Male Thrush 

Male Thrush: Yes that’s right - male thrush. This type of infection is not just a woman’s condition that people believe it to be. Vaginal thrush is a common in ladies, but it is however a huge problem for men too.

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Thrush is a yeast infection (also called Candida) and is caused by an overgrowth of the fungus called Candida albicans. Men with a foreskin are most likely to suffer from male thrush infection because the clammy warmth underneath encourages growth of the fungus. Symptoms of male thrush are pretty much the same as the female type - but of course we are dealing and going to tend with a different organ of the body when looking to treat the problem i.e. the penis as opposed to the vagina. 

Male thrush can also be called penile thrush; regardless of what it is called it is a painful condition for men to have to endure.

It is possible to can 'catch' a yeast infection of the penis through unprotected sex but then again you can be celibate and still develop penile thrush. Yeasts occur naturally in and on the body, but they only become a problem when they suddenly start to overgrow becoming out of control. Common symptoms are redness ( Inflammation) and raised small spots on the head of the penis or on the foreskin. Irritation and itching are likely and there may be a discharge and some material (smegma) may collect under the foreskin which looks a bit like cottage cheese and has a yeasty smell. The skin can feel like its burning when weeing.

Male thrush is not a life threatening condition, however still disorder men don’t wish to suffer from.

If you are suffering any of the symptoms then pop along to your GP who will examine you and determine your condition. Once a diagnosis has been made and clarifies you have the male thrush infection, the quicker the appropriate medication can be prescribed to clear the infection

Good hygiene and saline bathing helps, and keeping under the foreskin dry is most vital.

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You can try and treat the infection yourself with an anti-fungal cream called clotrimazole which you can get from the chemist without prescription. Keep applying the cream for as long as it takes to clear up the symptoms and you are totally rid of the infection. It’s hard I know for some folk, but you must avoid having sex while infected. It makes sense to keep you and your sexual partner safe.

There are many conditions we link to women, but those same conditions affect men too, but usually they come under another name. So it may pay you to look at the treatments given to women to clear their problem, which may help clear yours too. Always check with your GP before endorsing something new in the way of treatments.

Help yourself stay free from male thrush by eating a well balanced diet low in fats and sugar

If you're confident that you do have male thrush and buy some over the counter medication from the chemist or pharmacy read the instructions carefully. On the packaging it usually says something on the lines that if they haven't worked after 7 days see your doctor, this is not written down for fun, it purely says that maybe your condition maybe more serious, or something else that only a doctor can put right.