 [ Symptoms ] i have had balanitis for 5 years now what is best treatment [ Disease ] in my opinion circumcision may be medically necessary for recurrent or serious cases it is not the only treatment another remedy is antibiotics but only for bacterial infections a problem with antibiotics is their overuse since antibiotic treatments can contribute to antibiotic resistance a major medical problem today and other causes of the inflammation and infection can be caused by a fungus and therefore be unresponsive to antibiotic treatment antifungal creams can help then maintain good penile hygiene if they are recurrent then you can go for surgery thanks