Welcome to A2A, Mark Henderson!On the urine smell, just to add another possibility to focus's list, if you don't drink enough fluid and you're dehydrated, your urine is more concentrated and will therefore smell stronger. If that's the reason, drinking more water will solve it.On the second question, it sounds to me like you broke your frenulum, sometimes colloquially called "snapping your banjo string". That can happen if the frenulum is too short. The frenulum's purpose is to help pull the foreskin back over the head when you are soft, but if it's too short it can cause trouble in sex. It sounds like the way it has healed is better than the way it was, so it's good.
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2 Very important questions...
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Thank you very much to everyone who posted. I feel much better now and can stop worrying.A few more questions to verify i have this yeast infection, id just like to be sure before i go strolling into my doctors lolCan the yeast infection also cause me to sometimes be irritated and itchy after sex? Also im pretty worried that it may have been there a year, could it effect anything else like sperm count or impatancy?Also, a few month back i was on some strong anti biotics for a different reason, shouldnt they have also got rid of the yeast infection?And if i do have this yeast infection, where should i go, the doctors or my nearest sexual health clinic?Thanks, Mark
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The yeast infection should not affect sperm count as the sperm is produced in your testicles, and the yeast infection would be on the outside of your penis. It could cause you to itch, but if you're able to get hard and have sex, you're not impotent.It's also possible that the antibiotics you took may have also killed the "good germs" and let the yeast take over.Whether you go to a doctor or a clinic is up to you. If you have a regular doctor that you go to, I would think that would be preferable.
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May i ask, when you say yeast infection do you mean thrush?
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Wash well under the foreskin but make sure that you rinse away all traces of soap. As you are in the UK, you might try using some Savlon, Cetavlex or Boots Antiseptic cream under the foreskin if the anti-fungal cream did not help.Increase your fluid intake and if your 'skin is long, pull it back when you pee.
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Yes, thrush is another name for a yeast infection.
Antibiotics don't kill yeast - they kill bacteria, which are quite different. Antibiotics may encourage yeast infections by killing bacteria that compete with the yeast.
Of course we haven't established yet that it definitely is a yeast infection, though if there is itching that makes it more likely.
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In reply to: Antibiotics don't kill yeast - they kill bacteria, which are quite different. Antibiotics may encourage yeast infections by killing bacteria that compete with the yeast. This is what I meant by "killing the 'good bugs' and letting the yeast take over. Sorry if it wasn't clear.
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I have to disagree with Focus on one thing...the coffee smell. I drink coffee infrequently, but when I have more than 3 or 4 cups I notice a definite "coffee" smell to my urine within a couple hours. I think it can affect the urine smell. Try cutting out the coffee completely for 2 days and see if that makes a difference.As to the skin you tore, I believe that is called an "adhesion". Take a look at this link and see if it describes what you had. They are uncommon but not rare in uncircumsized guys, and can make it difficult or impossible to fully retract a foreskin until they are disconnected. It sounds like it healed exactly the way you want them to.
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wash your dick two times per day..
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In reply to:I drink coffee infrequently, but when I have more than 3 or 4 cups I notice a definite "coffee" smell to my urine within a couple hours. I think it can affect the urine smell. Try cutting out the coffee completely for 2 days and see if that makes a difference.You may be right, but I never noticed it. It could be that I'm just used to it though, as I've been drinking coffee regularly since I was 8 years old. Although I did give it up completely for a few months, and didn't notice any difference in my urine. I wasn't exactly examining it closely however.