Post Date December, 03 2023
"Details determine success or failure." Some seemingly unrelated details may directly lead to the internal disintegration of the system. The health of the genitourinary system has an important impact on the overall physiological status of men. Many men will complain that diseases of the urinary and reproductive system are easily infected, harmful, and difficult to heal. However, it is often overlooked that the excessive prepuce may be one of the inducements for male prostatitis and other urogenital infectious diseases. Therefore, it is crucial to take scientific countermeasures to treat foreskin lengthening as early as possible.
Long foreskin is not a trivial matter
The foreskin is the thin, movable skin that lies at the front end of the penis, wraps around the outside of the glans, and folds into a double layer. "Before puberty, the male foreskin is longer, and as the body develops, the foreskin will continue to shrink back, gradually exposing the penis outside the foreskin.".
"Before puberty, male prepuce length is often physiological, and after adulthood, if the penis is still delayed in revealing, it is considered prepuce length or phimosis.".
In medicine, a long foreskin refers to the foreskin covering all of the penis, but can be turned up and expose the urethral orifice and penis head; Phimosis refers to the phenomenon that the foreskin opening is narrow or the foreskin adheres to the head of the penis, causing the foreskin to not turn up, and the urethral orifice and the head of the penis cannot be exposed.
Local anomalies affect the whole
Many men believe that an excessively long foreskin is only a local appearance problem, which will not adversely affect men's various physiological functions, nor affect their overall health. Therefore, it is not considered a genital disease. However, this is not the case. Excessive foreskin and phimosis can cause certain harm to the human body.
Firstly, in terms of sexual life and function, excessive foreskin and phimosis can hinder the normal growth and development of the penis, resulting in a smaller circumference of the crown of the penis after adulthood, affecting the harmony and pleasure of sexual life. Due to being wrapped in the foreskin, the glans cannot receive the external stimulation and friction it should have, and the nerve sensation of the glans mucosa can become too sensitive, which can lead to premature ejaculation during sexual life, resulting in premature ejaculation.
Secondly, excessive foreskin can also cause inflammation. What must be mentioned here is "foreskin scaling". When the foreskin is turned over, it can be seen that the annular narrowing area behind the glans is the coronal sulcus. There are a large number of sebaceous glands in the skin around the coronal sulcus, which can secrete a large amount of sebum. "Prolonged foreskin can cause the secretion of the sebaceous glands within the foreskin to be unable to be discharged, and gradually form a yellowish white muddy secretion with a peculiar smell, which is called" foreskin scaling. "". The foreskin scale is suitable for bacterial growth and reproduction, which can stimulate inflammation of the local foreskin and mucous membranes, and cause upward infection, endangering the entire reproductive and urinary system. At the same time, it can also cause gynecological diseases in spouses through sexual life. The foreskin scale has been proven to be a carcinogen with the potential to induce penis cancer. Therefore, people with excessive foreskin should have due attention and measures to avoid affecting their own and spouse's health and quality of life.
Prolonged prepuce endangers prostate
Generally speaking, the main incidence of prostatitis is mostly young and middle-aged men. However, 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.
Generally speaking, the male urethra is divided into four segments, namely, the prostate, membranous, bulbous, and penis. The urethra prostate is what we usually call the prostate, which is also the deepest segment of the posterior urethra closest to the bladder. The prostate is a very important organ in the male genitalia, located in the middle of the male genitalia, surrounded by all organs associated with the male reproductive system. The foreskin is located in the penis, which is also the extreme end of the entire urethra.
There are three main reasons for prostatitis caused by excessive prepuce length: First, due to excessive prepuce length or phimosis, urine often cannot be completely and timely discharged from the body. In the long run, a large number of pathogens have been infected at the urethral orifice, and when they flow back to the urethra of the prostate, the prostate is inevitably infected with pathogens, leading directly to prostatitis; The second reason is that the inner plate of the foreskin is moist for those with excessive foreskin, which provides a good environment for the survival and reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms. When the reproduction of these pathogenic bacteria reaches a certain amount, it is easy to cause local flora imbalance, which can lead to local inflammation. If not effectively controlled, inflammation will continue to spread around, causing prostatitis, orchitis, and other urogenital diseases; "The third reason is that people with long foreskin and phimosis almost always have urethral stricture, which also leads to obstruction of urinary flow and difficulty in urination. Common symptoms include dripping urine, irregular urination, 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, resulting in reflux of urine. At this point, the pathogen can retrograde with urine and cause prostatitis.
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 sexual dysfunction such as premature ejaculation, impotence, and male infertility.".
(Intern Editor: Cai Junyi)
