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Suggest Treatment For Cracks On Penis Foreskin
hi, my penis foreskin cracks when pulled back irrespective of erection, these crack sometime bleeds and are painful. It get healed after few days but on pulling again get cracked.
i have 174cm height and 78kgs weight. i am also suffering from recurrent boils on extremities since six months. I have recurrent dry nose and cracks when I use neospirin it get healed and after few days it comes back again. I also suffer from stye on upper lid/lower lid of eyes freqently.
i have 174cm height and 78kgs weight. i am also suffering from recurrent boils on extremities since six months. I have recurrent dry nose and cracks when I use neospirin it get healed and after few days it comes back again. I also suffer from stye on upper lid/lower lid of eyes freqently.
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Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic
Cracks on the foreskin along with recurrent boils and stye, makes me suspect that probably you are having raised blood sugar levels in your blood. Cracks on the foreskin are mainly because of candidal posthitis which is more common in diabetics, whereas recurrent bacterial infections are also common if one's blood sugar levels is raised.
Besides getting a test for blood sugar, I would suggest that you take a course of an oral antibiotic (penicillin or cephalosporin group e.g Amoxycillin or cefadroxil for a week) to take care of the bacterial infection.
An OTC antifungal cream e.g clotrimazole cream, can be applied twice daily on the cracked foreskin. An oral antifungal e.g fluconazole 150mg single dose would also take care of the candidal posthitis.
Regards
Cracks on the foreskin along with recurrent boils and stye, makes me suspect that probably you are having raised blood sugar levels in your blood. Cracks on the foreskin are mainly because of candidal posthitis which is more common in diabetics, whereas recurrent bacterial infections are also common if one's blood sugar levels is raised.
Besides getting a test for blood sugar, I would suggest that you take a course of an oral antibiotic (penicillin or cephalosporin group e.g Amoxycillin or cefadroxil for a week) to take care of the bacterial infection.
An OTC antifungal cream e.g clotrimazole cream, can be applied twice daily on the cracked foreskin. An oral antifungal e.g fluconazole 150mg single dose would also take care of the candidal posthitis.
Regards
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