A penis kept in perfect hygienic conditions has a neutral, not unpleasant odor. The presence of bad smells, therefore, can be due to poor hygiene, but also to genitourinary diseases such as blenorrhagia.
it is a viscous, whitish and foul-smelling substance that - in the absence of "adequate intimate hygiene - accumulates under the foreskin, giving the penis a bad smell. NB: the foreskin is the layer of skin that covers the glans, that is the extremity terminal of the penis; typically the foreskin retracts during erection to reveal the glans.
The accumulation of smegma, in itself, has nothing pathological; this material is in fact made up of sebaceous and prostatic secretions, and exfoliated epithelial cells (dead cells that detach from the glans penis and foreskin). The sebaceous material derives in particular from the activity of the Tyson's glands or preputial glands.
However, if it is not adequately removed, smegma accumulates favoring the proliferation of bacteria, which metabolize its protein and lipid components, producing bad-smelling substances.
The accumulation of smegma tends to increase after intense sexual stimulation or masturbation practices. Its removal is important because - beyond bad smells - the stagnation of this material tends to trigger local inflammation and excessive bacterial proliferation.
Being devoid of foreskin, the problem of smegma spares the circumcised subjects. Conversely, it tends to be more severe in patients with phimosis, that is, with a too tight foreskin that slides with difficulty over the glans. In this regard, it should be considered that the presence of the foreskin favors bacterial proliferation, as it creates a warm, humid microenvironment rich in secretions and nutrients for the bacteria.
Foul-smelling penis with drain
The leakage of viscous, opaque-yellowish secretions and bad-smelling secretions from the urethra, is often a sign of a sexually transmitted disease called gonorrhea (or blenorrhagia) and commonly called discharge.
Chlamydial infection and male candida can also be associated with the loss of whitish secretions from the penis.
Sometimes the loss of secretions becomes noticeable only by squeezing the glans. Other times, the losses are absent despite the subject being a (healthy) carrier of the disease.
The presence of an infection can also be accompanied by burning during the emission of urine; other symptoms potentially associated with sexually transmitted diseases include testicular pain or swelling, fever, ulcerative lesions of the penis, and inflammation of the glans penis.
lukewarm, which can be combined with a delicate intimate cleanser; hygiene must be carried out by rubbing the area well, in order to remove the smegma that accumulates in the numerous folds;
