Advice or medication for balanitis in children?

Date First Published:

January 12, 2012

Last Updated:

January 18, 2012

Report by:

Yvonne Moulds, Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill)

Three-Part Question:

In [a child with balanitis] is [drug treatment better than bathing and avoiding irritants] at [resolving symptoms and avoiding complications]?