Symptom examination of balanitis

summary

Balanitis is a kind of urinary tract infection disease that men are familiar with. This disease plagues many men's health and affects their daily life. Balanitis patients at the beginning only found their own glans itching, swelling, glans secretions and so on. After getting balanitis, we have to go to a regular hospital for professional examination. Next, let's know what examination items we need to do!

Symptom examination of balanitis

1. If there is Candida on the glans, we can take materials from the glans and prepuce of the lesion for microscopic examination or culture to find Candida. Trichomonal balanitis is better to do, you can find trichomonal in secretions.

2. The glans, coronal sulcus or scales on the surface of prepuce lesions of the penis were scraped as specimens for examination. Use 10% potassium hydroxide or normal saline to clean the samples to be examined. Under the mirror, groups of oval spores and pseudohyphae can be seen. If more pseudohyphae are found during the examination, it indicates that Candida is in the pathogenic stage.

3. Gram staining or PAs staining can also be used for staining examination, and the positive rate is higher than that of direct microscopic examination.

matters needing attention

Once the symptoms of balanitis appear in our life, we must remember to go to the regular andrology hospital for examination as soon as possible. We can't judge blindly and cause unnecessary trouble. If in the professional andrology hospital after a series of tests found that he really got balanitis, listen to the doctor's arrangement, according to the requirements to do it.