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Consultation: Soreness on the Penis

Dr Christian Jessen diagnoses a patient complaining of irritation and soreness on his penis in this consultation from the first series of Embarrassing Illnesses. At the same time Dr Jessen gives out some advice on STDs and the perils of unsafe sex.

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Hi, i,ve got a patch of dry skin on my penis and under my foreskin .I treated it with canasten but it seemeed to spread so i treated it with T.c.p which made it dry again so i tried E45cream.Now the skin is discoloured.Ive been with the same partner for twenty years. Any suggestions ?

im chris 24 and I suffer from redness on my penis. It has been a problem for some time now. I have been given thrush cream by my GP, it does help for a while then the problem reoccurs. Is there anything I can do? thanks

I get redness on my penis im a 24 year old man and this keeps reoccuring it can be sore and hard to get rid of. What can I do?.
thanks

I get redness on my penis im a 24 year old man and this keeps reoccuring it can be sore and hard to get rid of. What can I do?.
thanks

hi i have had a lump which goes right the way around my penis just behind the penis shaft. i am dreadfully worried about it and would just like you to mayby give me an answer for what it is.

thanks

i have a tight foreskin when arrect and will not go back atall what do i do i am 16

hi,im 21. a couple of years ago i tore the skin joining the foreskin with the tip of the penis. there is now a scar. is there annything i can do ???

hi i'm 28 years old but for a long time i've been troubling with my hamstring on my penis. It splits an gets very sore for no reason. it happens even when i don't have sex. i just look an its there, split an sore. it's so sore it restricts me to having sex. is there a problem an how can i get it sorted.

Hi im looking for a bit of advice. I have a red blotch on my penis when i pull my forskin back its just under the rim. It can get quite irritating and smelly also i seem to have flakey skin coming from both uner the rim and on the tip when erect but when not erect it seems like moist skin from under the rim only is peeling away. I have had the same partner for 21 years and she doesnt seem to have any of the symptoms. I have tried cream for thrush and this had no effect at all do you have any advice please.

hi, ive had some tiny pimplesaround the area of my penis and they seem to be around areas of hair, i had them long before i had sex and they dont give me any trouble i would just like to know if they are bad or not?




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