The redness and swelling of the glans may be due to friction, detergents and other physiological factors, no medication is needed, or it may be due to glansitis, gonorrhea and other diseases, the patient needs to comply with the doctor’s prescription medication.
1. Physiological factors: usually the glans is subjected to clothing and other external friction or stimulation by detergents, often appear red and swollen symptoms, is a normal physiological phenomenon, generally do not need to carry out drug treatment. Most of the patients can improve themselves after reducing local friction and avoiding external stimulation.
2. Glans: patients often appear skin and mucous membrane edema, erythema, erosion and other symptoms, which can also be manifested as red and swollen glans, and some patients may also be accompanied by pain, irritation and itching.
Generally candida glans need to use fluconazole, itraconazole and other antifungal drug treatment, and can also be used with topical miconazole cream, clotrimazole cream and so on. If the anaerobic infection is caused by the use of antibiotics such as metronidazole, and aerobic infection, but also need to choose the topical betamethasone cream or oral erythromycin and other antibiotic drugs treatment.
3. Gonorrhea: generally male patients often appear urethral burning, itching, redness and swelling and other symptoms, which can be manifested as glans redness and swelling. Patients need to use ceftriaxone, macrolide, cefotaxime and other antibiotics as soon as possible and in sufficient quantity. The patient’s sexual partner should also be examined and treated together.
It is recommended that patients with symptoms of glans redness and swelling, actively follow the doctor’s instructions reasonable medication, and do a good job of their own care, so as to avoid the condition of the prolonged not cure.