I-Balanitis ukuvuvukala kwepenisi le-glans. Lapho ijwabu libuye lithinteke, igama elifanele yi- balanoposthitis . Balanitis ku abafana namanje namanabukeni kumele ahlukaniswe kusuka ububomvu kubangelwa ammoniacal dermatitis . Igama elithi balanitis livela esiGrekini βάλανος balanos , ngokwezwi nezwi okusho 'i- acorn ', esetshenziswa ngenxa yokufana kokuma kwepenisi ye-glans . Izikhukhula ezincane ezibomvu ku-glans (uphawu lokuqala) Ububomvu bejwabu Ubomvu bomthondo Okunye ukuqubuka ekhanda lomthondo Ukukhishwa okunuka kabi Ijwabu elibuhlungu nepipi Ukuqubuka okuvamile kwe-balanitis kungadala ukushaqeka kwe- preutial orifice ; ukunwebeka okuncishisiwe kungaholela ku- pathologic phimosis .Ezinye izinkinga zingafaka: Ukuqina kwenyama ye-urethral I-Phimosis I-Paraphimosis Ukuvuvukala kunezimbangela eziningi ezingaba khona, kufaka phakathi ukucasuka ngezinto zemvelo, ukuhlukumezeka ngokomzimba, kanye nokutheleleka okufana negciwane, igciwane noma ukhunta. Ezinye zalezi zifo izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi . Akuvamile kakhulu kubantu abasokile, njengoba ezimweni eziningi, ukungasebenzi kahle kwejwabu kuyimbangela noma okunomthelela.Kokubili ukuhlanza okungenele nokuhlanza ngokweqile kungadala izinkinga. Isifo sikashukela singenza i-balanitis ibe nokwenzeka kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma ushukela wegazi ungalawulwa kahle. Kubalulekile ukukhipha ezinye izimbangela zezimpawu ezifanayo njengomdlavuza we- penile . Ukuxilongwa kungafaka ukuhlonza ngokucophelela imbangela ngosizo lomlando omuhle wesiguli, ama-swabs namasiko, kanye nokuhlolwa kwe- biopsy kwe-pathological.