Balanoposthitis
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Description:
The balanoposthitis — (греч balanos - a balanus + posthion - a prepuce + ит), and an internal leaf of a prepuce (posts) an inflammation of skin of a balanus (balanitis).
Balanoposthitis symptoms:
itch in the field of a prepuce;
burning in the field of a head and a prepuce;
reddening and puffiness of a balanus and prepuce;
purulent discharge from a preputial bag, or a smegma with an unpleasant smell;
white curdled allocations or plaque at a candidosis balanoposthitis
difficulty and morbidity at an exposure of a balanus
in connection with constant irritation of a balanus which is the main erogenous zone at patients with a balanoposthitis sexual excitability increases;
there is pain or unpleasant feelings in a head during sexual intercourse
there is a weakness, body temperature slightly increases.
In the absence of treatment the lymphangitis - an inflammation of absorbent vessels of a penis develops that is shown by emergence of red strips on its dorsum. Further pakhovy lymphadenitis (an inflammation of inguinal lymph nodes) and penis gangrene can develop.
Balanoposthitis reasons:
The main reason for an inflammation of a balanus and prepuce is accumulation of a smegma which is a medium for microorganisms. Also the balanitis and a balanoposthitis are promoted by inflammatory diseases of an urethra (urethritis), purulent diseases of skin of a penis, a venereal and hard ulcer, the breaking-up penis tumor. Much less often the purulent urethritis, allergic reaction, a diabetes mellitus can become the reason of a balanoposthitis.
Most often a factor which leads to emergence of a balanoposthitis is the phymosis — narrowing of a prepuce.
Treatment of the Balanoposthitis:
It is necessary to be treated for a balanoposthitis. If disease did not reach a severe form, treatment consists only in a regular careful toilet of a balanus with soap, with weak solutions of peroxide of hydrogen, potassium permanganate, Furacilin. In more hard cases it is necessary to resort to a course of antibacterial therapy.
If development of a disease is caused by a phymosis, then operational treatment is necessary. The minimum intervention - a longitudinal section of a prepuce is carried out to an acute phase of an inflammation, and after subsiding of sharpness of process the prepuce is exposed to circular excision (trimming operation).
