Blotchy red rash/irritated skin on penile head (lasted for over 3 moths now)?

Hi All,

For similar condition topical application of "Clotrimazole Betamethasol disproportionate (combined anti fungal and a steroid) daily once for 7 days has helped me. The Dr told me this might be Balanoposthitis.

Hope you all recover soon from this menace.

thanks,

R

I have suffered from a rash and the red dots for well over a year, but I was finally able to determine the cause on my own. The Drs never seemed to get it for some reason, but the first thing anyone having issues needs to do is make certain you are tested for STDs, particularly if you have had unprotected sex. If you get tested and you are clean, or you cleared up your STD and you continue to have this rash and the red dots, then you probably have the same problem I had, so stop fretting over HPV and some new unknown STD, because that is very unlikely if you have had this ongoing for months without any treatment success and you tested negative for STDs.

Here is what my problem was all about. I noticed I would always have a small dribbling problem after urinating. It was very small and almost unnoticeable most of the time, although some days it would be worse than others, but this was the cause of my entire problem that nothing would cure. What is happening is that your skin can become sensitive to the constant barrage of your urine. I'm circumcised and it still bothered me, so I can imagine it will be even worse for those that are not circumcised.

Understand that your urine is full of things that your body/kidneys are filtering out of you, and after prolonged contact over and over, your skin starts to react from it. If you have PH issues, it can be even more exacerbated, so as someone else already suggested, test your PH and if it is acidic, work on your diet to further help clear up this issue. If you are getting yeast infections and they clear but come back, the reason you can't beat it is because the underlying cause is still there, and it might be your urine. Again, you could just have a dribble or two, so it might be mostly unnoticed but still the issue.

Now, for the important part and how I beat this problem. The way I finally kicked this was with carrying personal wipes and always wiping after urinating and then applying what is called a barrier ointment. They make these individually packaged wipes, so just keep one or two in your pocket. You can find these along with a barrier ointment for incontinence on Amazon and you will find many choices. Try Amazon and read the reviews to find the good ones. Just clean off with the wipe, then apply the barrier ointment. This cleans the issue and prevents any further moisture or urine form reaching the skin due to the barrier ointment being applied. I also use a lot of gold bond in the green bottle. It's helps keep things dry and the menthol is a natural anti-fungal agents as well.

You can google Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis, as that is the medical name for this issue. It's not an STD and it's probably not anything you can pass on to a partner unless you have active yeast, bacterial or fungal infections along with it. Keeping your member clean, dry and urine free will allow you to finally heal this completely. It's basically the same thing as diaper rash for adults and it causes bacterial infections, fungal infections and yeast infections. Most people think this is only a problem for diabetics, but that is not true. You do not have to have sugar in your urine to have problems from urine contact, although you might want to check for sugar as well as the PH of your urine to be certain those are contributing factors.

One other tip to help the dribbles is once your are finished urinating, push lightly just under your testicles and you will notice it may push out a few remaining drops. The right spot is just at the base of your testicles, so just push there and you may notice it pushes out a few more drops.

I have always suffered from benign prostate enlargement due to high testosterone levels, and this causes my dribbling problem. Some of you probably have this same issue or some damage to your urethra from a previous infection that causes you to dribble, and it can be only a drop or two, but it can be enough to give you problems. Eliminate any urine contact to the skin of your penis and you will see it finally start to heal up for good.

Hopefully this will help some of you to find some relief and to help you worry less about having some unknown medical condition, because it's really pretty simple once you understand what is causing this. This may not be everyone's problem, but I would bet many of you that found this started after a UTI or STD infection have some damage in your Urethra that causes dribbling of your urine. You may also find that your PH is really acidic or you may even have sugar in your urine, which really becomes a problem for yeast and fungal issues.

Good luck to each of you!