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I have a red rash on penis

Hello I had few questions

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Yesterday trying to do some natural therapy and knew Turmeric helps eczema/psoriasis I applied to my penis skin. Overnight it got worse and formed a small ulcer. I had tried using turmeric in mouth to cool inflammation. Howevr it seems to have made it worse
I am confused ? is it due to sensitive skin on glans. Last time one of the doctor had asked me to clean it with hydrogen peroxide where there was some bacterial infection, instead that made it worse

what is this strange problem ? why turmeric should create inflammation rather than helping it.I thought the red patch may go away, instead it got worse

Thanks

Hi, I have provided some attachments. Please review them.

They healed in the past when I had applied anti bacterial (neosporin) and anti inflammatory cream like triamcinolone acetonide, they healed in 3-4 days. I had similar problems a month ago when I applied Hydrogen peroxide and it formed painful ulcer, after applying the above two they healed.

Can psoriasis /eczema if you apply things like Turmeric or Hydrogen peroxide form painful ulcers ?. I thought these two things will help penis skin like the skin on your hand. If you apply them on hand or ulcer in mouth they heal. Why they don't heal penile skin ?. Is that the skin is different and more sensitive ?. I am really surprised. Why it did not work on penis skin unlike it works quickly in mouth ulcer when you gargle.

Is this eczema ? Psoriasis ?

Please see attached picture
I am applying triamcinolone acetonide and neospoirn.

so this does not appear to be anything serious to worry about and will heal once I apply hyrocortizone cream triamcinolone acetonide, it did in the past when I had similar thing happened after applying hydrogen peroxide, it healed in 3-4 days . This latest injury and red inflamed spots were after I applied turmeric because I wanted to try out few natural things like coconut oil or tumeric and see if it helps rather than applying steroids, however it really became inflamed after I applied turmeric.

I was worried about EQ and other pictures that show up on internet. However the tendency to form quick painful ulcer that subside after applying neosporin or some corticosteroids mean this is not EQ or anything like that. I assume so

Another doctor had told it could be Seborrheic dermatitis as well, eczema but you think it is psoriasis ?. I do have patches of psoriasis in armpit and scrotum

It's already healed, no pain and ulcer is gone. However there is redness. This red patch never seem to go away as discussed in the earlier question, the pain goes away but read ring remains and there is no pain. I don't know if this red ring will be permanent feature and may never go away. If there is any irritation that happens like the turmeric I put in causes 3-4 small ulcers, but they healed in 2 days, the pain is gone, last time also two months ago, there was similar issue after I tried to clean with hydrogen peroxide, afte rubbing some neosporin and triamcinolone acetonide for couple of days, pain was gone, red ring remained although they faded little bit, but no pain

Could you please clarify, is that due to infection possibilities ? why will it impact inguinal glands ? I am confused ? what is the reason for this ?. If the lesion is so much superficial and if there is no pain or infection


2 Such lesions may at times need to be palpated which requires in person examination of not only this area but inguinal glands. All doctors can do this on the presenting patient.

redness/small mild ulcer and pain showed up only after I had applied dry Turmeric for almost a day and tried to clean it up with hydrogen peroxide, the small blisters formed, however by applying Triamcinolone and neosporin just for day it cleared up next day and ulcers are gone, pain is also gone. There is no pain now. I discontinued both Triamcinolone and neosporin after applying for just one day

I suspect there is some dermatitis in that area since anything irritating I applied on it caused pain, otherwise I have no pain issues, the skin red color changes from one day to next, once the irritation fades it becomes more pinkish. Please see my previous pictures I had posted prior

Please see the latest picture and compare with the pictures that had small ulcer two days ago, the ulcers are gone. See the picture 5 days ago before I applied turmeric, when there was not that much redness.

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when you said this could be psoriasis because I have in my arm pit and groin.

Other high possibility is balanitis due to dermatological issues. If you closely see the the stretch marks in the inflamed skin, cris-cross lines, slightly elevated sometimes pink and when irritation happens due to something like tumeric or hydrogen peroxide may point to non specific balanitis that remains painless as long as there is no irritation and as soon as some irritants are applied, it forms small ulcers or the lesions get red. Then heals after applying creams and neosporin.

Ok, It seems that there are 2-3 areas on that red ring that tend to have small ulcer if there is any irritation. They form and then fade. when they are formed due to irritation, it's painful, once they heal there is no pain, the faded RED band stays there. When it's inflamed there is pain and some small itching, but once they heal, there is nothing. I also had psoriasis on my ankles 8 years ago and the pigmented marks are still there. Do you think that red band is hyper pigmentation residue that stays there after lesions are healed, however if there is any irritation those weakened 2-3 spots where psoriasis is still there, form small ulcers ?. I read multiple sites the red psoriasis tend to have RED lesions on penis and have shiny/glazed appearance because of moisture and covered skin of glans

This started two and half months ago when I was traveling and did not take bath for few days due to long flight hours and then the red ring appeared. Until then there was nothing. It may have started as balanitis due to psoriasis with 2-3 inflamed spots, they end up having small ulcer when there is irritation and then they heal later.

I do not want to apply any steroids. I noticed applying virgin coconut oil helps

Please see the attached picture taken today

Thank you
so you are now think this is psoriasis and nothing serious to worry about. This whole thing has caused me to lose sleep and worry so much thinking worse looking at the internet pictures of EQ, Bowen's disease and Zoon balanitis. I tend to think for worse for some strange reason and worry a lot that something is wrong, sort of hear of ill health and something bad. Things then get blown out of promotion and I get obsessed over it especially if the diseases does not fade away.

I have oral lichen planus in mouth, but nothing on skin, lichen planus gets on genital, but this is not lichen planus I am 100% sure because there are no straie white lines, looks more like dermatitis. I get lot of skin diseases that worries me, otherwise my health and all other things are fine.This skin problems make my fear worse

I will just follow simple things like coconut oil. You can see the RED band appearance changes from time to time. I will update the situation for cuouple of days more and post picture so that you can see if healing has happened and I know it is getting better, there is no pain now and red lesions are smaller

Thank you