Penis Disorders—Abscess

An abscess is a pocket of pus. You can get an abscess almost anywhere in your body. When an area of your body becomes infected, your body’s immune system tries to fight the infection. White blood cells go to the infected area, collect within the damaged tissue, and cause inflammation. During this process, pus forms. Pus is a mixture of living and dead white blood cells, germs, and dead tissue.

Bacteria, viruses, parasites and swallowed objects can all lead to abscesses. Skin abscesses are easy to detect. They are red, raised and painful. Abscesses inside your body may not be obvious and can damage organs, including the brain, lungs and others. Treatments include drainage and antibiotics.

• Abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Abscess scan – radioactive (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Amebic liver abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Anorectal abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Bartholin cyst or abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Brain abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Epidural abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Intra-abdominal abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Pancreatic abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Perirenal abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Peritonsillar abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Pilonidal cyst resection (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Pyogenic liver abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Retropharyngeal abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Skin abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Subareolar abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Tooth abscess (Medical Encyclopedia)

Also called: Penile disorders

Problems with the penis can cause pain and affect a man’s sexual function and fertility. Penis disorders include

• Erectile dysfunction – inability to get or keep an erection
• Priapism – a painful erection that does not go away
• Peyronie’s disease – bending of the penis during an erection due to a hard lump called a plaque
• Balanitis – inflammation of the skin covering the head of the penis, most often in men and boys who have not been circumcised
• Penile cancer – a rare form of cancer, highly curable when caught early

• Balanitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Cancer – penis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Curvature of the penis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Epididymitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Epispadias (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Erythroplasia of Queyrat (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Hypospadias (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Hypospadias repair (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Hypospadias repair – discharge (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Paraphimosis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Penis pain (Medical Encyclopedia)