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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 |author-link= |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 |quote= |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"/>