{"id":14625,"date":"2019-01-02T21:11:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T21:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14625"},"modified":"2019-01-02T21:11:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T21:11:44","slug":"yes-men-can-get-thrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/yes-men-can-get-thrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Men Can Get Thrush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people think that only women can get yeast infections, but men can get thrush too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In men, thrust often affects the foreskin and head of the penis, causing inflammation at the tip known as balanitis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Symptoms of thrush<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Candida yeasts live on the skin and mucous membranes normally, an overgrowth can cause symptoms, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> swelling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> irritation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> itching around the head of the penis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> itchy rash<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> red skin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pain during urination<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> painful sex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lumpy discharge under the foreskin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> difficulty pulling back the foreskin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although candidiasis can occur during intercourse, it\u2019s not considered a sexually transmitted infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Risk factors for thrush<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because poor hygiene is a risk factor, washing thoroughly can go a long way in preventing thrust. Still, there are other risk factors, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> diabetes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using too many cleansing products<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> antibiotics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> immunosuppression<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> corticosteroids<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Thrush treatments<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a mild case of thrush, it probably won\u2019t require a trip to the doctor. You can buy topical over-the-counter antifungal cream at the pharmacy. Apply it once a day for 7 to 21 days as directed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you get a prescription from your doctor, it may be one of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Monistat (miconazole nitrate)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Specazole (econazole nitrate)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lotrimin (clotrimazole)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Prevention<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to prevent getting thrush is with good hygiene. That means:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wash your penis with warm, running water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Avoid soaps or shower gels with perfumes as they can irritate your penis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thoroughly dry your penis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Choose loose-fitting underwear. Cotton is the best fabric to help keep your genitals cool and dry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Complications from thrush<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s rare for healthy men to develop invasive candidiasis. Most people who are at risk for this fungal infection of the blood have a weakened immune system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other factors that put you at risk of complications from thrush include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> diabetes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> HIV<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being on dialysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> having a central venous catheter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> chemotherapy or radiotherapy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> immunosuppressant drugs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people think that only women can get yeast infections, but men can get thrush too. In men, thrust often affects the foreskin and head of the penis, causing inflammation at the tip known as balanitis. Symptoms of thrush Although Candida yeasts live on the skin and mucous membranes normally, an overgrowth can cause symptoms, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[928,929],"class_list":["post-14625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-thrush","tag-thrush-in-men"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}