Having suffered on and off from balanitis over the years i’d say yes it is. The condition can be managed by washing the glans daily with water (no soap or shower gel) and letting it dry before rolling your foreskin back in place. I also find retracting when having a pee seems to stop any stray urine getting under there and aggravating the glans.
Is it normal that during the day it doesn’t bother me much but when I lie down in bed i find the most discomfort?
Also I first got the balanitis symptoms after a long course of antibiotics, which would point towards a yeast infection, but have now been prescribed more antibiotics? Won’t this just exacerbate the problem? i know we should trust the dr etc it just seems strange.
Also if there are any medical people reading this, as i have been prone to thrush should i take fluconazale at the end of the treatment of antibiotics or just use the cream as prescribed by the Dr. My last dose of fluconazale was about 2 weeks ago? I’m just concerned the antibiotics may treat the balanitis if it’s infection related and then be left with another dose of thrush! Any help would really be appreciated, it’s doing my head in this whole thing!
Thanks for the reply, i have been doing this a lot already . there was a period about 6 weeks ago where I was moisturizing twice a day with a hypoallergenic moisturizer called “Physio Gel”. Do you think this may have caused it?
antibiotics are known for causing thrush u should take fluconazole as a preventative after and apply clotrimazole cream also
ok great thanks for the response, will pick some up today.