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}}</ref> Often, unprotected sexual intercourse and poor hygiene or comorbidities, such as a [[foreskin]] constriction ([[phimosis]]) with subsequent limited hygiene, can be the cause.<ref name="DocCheck"/> | }}</ref> Often, unprotected sexual intercourse and poor hygiene or comorbidities, such as a [[foreskin]] constriction ([[phimosis]]) with subsequent limited hygiene, can be the cause.<ref name="DocCheck"/> | ||
Candida balanoposthitis causes cracks in the [[foreskin]]. Candida balanoposthitis is associated with diabetes.<ref name="verma2011">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Verma | |||
|first=Shyam B. | |||
|init=SB | |||
|author-link= | |||
|last2=Molina | |||
|first2=Uwe | |||
|init2=U | |||
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|etal=no | |||
|title=Looking through the cracks of diabetic candidal balanoposthitis! | |||
|journal=Int J Gen Med | |||
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|date=2011-07-07 | |||
|volume=4 | |||
|issue= | |||
|pages=511-3 | |||
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150172/ | |||
|pubmedID=21845057 | |||
|pubmedCID=3150172 | |||
|DOI=10.2147/IJGM.S17875 | |||
|accessdate=2023-09-11 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Therapy == | == Therapy == | ||