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Good afternoon doctor, 1. what causes balanitis? 2. can i use clotrimazole cream to treat balanitis? 3. clotrimazole cream, we have the vagina crea

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"balantitis": This is usually caused in a non-circumcised male by a "yeast" variant. Clotrimazole cream may be effective, but circumcision removes the closed space the foreskin creates on the head of the penis for a more permanent "cure".

Answered 3/6/2018

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