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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.<ref name="edwards1996" />
Diagnosis requires an accurate history, and such tests as biopsy and a swab with a culture.<ref name="edwards1996" /> In the absence of a diagnosis, any prescription for treatment is a guess and is likely to fail.
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==Childhood==
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}}</ref> which suggests a protective effect for the [[foreskin]].
A boy's [[foreskin]] should not be retracted until the boy does it for himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
|last=Wright
|init=JE
|title=Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin"
|journal=Med J Aust
|volume=160
|issue=
|pages=134-135
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright2/
|quote=
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|date=1994-02-07
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==Excessive washing and non-specific dermatitis==
Birley et al. (1993) report reported excessive washing, especially with the use of soap, will dry the oils out of tissues and cause a balanitis like inflammation. The use of soap (including body wash, shower gel, and shampoo) should be avoidedand emollients should be applied.<ref name="Birley1991" >{{REFjournal
|last=Birley
|init=HDL
|DOI=10.1136/sti.69.5.400
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}}</ref> One [[intact]] man recommends applying a "thin layer of jojoba oil" to one's [[glans]] and inner [[foreskin]] daily.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/balanitis/comments/walcbh/the_jojoba_oil_solution/ |title=The jojoba oil solution |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=REDDIT |date=2022 |accessdate=2025-01-07}}</ref> Although it is commonly believed that the human [[foreskin]] is the source of infection so must be constantly washed to prevent [[infection]], that is not true. [[Paul M. Fleiss|Fleiss]], [[Frederick M. Hodges| Hodges]] & [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (1998) reported the foreskin has both [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that help to prevent disease.<ref name="Fleiss1997">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> Washing removes the protective substances and leaves the [[penis]] prone to [[infection]], so washing should be limited and soap should not be used.
Balanoposthitis is ''not'' usually an indication for [[adult circumcision]].
==Yeast infections and diabetic males==
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==Diagnosis and treatment==
Balanitis has many possible instigators. Diagnosis requires an accurate history, and such tests as biopsy and a swab with a culture.<ref name="edwards1996" /> In the absence of a diagnosis, any prescription for treatment is a guess and is likely to fail.
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.<ref name="edwards1996" />
==Video==
===Penis pain and inflammation? Balanitis Explained: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment Options===
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Fungal infection]]
* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]
* [[Issues with American urologists and the practice of male circumcision]]
* [[Penis]]
* [[Preputial sac]]