologist and they prescribed me antibiotics for 10 days ( i think it was cipra 500) and also suggested to use Ketokanazole shampoo on my glans for 10 days. so after using medication for 10 days, i got better, but my glans became very shiny and wrinkly/cracked, i think its because of the ketokanazole shampoo, but
not sure. i had a mild red patch on my glans, which i thought would go away, but it didnt.
After three months, the condition got worse again, i started noticing red patches on my glans and there were small raised bumps (i think they were black in color) on my glans and at the base. I went back to dermatologist and he said it might be some fungal infection or possibly seborrheic dermatitis or psoriasis. so he prescribed me to use
Ketokanazole topical cream for three weeks & the bumps at the base and under my foreskin he said were pearly penile papulae. After three weeks conditions didnt improve, so i went back and he said it might be eczema and not any kind of STD's & the black raised spots on my glans he said were nothing to be worried about and they are normal. Now he prescribed Halog topical cream to be used for 4 days and then use protopic on my glans for 9 weeks.
I am worried sick, the red patches are not going away and the raised bumps too. please help me.
one day it looks like everything is clear and improving and the next day the red patches are back and occasionally i have mild pain in my glans for a minute or so. And when i pulled the foreskin back and leave it for10 mins, it looks all shiny and cracked.
Did anyone experience this problem?
1) What is this condition? it is really eczema or something else like yeast infection or candida or balanitis? I feel my doctor misdiagnosed, but not sure, i am planning to get it checked and get second opinion. please suggest any cure if you have one. Do i have to see a urologist?
2) Why does my glans get very shiny & wrinkled/cracked when the foreskin is pulled back?
3) What are the black raised bumps on my glans?
4) What ever the condition is, is that contagious & will i contract to other parts of body?
5) Any side effects using protopic for that long, i read something about it causing gential herpes, is that true?
6) Will any probiotics help me to restore my glans health? if yes, please suggest which ones to take?
7) Taking Apple cider vinegar/garlic/cranberry pills/yogurt with active cultures help in any way?
Sorry for the long post and questions, but i am very worried about this condition and its driving me crazy.
Here are pics:
http://i60.tinypic.com/314qtk1.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/1zq3qq9.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/2uo2b1t.jpg
http://i59.tinypic.com/24v1p1d.jpg
Thank you very much for all your help..really appreciate it.
4 months ago i had some kind of bacterial/fungus infection which caused frequent urination & burning sensation and there were small raised red bumps on my glans and also there was very bad smell ( i am not circumsizedd by the way). I went to Dermatologist and they prescribed me antibiotics for 10 days ( i think it was cipra 500) and also suggested to use Ketokanazole shampoo on my glans for 10 days. so after using medication for 10 days, i got better, but my glans became very shiny and wrinkly/cracked, i think its because of the ketokanazole shampoo, but
not sure. i had a mild red patch on my glans, which i thought would go away, but it didnt.
After three months, the condition got worse again, i started noticing red patches on my glans and there were small raised bumps (i think they were black in color) on my glans and at the base. I went back to dermatologist and he said it might be some fungal infection or possibly seborrheic dermatitis or psoriasis. so he prescribed me to use
Ketokanazole topical cream for three weeks & the bumps at the base and under my foreskin he said were pearly penile papulae. After three weeks conditions didnt improve, so i went back and he said it might be eczema and not any kind of STD's & the black raised spots on my glans he said were nothing to be worried about and they are normal. Now he prescribed Halog topical cream to be used for 4 days and then use protopic on my glans for 9 weeks.
I am worried sick, the red patches are not going away and the raised bumps too. please help me.
one day it looks like everything is clear and improving and the next day the red patches are back and occasionally i have mild pain in my glans for a minute or so. And when i pulled the foreskin back and leave it for10 mins, it looks all shiny and cracked.
Did anyone experience this problem?
1) What is this condition? it is really eczema or something else like yeast infection or candida or balanitis? I feel my doctor misdiagnosed, but not sure, i am planning to get it checked and get second opinion. please suggest any cure if you have one. Do i have to see a urologist?
2) Why does my glans get very shiny & wrinkled/cracked when the foreskin is pulled back?
3) What are the black raised bumps on my glans?
4) What ever the condition is, is that contagious & will i contract to other parts of body?
