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Could Outbreak Of Herpes Cause Swollen And Red Meatus?
I am 63 years old, have had a swollen & red meatus for the last year and have had it looked at by a urologist several times and even had a cystoscopy twice in the past year. The first time he gave me hormone replacement cream to put on twice daily. It did not help. I have had several UTIs in the past year but often when I feel I have one, the tests come back negative. I had another cystoscope several weeks ago, he found that the urethra was normal so recommended Betamethasone.1% cortisone cream to apply 2 x day. I have been doing this and there has been no change. I also want to mention that I have herpes and had an outbreak this past week close to my anus so obviously my immune system is down. I take Valtex / Zoverax cream. So is the herpes playing a role in this swollen Meatus? And if not, what do you recommend? Thank you.
HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, if this is just redness of meatus and no other symptoms are there then this is nothing to worry and no need to treat this condition, no need to over conscious because this may not be disease condition, hope this helps, take care and have a nice day.
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Could Outbreak Of Herpes Cause Swollen And Red Meatus?
HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, if this is just redness of meatus and no other symptoms are there then this is nothing to worry and no need to treat this condition, no need to over conscious because this may not be disease condition, hope this helps, take care and have a nice day.