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Add commend by Abdennader et al.
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|title=BalanitisandbalanoposthitisBalanitis and balanoposthitis:areviewa review |journal=GenitourinMedGenitourin Med
|date=1996
|volume=72
It has many causes, including fungal, yeast, virus, or bacterial infection, environmental irritants, excess sugar in urine, and others.
The treatment of balanoposthitis requires accurate diagnosis of the cause of the balanoposthitis because different treatments are required for different causes. Abdennader ''et al''. (1996) observe that such dermatological conditions as psoriasis, lichen planus, lichen sclerosus, fixed drug eruptions, and bullous diseases are not balanitis.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Abdennader |first=S |author-link= |coauthors=Casin I, Janier M, Morel P |title=Balanitis and balanoposthitis: a review |journal=Genitourin Med |date=1996 |volume=72 |issue= |pages=434-5 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1195747/pdf/genitmed00012-0067b.pdf |quote= |pubmedID=9038655 |pubmedCID=1195747 |DOI=10.1136/sti.72.6.453-a |accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref>
One can’t properly treat balanoposthitis until one knows what is causing it. Different causes require different treatments. When one knows the cause, then an appropriate treatment can be selected.