5) Any side effects using protopic for that long, i read something about it causing gential herpes, is that true?
6) Will any probiotics help me to restore my glans health? if yes, please suggest which ones to take?
7) Taking Apple cider vinegar/garlic/cranberry pills/yogurt with active cultures help in any way?
Sorry for the long post and questions, but i am very worried about this condition and its driving me crazy.
Here are pics:
http://i60.tinypic.com/314qtk1.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/1zq3qq9.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/2uo2b1t.jpg
http://i59.tinypic.com/24v1p1d.jpg
Thank you very much for all your help..really appreciate it.
For all of you sufferers that you have this condition and it was not caused by an std, wash your glans daily with chamomile tea untill the condition is resolved, and keep good hygiene...
Hi
I know this is an old post but did you find a solution to your problem? Did anything help by now?
I've had exactly the same condition for the past 5 years now. It was changing from one day to the other after I was having sex with my ex-girlfriend for the first time. So from that day on my glans looked cracked and shiny and I have these small raised bumps like you're describing all over it. I was visiting about 10 different skin doctors and urologists and got tested for all possible stds. With no results. Some doctors said it's all normal, others were saying they had no idea what it ist. So I had no choice but doing a lot research myself and after learning a lot about micobiology i was suspecting that it's a bacterial infection of the skin with a very small bacterium called Ureaplasma Urealyticum (it actually took me more than 2 years to find that out). The problem is that no doctor seems to know that such bacteria can actually cause this kind of skin irritation, by entering the skin cells... So to prove that I was right I actually got my sperm tested for Ureaplasma Urealyticum and it came out positive. I suggest that you should get that tested as well.
Now here's the next problem. For me all kind of antibiotics only helped for the time of the treatment. After I stopped taking the antibiotics it actually came back starting from the skin of the glans. I suppose that the Ureplasma Urealyticum is surviving the treatment inside of the skin cells. But that's only my guess.
What actually helped to treat the symptoms was a combination of an antibiotic cream in combination with a VitaminA-containing cream, with forces the skin to renew itself. But I didn't completely get rid of it yet.
Regarding your questions: I don't think that anything like vinegar or yoghurt active cultures would help in your case. About being contageous: It might actually spread to your bladder, and even to your testicles. For me it did. But I got that treated by taking antibiotics (Azithromycin). It's also important to strengthen your immune system to prevent that from happening. And of course you should be careful with infecting your partner.
I hope I could help a little bit.
So if you got your infection treated completely, please let me know. I also really would like to know.
I know this is an old post but did you find a solution to your problem? Did anything help by now?
I've had exactly the same condition for the past 5 years now. It was changing from one day to the other after I was having sex with my ex-girlfriend for the first time. So from that day on my glans looked cracked and shiny and I have these small raised bumps like you're describing all over it. I was visiting about 10 different skin doctors and urologists and got tested for all possible stds. With no results. Some doctors said it's all normal, others were saying they had no idea what it ist. So I had no choice but doing a lot research myself and after learning a lot about micobiology i was suspecting that it's a bacterial infection of the skin with a very small bacterium called Ureaplasma Urealyticum (it actually took me more than 2 years to find that out). The problem is that no doctor seems to know that such bacteria can actually cause this kind of skin irritation, by entering the skin cells... So to prove that I was right I actually got my sperm tested for Ureaplasma Urealyticum and it came out positive. I suggest that you should get that tested as well.
Now here's the next problem. For me all kind of antibiotics only helped for the time of the treatment. After I stopped taking the antibiotics it actually came back starting from the skin of the glans. I suppose that the Ureplasma Urealyticum is surviving the treatment inside of the skin cells. But that's only my guess.
What actually helped to treat the symptoms was a combination of an antibiotic cream in combination with a VitaminA-containing cream, with forces the skin to renew itself. But I didn't completely get rid of it yet.
Regarding your questions: I don't think that anything like vinegar or yoghurt active cultures would help in your case. About being contageous: It might actually spread to your bladder, and even to your testicles. For me it did. But I got that treated by taking antibiotics (Azithromycin). It's also important to strengthen your immune system to prevent that from happening. And of course you should be careful with infecting your partner.
I hope I could help a little bit.
So if you got your infection treated completely, please let me know. I also really would like to know.
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Bro I'm 17 I am suffering from the Same problem
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