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== Background == | == Background == | ||
Usually it is a bacterial or fungus-related infection, but posthitis can also be caused by chemical or physical irritation. 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"/> | Usually it is a bacterial or fungus-related infection, but posthitis can also be caused by chemical or physical irritation.<ref name="edwards1996">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Edwards | |||
|first=Sarah | |||
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|title=Balanitis and balanoposthitis: a review | |||
|journal=Genitourin Med | |||
|date=1996 | |||
|volume=72 | |||
|issue= | |||
|pages=155-9 | |||
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1195642/pdf/genitmed00009-0009.pdf | |||
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|pubmedID=8707315 | |||
|pubmedCID=195642 | |||
|DOI=10.1136/sti.72.3.155 | |||
|accessdate=2019-10-26 | |||
}}</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"/> | |||
== Therapy == | == Therapy == | ||