Penile Rash/Balanitis Not Responding to Treatment

who had Viagra preceding these symptoms? I did.

i have a very similar situation.... started with burning sensation when peeing and lots of sensation. i also felt alot of itching and irritation on penis area and i began to see redness or inflammation on the penis tip area and on the foreskin. i got scared and thought uti or std but after getting tested everything was negative except for hsv 1 which doc said was common and what not, ive had fever blisters periodically since high school. so i was given anti biotics nothing worked... re examined then "diagnosed" with balantitis.... given creams but nothing worked. i was given prednisone which helped my skin heal but it came back a week later. i now have had this for 6 months where my penis head is red with irritation, my foreskin is red with inflammation and now has like a ridge from the irritation, penis tip irritated, and when i have to pee it gets super sensitive and sometimes when i go poop my penis gets really irritated. sex causes irritation and masterbation does also. kind of stuck at this point. staying glued to this thread.

from more than 2 months here .no problem when urinating but the burning sensation persists when i touch or try to tighten the skin to see if there is any improvements also when masturbating and even more when about to ejaculate the problem is not from the inside.According to the dermatologist its fungal so he only prescribed me loprox and desonide(higher than hydrocortisone) for 10 days i'm on day 7 and i don't see any improvement we are on the same boat bro.

Roughly 5 years ago, I started wearing tight jeans every day and I've always wore tight boxer breifs. This gives your penis no room for air and it's smooshed against your thigh all day every day. This eventually make the skin softer due to constant moisture and wrinkling of the skin and glans (head of penis). It's been a week of wearing loose clothing and I am feeling much better although there's still some sensitivity. Just search the side effects of wearing tight jeans. I hope this helps.

any updates on this?

ive had this for quite a while. im being treated for prostatitits so interested to seemif the antibiotics make any difference. Tried numerous creams but none really do too much to help.

Thought I'd post a short update to keep this thread active.

I've completed testing (semen and urine), and it showed nothing remarkable. It showed a number of microbes that I was assured were either contaminants, normal part of the human flora, or at low enough levels not to cause any significant problems.

In terms of treatment options, I tried moxifloxacin for 7 days just to see if it would help most recently (completing my course several days ago) and there's been no real change in my symptoms.

Given that all of my cultures have turned up negative over the two years that I've had this, I really doubt that whatever I have is caused by an infection.

It could be prostatitis, but likely not bacterial, as I've done a couple of semen cultures and also a prostate secretion test, which all came up negative. Unless the microbes are pesky and require a 6-week course, but without a positive diagnosis of bacteria, that treatment option is unlikely (though I haven't completely ruled it out in my head).

Since last updating, I saw another urologist but he was completely useless. Refused to dig deeper into the issue, was extremely rude and gruff with me, and told me only to come back if I saw blood in my urine (I have unfortunately experienced this a couple of times with different doctors).

The dermatologist I consulted with on this told me nothing more can be done from a skin perspective, as he doesn't think it's anything serious and has, on a couple of occasions, refused to do a biopsy. Not to mention I've tried many creams.

I even saw a rheumatologist recently to see if this was caused by an autoimmune disorder. I haven't followed up with him but I did receive my test results back. The only thing that came back abnormal was low creatine levels, all other indicators were fine. I will call in the new year to see if there are any updates on that front.

So now I'm leaning towards a diagnosis of trauma of some kind on the tip of the penis - maybe an ulcer that hasn't healed that's causing inflammation and discomfort, non-bacterial prostatitis, viral or unclassified, or something else entirely that I do not know at this point. It is for sure not fungal and very unlikely bacterial.

Two years on and my symptoms are very much still there. This has been incredibly frustrating and challenging mentally, but I haven't given up. I refuse to believe that I just got this out of the blue and there is no cause. I will keep updating this thread if I find out anything new. I'm trying to see another urologist and I am also very much still going to appointments.