| Sign / Symptom |
Possible cause |
Treatment |
Remarks |
| Abnormal clearish discharge from the penis
(NSU) |
Chlamydia Mycoplasma |
Doxycycline, tetracycline or azithromycin |
Needs lab test initially and on follow up
to ensure treatment is successful. |
| Pussy,
yellowish discharge from
penis (Urethritis) |
Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia or others |
Antibiotic |
Lab tests
needed to
confirm diagnosis. |
| Pain on passing water. Urge to pass water
frequently (NSU) |
Chlamydia or Mycoplasma as above |
As above for NSU |
Common. In older men may be a bladder
infection. Seek medical advice. |
| Itchy or painful, cold sore-like recurring
ulcers or blisters on foreskin and behind head |
Herpes. |
Zovirax: controls but rarely cures |
A common STD. The genital equivalent of
cold sores. Spread by body contact and oral sex. Seek medical help. |
| Painless
watery papule or blister on the crown of the penis.
Weepy discharge. Later a general skin rash on most of the body. |
Syphilis |
Antibiotics |
Usually sexually
transmitted. Distinguished from the much commoner herpes because latter
are painful. Syphilis is very infectious. Papule initially goes away if
untreated by infection invades whole body and reappears in a more serious
form. Easily confirmed by laboratory tests. Fairly easily and cheaply
treated but it is really important that you don't delay. There are also
non sexually transmitted forms in warm regions of the world. |
Itchy skin, reddish rash in pubic area
Generalised itchy rash, worse when in hot environment |
Lice
Scabies |
Parasiticidal drugs |
Spreads by
close body contact of sexual nature. Easily
treated. Visit sexual health (GUM) clinic. |
| Genital warts |
HPV |
Various
treatments |
An STI caused by a virus. Seek medical advice.
Readily treated. |
