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Consultation: Painful Penis

Dr Jessen treats a patient whose pleasures in life have been severely curtailed by a problem penis.

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im 22 and after sex or masturbating my penis becomes sore. the foreskin doesnt retract over the head of my penis and sometimes cracks at the tip and becomes painful. generally the whole area becomes red and slightly inflamed. also i sometimes get a white/ creamy coloured fluid under and around my foreskin that smells horrible...too embarrassed to go docs..help please.





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See Doctor asp, it sounds like a condition I suffered from called Phimosis and is very,very common. it can sometimes be treated with creams but may require circumscision. Do not leave it as the white fluid may cause future problems. Good luck.

im 28 and have been having a sore 4 skin every time i masturbate the skin splits and bleeds i leave it for a week and then it heals but as soon as i masturbate if happends again? its been on going for about 3 years, also i found a wart on the shaft of my penis and had some warticon cream from the g.u.m clinic and the wart spread i then had about 6, i tryed the cream again on 2 more ocassions and now they have spread even more! i have a bout 30 now im gutted they are very small and not that noticable but im to embarssted to go to the doctor again, i just dont know what to do, can any one help and does any one know if the soreness of my 4 skin has any thing to do with having warts?......





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hi every so often i get a pain full penis and i cant pull my 4 skin back beacuse its swolen can u help me





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Hi, i have these white spots on my penis and also around the head of my penis it dosent bother me in any such way or form i was just wondering what it was and how do i cure it? is it normal? i'm 24 & not had sex in 3 months as its recently appeared and i'm worried incase it is something.





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Hi, when i pull my 4 skin back i have these white spots on my penis and also around the head of my penis it dosent bother me in any such way or form i was just wondering what it was and how do i cure it ?





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hi im 24 and the head of my penis seems to fat for my foreskin when im having sex with my gf it sometimes splits at the end of the foreskin it bleeds and then becomes very sore, do you think i need a cercumcision.





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my foreskin doesnt retract but doesnt cause any discomfort or pain when having sex is everything ok im 16 btw





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after masturbating for 2-3 mins i get a pain and i have to stop. its at the end of my penis. Why? please help





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to everyone with tight foreskins - its normal! every night in the bath/shower stretch your foreskin further and further back, i also had a very tight foreskin - coulnt stretch it over the head, but its been a week now of just slowly stretching it and now it slides over the head with ease.





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hi guys all girls should like you 4 you and not coz of the size or shape of your penis. Build sum confidence in yourself b4 you have sex coz the ryt girl would love u 4 u.





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