Dear, Doctor I m a 21 year old male and I have had what was diagnosed a fungal infection/Yeast infection/ Balanitis for over a year now, I believe it was contracted from unprotected sex, a month or so before that I had gotten a rubber burn from the condom and had a small rash that went away mostly, but came back after this infection. I have seen 3 doctors, 1 being a urologist, and the other 2 where at the local STD center. They all have diagnosed it as a fungal infection, Candida Yeast infection from the 2 doctors, the Urologist calls its Balanitis for a male. I started treatment in december, I have tried many treatments with no luck, it would seem like it would get better in the beginning with the symptoms going down but the rash was never fully healed, I have seen improvements but nothing that would clear it up completely. First when i was diagnosed in dec 2013, I was told to go get Over the counter topicals, So I got monistat 7 day, it relieved symptoms but did not get rid of the redness and rash and stopped working eventually. I than tried natural remedies but they did not seem to help at all. tried other monistats like 3 and 1 in hopes but did not help. I went back to the Std center in March 2014 and thats when they gave me 1 Fluconazole tab 150mg. It relieved symptoms but never cleared up. I have tried multiple single dose Fluconazole tabs 150mg 3 days apart at first with a little symptom relief. Than they told me to go to a Urologist or skin specialist so I went to a nearby Urologist. The Urologist put me on 50mg/day Fluconazole for 1 month with OTC Jock Itch topical treatment Equate. Which is 1% Terbinafine and it helped a little but still not nothing near cured. I just went back to the Urologist 5/5/14 and he put me on another 2 months of 50mg/day fluconazole with the equate. I really feel that this isn t working and I am nervous to wait another 2 months to see what happens, since every treatment from the multiple doctors assured me it would clear up, but have not. I dont know what else to try other than what the doctor told me, after that first month there was very very little improvement. So i feel that it will be the same result and I have spent so much money well over $700 to try and get rid of this and cannot afford to continue with these expensive doctor visits and medications since i am just a college student. I m really starting to lose all hope at this point and getting depressed from it, this has affected me for a year and a half already. I have spent countless hours researching and trying find everything about my problem, I have found information such as A candida Diet, supplements to kill off yeast, i don t know if I have a systemic infection or not. The most useful information I have found which someone with a similar situation said they were cured with. I found it on this forum: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/balanitis-wont-go-away/show/522670 They said they used, which i may want to try if it seems to fit my problem. Sertaconazole Nitrate 2 w/w cream (Onabet) to use twice daily I would very much like to send pictures to you so you can easier help me with my problem. Just let me know. My current symptoms are redness patches, itching sometimes, burning sometimes, mostly just a uncomfortable feeling not much pain, I do feel my urethra has problems on the inside, It does not burn or anything when peeing but it is definitely a discomforting non-normal feeling, small bumps that seem to come and go, scaly skin in some spots, have not noticed much peeling at all (only once when I was in very very cold weather and did not have much water.) Also with the Urethra, I will always drip after peeing, i have to sorta squeeze it out, but it will still have some dripping later on like 5-15 mins or so. not constantly, just like 1 or 2 more drops. Sometimes usually, it is a clear sticky fluid which comes out. When erect it will leak the clear sticky fluid usually. I try to avoid masterbating but sometimes I do, but clean well after. and apply treatment. So please Dr. Sanjay kumar Kanodia, I really need help, I want to live normally again, and have a normal sex life, I ave not had sex in a year and a half. I have recently gotten a girlfriend after many years single, which I really love and she loves me, she is a virgin and we have not planned on having sex anytime soon, so i really wanted to get treated so when the time comes. Regardless I will not pass it on to her in anyway, I love her to much to do that. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Sincerely, James