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Penis inflammation

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Penis inflammation is a symptom in which a person has warmth, redness, swelling, and/or pain in his penis. Inflammation can be caused by injuries, infections, allergies, etc

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

Body locations

Pelvis

Is Symptom of

Contact dermatitis (rash)
Condition
Balanitis
Condition
Stevens johnson syndrome
Condition

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Can penis inflammation leave sterile?

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A 25-year old male asked:

Iexperience slightburningsensation duringurination &slight urine dribbling.Noinfection found in urine.Is there a chance of mehaving penis inflammation?

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A 22-year old male asked:

I am experiencing painless fleshy genital bumps and penis inflammation.

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A 21-year old male asked:

I am experiencing genital itching, pain with urination (quality: stinging or burning sensation) and penis inflammation.

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A 30-year old male asked:

I am experiencing penis redness and inflammation on head and forskin when errected, red spider veins, and it is sore on the tip.

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A 18-year old male asked about a male:

My Friend is experiencing itchy testicles, red itchy penis head and inflammation of the urethra.

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A 23-year old male asked:

I had an oil and dry handjob, there was no cuts on my penis but a small inflammation/redness, do i have a risk for "HIV" and do i need testing?

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A 23-year old male asked:

3 weeks of hard yellow crust on penis head w/ redness/inflammation. Azithromycin (1g) and clotrimazole (2x/day for 10 days) did not work. Advice?

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A 27-year old male asked:

I was prescribed a 1 percent hydrocortisone ointment to apply to penis glans due to inflammation. How long is too long to use this steroid down there?

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A 25-year old male asked:

Can you use inflammation cream on your penis when it's in pain?

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A 24-year old male asked:

I have my head penis which has a red inflammation on it but it does hurt or anything but i don't know what it is. Can you help me?

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A 24-year old male asked:

I have a swollen and a inflammation of the penis skin?

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Remedy for inflammation to the penis from using caterer condoms?

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A 24-year old male asked:

I'm taking infexim-200 since 6 days before ..But today i got inflammations on my penis and got backache..Is this a side effect of this medicine?

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A 19-year old male asked:

I have been facing a private issue for 2 days. I searched on Google but could not find the answers that satisfied me. There was inflammation below the head of my penis and now it tore and came out like a fluid. Is recovery possible without doctors?

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A 19-year old male asked:

Emergency! After I masterbated inflammation appeared proximal to the penis cap.it is swollen like ballon.what happened?

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A 38-year old male asked:

I have red rashes on my penis shaft, it is itchy, has inflammation and has a bad Oudor ? What can I take ?

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A 26-year old female asked:

I have inflammation on the foreskin of penis along with white powder like thing. Tight foreskin when I try to retract it during erection. What is it?

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A 34-year old asked:

I recently noticed a small itchy whitish-red patch (a single patch) on the inner foreskin of my penis. I have no other symptoms like inflammation of the glans/foreskin, etc. What can the patch be and how should I treat it?

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A 17-year old male asked:

Inflammation on head of penis and redness, got tested for every std, and negative. dr. said yeast, took flucanzole and now have rash on testicles?

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A 26-year old male asked:

I received my hand job without condom a month ago and now I am having ear inflammation and fever. I heard that there will be early symptoms if I got contacted with HIV. Im not sure there's wound on my penis that time. Am I at the risk of HIV?

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A 19-year old male asked:

Whenever i masturbate i feel inflammation and urge yo urinate for about a month also my flaccid and erect penis have lots of visible nerves..any cure?

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A 36-year old male asked:

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A 19-year old male asked:

My penis used to be soft and spongy when flaccid. Now it is hard and retracted. It kind of feels inflammed when sitting and i don't know what's wrong?

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My vagina is burning extreamly bad and i have alot of inflamation in my vagina and My boyfriends penis is inflamed and is really red.

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A 37-year old male asked:

Yesterday patient discharged (after 21 days) with condom catheter.At home noticed ulceration & inflammation on his pennis(due to catheter) what to do?

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A 22-year old male asked:

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A 26-year old female asked:

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