Penis Has Pinkish Rash Around The Top. Had Protected Sex. Is Eleurphrat Cream Good? Why Does It Come Back?

Posted on Mon, 21 May 2012

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Question : My penis has a pinkish rash around the top and the top half of my shaft underneath my foreskin, I had protected sex, on April 12 and felt abut weird the next day after a month I was tested for herpes because I stil had a strange feeling it came back negative the doc gave me son eleurphrat cream for the rash but when I stopped using it, it returns any ideas??

Answered by Dr. Rohit Batra (22 hours later)

Dear XXXXXXX,

Thanks for your query.

Eleurphrat is a steroidal cream and if the rash subsides on application and comes back after discontinuing it then it means either you are suffering from a fungal infection or irritant dermatitis due to the protection you must have used.

Fungal infection is more of a possibility and an oral course of fluconazole along with application of anti fungal cream should take care of the rash. Your doctor knows about the course of fluconazole. He can prescribe it safely.

An irritant dermatitis might be as a result of cleansers that you might be using to keep the area clean. You may clean it with clean and cold water instead of hard soaps or other agents.

Regards
Dr.Rohit Batra

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar