Fore skin redness and shiny penis glans

some men have a tight foreskin, so that might be why it hurts when pulled back. When you wash do not use soap or body wash, only use pure water (anything else will mess up the Ph balance and cause problems such as yeast infection or balanitis). The only issue i can see is that you looked a little red and inflamed around the opening. That could be yeast or bacterial. You need to go to the GP to get some cream to get that to settle down.

alright thank you, ive been rather worried that i cant do anything cause i thought it might've been an sti or some thing but what do you mean by gp? also do you think i could just use the cream for now and see if that fixe the issue itself?

What country are you in? In the UK a GP is a general practitioner - the dr you go to for general, non-specialist issues. You will have to get cream on prescription from the GP.

i am from the us however are you sure id need a prescription from a Dr? because I'm currently paying for my license and state ID, so I'm a little tight with money and might not be able to pay for a doctors visit + the cream /:

Well, you need to et the right cream, so need to get it looked at. If it is a yeast infection you need an antifungal cream, if it is a bacterial infection you need an antibacterial cream. If you use the wrong one you can make it worse.

damn thank you, so i should be fine right? like after the cream and stuff?? cauuse im mainly concerned in giving my gf something

best use some protection. if it is thrush (yeast) you could give it to her.

does that go away? whats thrush exactly I'm sorry i don't know much

Thrush is a yeast infection. The yeast lives on our skin and inside our bodies all the time, along with friendly bacteria. The yeast and bacteria are in a delicate balance and if something happens to upset that balance there can be an overgrowth of either the yeast or bacteria. Women are particularly susceptible to yeast overgrowth because yeast likes warm, damp environments so once something upsets the balance - such as a change in pH due to washing, or hormones or getting too hot and sweaty - the yeast overgrowth is very rapid, becomes an infection and causes discharge, itching and soreness. It will not go away on its own, it needs treatment. Men are less susceptible because the penis is outside, so less likely to be warm and damp. Having said that men with a foreskin are more likely to get it and washing with soap / body washes can upset the pH balance of the skin and make infection more likely. While thrush is not an STI, because the yeast lives on and in us all the time anyway, it can be passed on by sexual intercourse. That is why when a woman has thrush and getting treatment, her partner should be treated too - men can get the yeast infection from the women but have no symptoms and can pass it back to her.

If you do not want to go to the dr, you could buy some antifungal cream, try it and see if it helps get rid of the redness and inflammation on the end. In the UK the cream we use is call Canestan which is clotrimazole. I think you have that in the U.S. I think you also have miconazole and monistat.

i thought ypu said using the wrong one could makeit worse though? and say i treat it, overtime itll leave right? and those miconazole and monistat are also creams?

also is balantitis treated the same as thrush? because i feel like it might've led to balantitis but i keep seeing the same method of antifungal creams to cure it on the internet

yes, they are creams. it is best to get it diagnosed and get the right treatment. i only suggested trying the yeast treatments because you said you were not going to get a diagnosis. if it gets worse you'll know it is the wrong treatment! Yeast creams are available over the counter in the uk, so easy to try. But antibacterial (antibiotic) creams are only available on prescription. My husband had something similar and was prescribed fucidin cream (anti bacterial). But it didnt help. Often the dr cant tell what it is and is also just guessing and trying out treatments to see what works.

balantis is a chronic inflammation condition and can be caused by thrush. But it can also be caused by overwashing, a reaction to chemical irritants, allergic reaction, chaffing.

so llets say i buy antifungal cream, it can possibly cure the balantitis and yeast infection? also over the counter medicine has to be prescribed, no?

'over the counter' means you can buy it yourself at a pharmacy. actually, those creams i mentioned can be easily bought from online pharmacies. if it is a yeast infection (thrush) those creams should cure it, but they will not cure balanitis - that is a chronic inflammatory condition that is difficult to get rid of but steroid creams can help (on prescription).

lets say the cream helps the trush, that gets rid of the red on my head right? but because of the balantis am i still not able to do stuff or what?

if it is thrush the cream will cure it but until you are cured ( 10 days of applying the cream 2-3 times a day) you should not have unprotected sex. if it is balanitis, it cannot be spread by sexual intercourse. balanitis is not an infection, it is an inflammatory condition if the skin cells caused by trauma to those cells by infection or physical trauma or chemical trauma from skin irritants. however, balanitis is painful - the nerves in the area become hyperactive and hypersensitive, causing neuroceptive pain, so men find it painful to have sex.

Ah so with the help of the cream the red will go away and stuff but it possibly might not help balantitis really unless i get steroid cream?

Right, i am really confused now - it seems i have been having a very similar conversation with two different people (yeahno and alaa) and i am completely muddled now as to who's who!

Yeahno - what cream are we talking about? Cream for a yeast infection? Do you have an infection or it it balanitis? Has balanitis been diagnosed or was that my suggestion?

i cant recall but im the one youve been speaking to for the past two weeks ^up there. check please because i think ala spoke once and was deleted for some reason but im the one whos been completely clueless and asking question after question lol