instruction: hello doctor first I went to the doctor for extremely itchy scrotum that felt as if it had cuts in it and red spots on my penis that dry white my itchy scrotum is now healed but I have got little cuts at the base of my penis and those spots will not go he gave me scabies cream but I do not know if it is working is this an sad I am scared I am currently using permethrin cream
output: hi I have reviewed the attached photograph and I can see few red erosion at the base of the penis they can be either an irritant reaction to something you have applied over the penis or due to herpes virus infection which is an sad sexually transmitted disease in herpes infection there are small fluid filled blisters to start with followed by erosion which are painful and heal over two to three weeks to confirm herpetic infection you can go for elisa enzyme linked immunosorbent assay test hav herpes simplex virus egg hav i'm hav egg and hav i'm in scabies there is excessive itching on the body especially at night positive family history of scabies and itchy red bumps on the body including penis and scrotum but cuts or erosion are not seen in scabies on the erosion you should apply topical antibiotics like mupirocin or neosporin neomycin ointment I hope this helps irritant herpes virus elisa for herpes virus irritant contact dermatitis herpes genitals mupirocin ointment or neosporin ointment wash the area with plain water avoid soap on the affected area after seven days