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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"/>
[https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22961-candida-albicans Candida albicans] balanoposthitis causes cracking or fissuring in the [[foreskin]]. Candida albicans balanoposthitis is associated with diabetes.<ref name="verma2011">{{REFjournal
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|first=Shyam B.
== Complications ==
Possible complications include spreading of the infection to the [[glans]] ([[balanitis]]) as well as further ascending, which can lead to prostatitis or a [[urinary tract infection]].<ref name="DocCheck"/>
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