Blotchy red rash/irritated skin on penile head (lasted for over 3 moths now)?
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Part of the skin on the head of my penis has become slightly red and is causing some pain/irritation.
It first appeared the day after I used a condom so I think I must have had a reaction to the latex or some other substance in the condom.
The tip of the penis became super sensitive and noticeably hurt whenever it touched my underwear.
The skin was and still is noticeably red close to and directly around the meatus. This redness gets worse and bigger after I've come out the shower or masturbated.
An hour or so after ejaculation, I get a slight burn/irritation at the very end of the urethra when I urinate and this can last for a few days before subsiding. This has put me off from masturbating as much now.
This has lasted for about 3 months now with no signs of improvement.
I saw a doctor and was prescribed timodine/hydrocortisone cream and this didn't have much effect and am slightly worried it may just make things worse so have stopped using it for now.
It almost seems as if the redness comes from within the skin rather than on the surface.
I don't think its balanitis as I haven't had that for over 12 years when I was a kid and that was with the usual smegma discharge etc, whereas this is just redness.
I've attached images to show how it looks straight after showering, which is when the redness is at its worst and the contrast between the normal skin colour and the redness can be clearly seen.
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Steves8012 Jason1327
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Looking for any help. My issues have progressed a little. Had some extreme pain yesterday in and around groin area and underneath right testicle. Ive tried to go to a walk in centre but no joy and all resources (understandably) shut due to covid-19. I still have the issues with glans of penis as stated earlier. Pain has subsided but still there so ill have another attempt with the GP Monday. Clearly sounds like in infection of sorts.
Any ideas as to what im looking at? Have done numerous tests and all come back negative.
justin59277 Steves8012
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ill tell you why Im leaning towards fungal like a yeast infection that we got from a chick or fungal in some way yeast is the same as candida. i went to cvs or rite aid and bought a 1 day treatment 1200 mg monistat 1 , which is for vaginal yeast infections. its a supository, Im not joking i stuck it up my rear end and felt immediate and big relief within 24 hrs, thats why im convinced its fungal.
tom40344 justin59277
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Justin59277 Id like to more about this 1200 mg monistat up the rear end. Im going to post my story here in a few minutes, if you will recommend this for me, let me know. I'll try anything at this point.
justin59277 tom40344
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im not a dr so i cant recommend anything but let us know
kyle13456 Jason1327
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i am having a similar issue
tom40344 Jason1327
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Ok heres my story boys, fell asleep after sex (did not shower right away) woke up with extremely dry skin and a spot of redness, hopped in the shower and it started peeling. Girl said she went to the doctor and they said it was a yeast infection for her. 1 month later i had a breakout all over my upper body, skin doc took a sample and it came back as sebopsoriasis. steroid cream made it go away but still get random breakouts here and there that grows when itched, He looked at my penis for 2 seconds and said there's nothing wrong. It's now a year and half later and it still looks like this. I haven't had sex since, don't want to. Will this ever go away ??

ricky36034 tom40344
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have you been tested fir stds yet?
tom40344 ricky36034
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yes, std free
Steves8012 Jason1327
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So just been prescribed Levofloxacin by the doctor after a phone call due to Covid situation. Having just done a bit of reading seems to have some potential nasty side effects, anyone have any experience with this antibiotic?
jake39738 Jason1327
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Did anybody else notice weaker ejaculations? Since I got this problem, my ejaculations became really weak, even if I wait for 6 days before mastrubating.
john64602 jake39738
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Jake, yes i have. mine used to shoot out and now it just flows out of the tip. sucks!!! have had this going on for about 2 months now.
simon71818 jake39738
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yes I've had this
peter1245 Jason1327
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I have used translator.
I had similar problems a few years ago, when I got into trouble by using shower gels. In February this year I had sex with my girlfriend and there was an irritation of the penis after rubbing, my girlfriend is healthy, I used saforelle gel, but I did not give up so, the doctor also recommended to define it with Betadine, but since it contains iodine so I replaced with microdacyne woundcare60, but as I overdid it got even stronger inflammation, my penis started to burn, , sting, so I started urinating in Agrimonia eupatoria 30 minutes a day. the inflammation started to subside, but I forgot that it dries terribly, in a week it got worse, I even showed brown spots, then always after soaking I applied coconut oil, it also started to work, brown spots disappeared, burning and the splitting subsided. In the third week I tried to use Saforelle gel again and it started burning again, so I only wash it in clean water. in that third week I went to the urologist to look at it for me, but in the end I waited at the doctor for 5 hours before he took me and when he looked at it I had it included and nothing could be seen. he didn't even take a swab or dross from my penis. I continued 1time in a day after shower I had my penis dried for 15 minutes, then I soaked it for 30 minutes in the infused loose Agrimonia eupatoria tea, then I let it air dry again and rubbed it with coconut oil. I also wanted to try tea tree oil, I diluted i 2 drops in 30 ml of coconut oil, but then after about 90 minutes my penis started to burn, so I quickly went to the shower with lukewarm to almost sunken water, I cooled it down and than on dry it on air it for about 15 minutes to avoid complications. I also have oregano oil at home, but as it is also a strong oil that needs to be diluted, I did not take any risks and I have been using castor oil since Saturday. I also feel a slight burning after application. we'll see if it works for me, but I also see a little improvement. Regarding the urologist, I make call to cheif of urology and one of his doctor today has taken the swab or dross from the penis , so finally after a month from the start of treatment and 2 weeks after the first visit to the urologist, they took a swab from the penis and the results will be on Friday, I have aloe vera gel ready and the cream is a classic indulona in our country, which contains lanolin. We will see. Iwill posts results. And docotr also ask me if dont have diabethes. I dont have buth my mom has diabethes type 2. I like to eat sweet I'm already reducing it
john64270 Jason1327
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ANYONE KNOWS WHAT THIS IS YET?
Sean90423 Jason1327
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hey guys, i have been dealing with this for about a year and its finally getting better (slowly). if youre taking propecia/finasteride or any hair loss drugs...stop! Finasteride caused this as well as many other terrible side effects for me. I stopped finasteride 5 months ago and I started intermitent fasting every day with a paleo diet 2 months ago. I also havent masturbated in 2 months (which hasnt been difficult cause finasteride stole my lobido). I dont know which of the above helped (maybe all). Im not sure exactly what the red triangle is at the top of penis but i think its some sort of nerve damage due to lack of blood flow/constriction. This seems to be caused by gut issues or cpps or both. There is no quick fix. If youre they did a scrape amd nothing came up its not a fungal infection. Get your gut right and solve this.
C56026 Sean90423
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Agree this is definitely gut related. if i eat any sweets my tip starts burning straightaway its very weird. i thought food need time to digest .
cristiano30765 Sean90423
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Iam finally doing a sort of diet and exercise. stopped all the creams and did a fluconazol pill.
Keeping it dry as often as I can. Ill update in a month but, for now, small improvements.
Iam still not sure if what i have, (which is a little different from OP. and more like TOM above (when its at its worse)), isnt HPV reaction. But likelly gut and candida also influence.
OP can also check Bowen disease, it sucks if it is, but its worth reading....
Balanitis is what we all have, the cause of it, that's the mystery.