PENIS!!!!! Flashcards
Balanitis/Posthitis Etiology –
typically monilial (yeast; usually in poorly controlled DM)
Balanitis/Posthitis Work-up –
visual inspection;
HgbA1c,
STI testing
Balanitis/Posthitis Treatment –
lotrimin +/- limited course of mild topical steroid; control DM; hygiene
inability to retract foreskin
Phimosis
Phimosis etiology
Physiologic: normal to age 4
Pathologic: usually feature of poor DM control in adult with monilial (yeast) posthitis; rarely traumatic
Phimosis presentation
penile pain; fissuring of foreskin; deflection with erection; associated UTI; associated urinary retention
Phimosis work up
good exam; urine C&S;
urinary residual;
HgbA1c
Phimosis treatment
Child: expectant until age 4, then topical steroid
If refractory, refer for consideration of circumcision
Adult: Nystatin +/- topical steroid ( Mycolog)
foreskin is stuck in retracted position, cannot be reduced
Paraphimosis
Paraphimosis etiology
Iatrogenic – frequent feature of poor catheter care
Tight phimosis with retraction of prepuce
Paraphimosis presentation
Edema, redness, pain
Glans can potentially be compromised
Need to ask patient, family, caregiver: “Circumcised?”
Paraphimosis tx
Manual compression/reduction of edematous tissue Dorsal slit (incise the foreskin in the OR)
inflammation of the urethra
Urethritis
Urethritis Etiology
STI (usually gonococcal, chlamydial)
Urethritis Presentation
diffuse purulent d/c with dysuria