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→Diabetic males: Add info and link on diabetes in India.
==Diabetic males==
Diabetic males who have high sugar in their urine may have recurrent yeast infections. Verma & Molina (2011) report that balanoposthitis caused by yeast infection is prevalent in India where circumcised men are rare and the rate of diabetes is high.<ref name="verma2011">{{REFjournal |last=Verma |first=Shyam B. |author-link= |last2=Molina |first2=Uwe |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Looking through the cracks of diabetic candidal balanoposthitis! |trans-title= |language=English |journal=Int J Gen Med |location= |date=2011-07-07 |volume=4 |issue= |pages=511-3 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150172/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=21845057 |pubmedCID=3150172 |DOI=10.2147/IJGM.S17875 |accessdate=2020-06-23}}</ref> Better control of sugar levels is indicated. Recurrent yeast infections that are not responsive to better management of diabetes may be relieved by [[circumcision]].
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