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Balanitis

Balanitis: Introduction

Balanitis: Inflammation of the penis head (glans). More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Balanitis is available below.

Symptoms of Balanitis

• Penis head inflammation
• Penis skin toughening
• Foreskin tissue scarring
• Lost foreskin elasticity
• more symptoms...»

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Treatments for Balanitis

• Pain medications
• Careful bathing
• Sexual abstinence
• Antibiotics
• Treatment of any underlying condition - especially for any sexually transmitted diseases
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Balanitis

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Balanitis?

• Misdiagnosis of Balanitis
• Failure to diagnose Balanitis
• Hidden causes of Balanitis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Balanitis

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Balanitis: Deaths

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Balanitis: Complications

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Causes of Balanitis

• Fungal infection
• Penile candidiasis
• Viral infection
• Bacterial infection
• Dermatitis
• more causes...»

See full list of 12 causes of Balanitis

More information about causes of Balanitis:

• Underlying causes of Balanitis
• Balanitis as a complication caused by other conditions

Disease Topics Related To Balanitis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Balanitis:

• Bacterial urethritis
• Chemical urethritis
• Foreskin infection
• Masturbation
• Reiter's syndrome
• Sexually transmitted infection
• more related diseases...»

Balanitis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Sexual Disorders & STDs -- serious diseases often undiagnosed:
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Gonorrhea -- Undiagnosed
  • HIV -- Undiagnosed
  • Genital Herpes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hepatitis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Hospitals & Clinics: Balanitis

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• Urinary Health (Urology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Balanitis, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Prevention of Balanitis

Prevention information for Balanitis has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Balanitis.

• Careful bathing
• Cleaning under the foreskin
• Urinary hygiene
• Sexual hygiene
• more preventions...»

Read more about prevention of Balanitis

Balanitis: Broader Related Topics

• Foreskin conditions
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• Men only conditions
• Men's health conditions
• Genital conditions
• more types...»

Types of Balanitis

Balanitis Message Boards

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• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
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• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Balanitis:

Inflammation of the glans penis. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Inflammation of the head of the penis - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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