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What Causes Difficulty In Cleaning Penis Head?
I am 66 years old my pennis forskin started closing up so it is very difficult for me to clean my pennis head, I will clean it once a day when the forskin retracks under real pressure, there is also a thick white pus that is present under the forskin,the forskin also creaks ,and it is very difficult to rollback,when rolls back because of its tightness at all times it is very hard to rollback, could you give me a treatment for that.
Thu, 16 Jan 2020
Hello,
Infections can scar the foreskin causing it less stretchy & making retraction difficult. Tears & inflammation may occur resulting in phimosis or paraphimosis.
Do not try to apply force to retract the foreskin or roll it back. You can apply locally steroid cream- Betamathasone(0.5%) in the area affected. Apply it twice daily for 4-6 weeks, it will relieve the symptoms.
Wear cotton clothes & maintain good hygiene but be gentle with the skin. However, you are suggested to get it clinically examined by a GP.
Sometimes depending on the severity of infection, a small slit in the skin needs to be done to loosen the it or partial or complete circumcision may be required to be done.
Neglect may cause worsening of symptoms or may complicate to penile cancer. Get it treated at the earliest.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K, General & Family Physician
Infections can scar the foreskin causing it less stretchy & making retraction difficult. Tears & inflammation may occur resulting in phimosis or paraphimosis.
Do not try to apply force to retract the foreskin or roll it back. You can apply locally steroid cream- Betamathasone(0.5%) in the area affected. Apply it twice daily for 4-6 weeks, it will relieve the symptoms.
Wear cotton clothes & maintain good hygiene but be gentle with the skin. However, you are suggested to get it clinically examined by a GP.
Sometimes depending on the severity of infection, a small slit in the skin needs to be done to loosen the it or partial or complete circumcision may be required to be done.
Neglect may cause worsening of symptoms or may complicate to penile cancer. Get it treated at the earliest.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K, General & Family Physician
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