Complete confusion, Thrush, Balanitis or something else? (new here)

[j_alex]

I've been suffering for about 1.5years now with on and off again symptoms that could be thrush, balanitis or possibly something else.

I frequently get small, paper-cut like cuts on my foreskin after sex which feels like it's due to a tight foreskin. I then usually stop having sex while they heal, after which my foreskin feels tighter. I have had thrush in the past and was prescribed Canesten cream to help so I've been applying this whenever I get the cuts and it seems to help. Now and again I'll get very small patches of dry skin near the stop of my shaft which "brush off" and leave a sore patch like a graze.

I'm just tired of it now and suspect it's a recurrent symptom an underlying bacterial infection like Balanitis.

Has anyone else experienced something similar and wouldn't mind sharing some advice?

Many thanks!

extra tags:

Thrush, Bacteria, Male, Penis, Balanitis, Skin, Cuts

[markh57]

I wonder whether your problems are all as a result of having an over tight foreskin? The medical term for this is phimosis. Might be worth discussing with your Dr as this can be corrected.

[j_alex in reply to markh57]

I went to the docs a couple days ago and was told it was just dermititis (eczema) and that the small cuts were a symptom and that this was perfectly normal and common in men. The doc's advice was to use plenty of lubricant during sex and not to "over-work" the skin. I asked if it was thrush or another bacterial infection, to that he said definitely not and just dermititis.

So I guess it's a case of suck it up and get on with life!

[markh57 in reply to j_alex]

Thanks for the update.

Well I was on completely the wrong track then. lol

So you will be experimenting with different lubes no doubt.

At least you know it's not infective, so you cant pass it on to your partner. That is some reassurance at least.