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Suggest Treatment For Bruise On Penis Head
Posted on
Wed, 10 Sep 2014
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Wed, 10 Sep 2014
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Question : had a bruise on my penis head for four months and has not changed?"no pain or discomfort
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic
I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query and I have also looked at the photograph.
There is a dark patch /pigmentation. It is certainly not a bruise.
I would keep a possibility of either Lichen planus or Fixed Drug Eruption.
-Is there any itching sensation over it?
-Did it appear after intake of a particular drug e.g pain killer, antibiotics?
-Do you have patches elsewhere on the body?
Fixed drug eruption, as the name indicates the eruption is fixed in its location. FDE or Fixed Drug Eruption is clinically characterized by erythematous patches. The patches are fixed in location i.e every time they would appear at the same place whenever a person takes the culprit drug. They leave behind post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation which can take months to fade.
A lot of drugs can cause this kind of eruption e.g commonly implicated ones are pain killers/antipyretics, antibiotics etc which are commonly prescribed for cold, flu, diarrhea/dysentry etc cause most of the cases of FDE. Intake of the incriminating drug causes it to reappear or become prominent. Therefore carefully checking the history for the drug administered, might incriminate a particular drug which should be avoided.
Regards
Provide more information
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic
I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query and I have also looked at the photograph.
There is a dark patch /pigmentation. It is certainly not a bruise.
I would keep a possibility of either Lichen planus or Fixed Drug Eruption.
-Is there any itching sensation over it?
-Did it appear after intake of a particular drug e.g pain killer, antibiotics?
-Do you have patches elsewhere on the body?
Fixed drug eruption, as the name indicates the eruption is fixed in its location. FDE or Fixed Drug Eruption is clinically characterized by erythematous patches. The patches are fixed in location i.e every time they would appear at the same place whenever a person takes the culprit drug. They leave behind post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation which can take months to fade.
A lot of drugs can cause this kind of eruption e.g commonly implicated ones are pain killers/antipyretics, antibiotics etc which are commonly prescribed for cold, flu, diarrhea/dysentry etc cause most of the cases of FDE. Intake of the incriminating drug causes it to reappear or become prominent. Therefore carefully checking the history for the drug administered, might incriminate a particular drug which should be avoided.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
FDE is the likely possibility
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
This seems to me a case of 'FDE'. FDE can occur to commonly used drugs like antipyretics, pain killers, antibiotics etc. You may apply a topical steroid ointment e.g Mometasone furoate ointment (Elocon ointment) once daily for 3- 4 weeks.
Regards
FDE is the likely possibility
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
This seems to me a case of 'FDE'. FDE can occur to commonly used drugs like antipyretics, pain killers, antibiotics etc. You may apply a topical steroid ointment e.g Mometasone furoate ointment (Elocon ointment) once daily for 3- 4 weeks.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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