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A Man with a Red, Itchy Penis

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Michel, a 19-year-old student, attends a Sexual Health clinic with a 2-day history of having an itchy red penis. He is otherwise well, and he is not receiving any medication. There have not been previous episodes of genital inflammation. His first sexual intercourse had been 3 days previously with a young woman whom he had met at a club. He used a condom only toward the end of vaginal intercourse.

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    The terms balanitis and posthitis refer, respectively, to inflammation of the glans and mucosal surface of the prepuce.

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McMillan, A. (2009). A Man with a Red, Itchy Penis. In: Sexually Transmissible Infections in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-557-4_12

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