Title: Penis Yeast Infection, What You Need to Know
Headings: Penis Yeast Infection, What You Need to Know
Penis Yeast Infection, What You Need to Know
How Do You Get a Penile Yeast Infection
Penis Yeast Infection Symptoms
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Content: Jan 17, 2020. Author: Richard Harold "Hal" Flowers, IV, MD; Chief Editor: Dirk M Elston, MD
How Do You Get a Penile Yeast Infection
Men can get a penis yeast infection from sex with a woman that has a vaginal yeast infection; from oral sex from a person with thrush, or from anal sex with an infected individual. Over use of Nonoxynol-9 which is a common spermicide found in contraceptive products has been found to rapidly increase the growth of naturally  occurring yeast’s both in the vagina and on the skin. Diabetes and of course antibiotics can play a role as well but with penile yeast infections this possible cause is not as common as intestinal yeast. However, intestinal yeast overgrowth can be a contributing factor of any skin yeast condition. A penis yeast infection is typically called candida balanitis, but balanitis itself can have other causes.