Their bites can cause a skin rash, which can leave crusty sores if you scratch it. Scabies is caused by tiny mites that burrow into the skin. Intense itching around the sexual organs that gets worse at night could be a symptom of scabies. If you’ve ever put yourself at risk of an STI, get yourself checked. If left untreated, gonorrhoea and chlamydia can lead to serious long-term health problems and infertility. Both are easily treated with antibiotics. Both are sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It’s normal to produce some whitish or clear fluid from the tip of the penis when you’ve been sexually excited or first thing in the morning.īut a thick white, yellow or green discharge and pain when you pee may be symptoms of gonorrhoea or chlamydia. Squeezing or scratching the lesions could cause it to spread. Treatment isn’t always recommended as MC usually clears up by itself. They may rupture to give out a yellowy-white substance. They’re usually firm, raised and painless. The lesions are usually less than 5mm across with a central dimple. Spots or abnormal patches of skin on the penis could be a sign of molluscum contagiosum (MC). Although there’s no cure, genital herpes can be effectively controlled using antiviral drugs. Many people don’t know they have it because there are often few or no initial symptoms. Genital herpes is a virus usually caught through sex. Painful red blisters that burst to leave open sores on and around your penis could be a sign of genital herpes. Pubic lice is usually easily treated with insecticide medicines.

These are empty lice eggshells that look like white oval dots, attached to the base of your hairs. Blue spots, caused by lice bites, may appear on your skin. Lice droppings can leave a dark-coloured powder on your skin or underwear. Itchy red spots in the pubic hair region may be a sign of a pubic lice infection, also called crabs. It most commonly affects men over the age of 50.Įarly penile cancer can present as an area of inflammation while larger tumours present as a noticeable lump on the penis. It occurs on the skin of the penis or within the penis. Some of the most common penis problems are:

If you've got a problem around your penis, you should go to your GP or a sexual health clinic to get it checked out.

Skin attached to glans