[identity profile] vertbio.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vaginapagina
I'm a cis*female/vagina owner, my partner is a cis*male/penis owner (I'm trying to be proper here with terms and not offend anybody, if I do I'm so sorry! Please correct me!) and he recently has had some dryness on his penis just below the head. The skin is flakey and even a bit raw in small patches to the point it hurts him during sex. It's not a very large area, just a little. We've been abstaining to give his penis time to heal, but it sure seems like it's been taking a long time. This has been going on a week and the last time he had a very minor penis injury, a very small patch of rawness from chaffing after a lot of hiking, it healed within a couple days.

I was browsing VP and noticed somebody mentioned that a yeast infection can be passed back and forth from having sex, even to a penis owning partner. It dawned on me that I recently did have a yeast infection and I think it may have been right before this issue with his penis came up. My infection cleared up on it's own, as it usually does. This is only the third one I've had, second since I've had this partner. I've never taken any prescription treatments for them, and I do know for certain that the first two did entirely clear up because I had exams to test for infections of any type before I had my Mirena put in and was completely clear.

But now I'm wondering if the reason he's having flakey skin and irritation on his penis is because he caught my yeast infection. We've had sex a couple times since, and the irritation on his penis continues to clear up, it's just taking a while. All my symptoms are completely gone.

Is that a normal symptom for a yeast infection on a penis? Will this go away on it's own as mine has? Should I be feeding him certain foods like yogurt or acidophilus? My boyfriend is very aversive to medications...He actually asked if I used my OTC external cream for yeast infections and was ready to blame it for the issue lol. But I might be able to convince him to let me put some on if this is the case if it will work.

Date: 2012-09-11 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lupinelullaby.livejournal.com
My husband is prone to yeast infections and his symptoms are always flaky skin and irritation. Creams and yogurt never work very well, only Fluconazole taken orally ever works to fully get rid of a yeast infection for him. But his infections are always very stubborn.

Date: 2012-09-11 11:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hikerpoet.livejournal.com
Yeah, sounds like that could be it. They are treated the same way as yours would be, as in the creams and the oral prescriptions if needed (The first commenter's note that the creams they don't work on her partner are specific to her partner, and not penises in general) and any alternative treatments. So it is certainly worth a try as you suspect.

A doctor can confirm, but be careful depending on where you live. My husband caught one once and they said they were going to do a swab to confirm and test but they didn't tell him they were gonna do a full STI workup. He was extremely low risk (and sure enough came back negative for everything) and it was $400 given our deductible. Eek! Of course your guy may want that, but they weren't clear.

Date: 2012-09-11 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-physicist.livejournal.com
my boyfriend and i went and made sure about STDs too. they wouldn't even give him the oral capsule or the cream though, but you can buy it OTC where we live.

as it need to take the pill to get rid of them, cream does nothing (for me personally), so i just bought one for my bf, because i wasn't going to risk him not getting rid of it with the cream and passing it back on to me...


OP... definitely sounds likely to me too that your bf has a YI.

Date: 2012-09-11 01:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teacupcake89.livejournal.com
yes, I would get him to put the external cream on for 3-7 days and maybe an oral pill aswell. If your boyfriend is reluctant you could just make it clear that you won't be having sex until it clears up (so you don't get another yeast infection!)

OR you could show/scare him with this from the BBC Health website: "if you don’t have treatment, vaginal thrush may trigger inflammation of the urethra (urethritis) in a male partner." which I'm sure would not be very pleasant! :D

I usually give my bf the cream when i have thrush (last time he said it just felt sore, no itching etc but the soreness went away with the cream)

Date: 2012-09-16 01:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blush10ac.livejournal.com
You mentioned a previous injury, my BF had an injury right below the head of his penis (mis-timed thrust during oral and hit teeth) and he keeps a flaky spot there which sometimes gets irritated and painful. I can't help because we haven't found a solution, though making sure it is clean and dry after sex seems to help.

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