Penis Disorders—Cellulitis

Cellulitis is an infection of the skin and deep underlying tissues. Group A strep (streptococcal) bacteria are the most common cause. The bacteria enter your body when you get an injury such as a bruise, burn, surgical cut, or wound.

Symptoms include

• Fever and chills
• Swollen glands or lymph nodes
• A rash with painful, red, tender skin. The skin may blister and scab over.

Your health care provider may take a sample or culture from your skin or do a blood test to identify the bacteria causing infection. Treatment is with antibiotics. They may be oral in mild cases, or intravenous (by IV) for more severe cases.

NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

• Cellulitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Orbital cellulitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Perianal streptococcal cellulitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Periorbital cellulitis (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)