A male genital disease is a condition that affects the male reproductive system. The human male genitals consists of testes and

epididymides The epididymis (; plural: epididymides or ) is a tube that connects a testicle to a vas deferens in the male reproductive system. It is a single, narrow, tightly-coiled tube in adult humans, in length. It serves as an interconnection between the ...

, '' ductus deferentes'', seminal vesicles and

ejaculatory ducts The ejaculatory ducts (''ductus ejaculatorii'') are paired structures in male anatomy. Each ejaculatory duct is formed by the union of the vas deferens with the duct of the seminal vesicle. They pass through the prostate, and open into the ureth ...

, prostate,

bulbourethral gland The bulbourethral glands or Cowper's glands (named for English anatomist William Cowper) are two small exocrine glands in the reproductive system of many male mammals (of all domesticated animals, they are absent only in dogs). They are homolog ...

s, and penis.

Classification by type of disease

Infection

Aetiological agents

=Bacterial

= *

Erythrasma Erythrasma is a superficial skin infection that causes brown, scaly skin patches. It is caused by '' Corynebacterium minutissimum'' bacteria, a normal part of skin flora (the microorganisms that are normally present on the skin). There are two ty ...

* Balanoposthitis * Fournier's Gangrene

=Fungus

= * Candidiasis * ''

Tinea cruris Tinea cruris, also known as jock itch, is a common type of contagious, superficial fungal infection of the groin and buttocks region, which occurs predominantly but not exclusively in men and in hot-humid climates. Typically, over the upper inner ...

=Parasites

= * Cutaneous larva migrans *

Pubic lice Pediculosis pubis (also known as "crabs" and "pubic lice") is an infestation by the pubic louse, ''Pthirus pubis'', a wingless insect which feeds on blood and lays its eggs (nits) on mainly pubic hair. Less commonly, hair near the anus, armp ...

Scabies Scabies (; also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious skin infestation by the mite ''Sarcoptes scabiei''. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple-like rash. Occasionally, tiny burrows may appear on the skin ...

* Tick

=Virus

= * '' Molluscum contagiosum'' * Herpes:

simplex In geometry, a simplex (plural: simplexes or simplices) is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimensions. The simplex is so-named because it represents the simplest possible polytope in any given dimension. ...

, 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), cancer (which is the accumulation of malignant cells in the gland)

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Male genital disorders {{genitourinary-disease-stub