Candida balanoposthitis: treatment

Thrush in males appears as a candida balanoposthitis. This inflammatory lesion of the internal prepuce, as well as the skin of the glans penis, which, like women, is caused by yeast-like fungi of the genus Candida. Balanoposthitis is the most common type of urogenital candidiasis seen in male patients.

Treatment

  • Candida balanoposthitis, treatment of the disease requires a certain diet, which excludes sweet, spicy, pickled and spicy. Naturally, it is necessary to completely eliminate the reception of alcoholic beverages.
  • To achieve effective and effective treatment, the recommendation includes the point that during the treatment period it will be necessary to abstain from sexual activity.
  • If the case is severe, you need to use a course of antibacterial therapy.
  • If the disease is caused by phimosis, then surgical treatment is needed. Conduct a longitudinal dissection of the foreskin, after reducing the severity of the process, a circumcision operation is performed.
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  • If there is no phimosis - a narrowing of the foreskin, conservative treatment is used. Inside prescribe the use of furagin, nevigramona, biseptol, nitroxoline, levomitsetina, oletetrina, erythromycin in usual doses.
  • If the balanoposthis is pustular-ulcerative, it is necessary to inject intramuscularly antibiotics of wide action.
  • Locally use warm baths with potassium permanganate in the ratio 1: 5000, rivanol, 1: 2000,1% solution of dioxidine, furicillin. After the tray, the foreskin and the glans penis are gently drained with sterile gauze and lubricated with various antiseptic agents. With the same solutions it is quite possible to moisten gauze compresses between the foreskin and the glans penis.
  • A favorable effect is also provided by powders with streptocid, xerophore, dermatol and others.
  • With balanoposthitis, which occurs in diabetic patients, treatment is directed to the underlying disease.
  • With balanoposthitis, which is caused by yeast fungi, antibiotics are not prescribed, a good effect is provided by warm baths with a concentrated solution of soda.
  • In a disease that combines with phimosis, excision of the prepuce in a circle is required, then the general and local therapy described above is used. Treatment of an acute illness usually leads to recovery within 2-3 weeks. When switching candidiasis balanoposthitis to chronic and unnecessary therapy, it is better to use topical corticosteroids - prednisolone ointment, oxycorte. The prognosis in the early stages of the disease is favorable.

Analyzes of

It should be noted that in addition to self-harm and the development of balanoposthitis, there is a secondary attachment of candidiasis infection against the background of already manifested balanoposthitis of another origin. Analyzes are carried out microscopic and cultural, which allows you to establish an accurate diagnosis. It should be noted that an increase in the number of cases of this disease complicates the process of treatment of candida balanoposthitis, makes it useless to prescribe the usual antifungal drugs, for example, clotrimazole, levorin.