A male genital disease is a condition that affects the male reproductive system. The human male genitals consist of testicles and epididymides, ductus deferentes, seminal vesicles and ejaculatory ducts, prostate, bulbourethral glands, and penis.
Classification by type of disease
Infection
Aetiological agents
Bacterial Erythrasma Balanoposthitis Fournier's Gangrene
Fungus Candidiasis Tinea cruris
Parasites Cutaneous larva migrans Pubic lice Scabies Tick
Virus Molluscum contagiosum Herpes: simplex, zoster
Cancers The probability of contracting a cancerous development depends on age, ethnicity and the existence, or non-existence, of environmental causation. Unlike all other genitally situated cancers, the incidence of penis cancer is related to the sexual mode of transmission.
Inflammation An example of a male genital disease is orchitis.
Classification by location of disease
Penis Mondor's disease is a non-common disease Peyronie's disease is diagnosed when there is evidence of scar tissue formation within the tunica albuginea, tissue which contributes to the maintenance of the erectile state
Prostate The three most statistically frequently occurring diseases of the prostate gland are benign hyperplasia (a swelling of the gland, not due to cancerous accumulation), prostatitis (inflammation), and cancer (which is the accumulation of malignant cells in the gland).
See also Female genital disease
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