Post Date April, 15 2023
Prolonged foreskin can also easily induce prostatitis
In recent years, there has been a trend towards a younger age at which prostatitis occurs, with some patients even under the age of 20. Clinical studies have found that factors such as excessive foreskin and phimosis are a major source of prostate disease in young men.
Long foreskin or phimosis often causes residual dirt and urine in the foreskin to not be completely and timely discharged from the body, and if not cleaned for a long time, it can form a smelly cheese like "foreskin scale". Various pathogenic bacteria can also proliferate and multiply at the urethral orifice under the cover and protection of an overlong foreskin, causing urinary tract infections. Inflammation occurring at the urethral orifice can cause narrowing of the urethral orifice or adhesion of the foreskin after healing, which can also lead to obstruction of urine flow and difficulty in urination, often resulting in dripping urine, irregular urine formation, and difficulty in discharging urine.
At the same time, urethral stricture also nearly blocks the urethral orifice, hindering urination, causing increased pressure in the urethra during urination, and causing reflux of urine. At this point, the pathogen can retrograde with urine and cause diseases of the urinary and reproductive systems such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, and orchitis.
It can be seen that the association between excessive foreskin and prostatitis is not negligible. The harm of prostatitis to men is also multifaceted. "The mild can cause physical discomfort and inconvenience in life, while the severe can induce other diseases, affect human health, and even cause male dysfunction and infertility.".
(Intern Editor: Cai Junyi)
