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I have a white patch on the shaft of my penis. also the foreskin is flaky skin. any ideas of what it may be?

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Dr. Yash Khanna answered

Needs to be checked: It needs to be checked it may be yeast infection.Trichomanas or some other infection or std.

Answered 4/29/2013

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