Post Date December, 03 2023
There is a boy at home. Parents may be more worried about whether the baby's foreskin should be cut. When is it cut? Experts pointed out that the foreskin is good for children, but if the foreskin is too long, it is better to cut it off in infancy to avoid affecting the physical and mental health of the baby.
Excessive prepuce affects health
The foreskin is the skin at the front of the male penis, which is folded into two layers at the head of the penis and the outer opening of the urethra, which is equivalent to wearing a "hat" on the head of the penis. The foreskin is the residual organ of human evolution, with certain reasons and functions.
If the protective effect of prepuce is too large, it will produce adverse side effects. The foreskin is attached to the head of the penis, the foreskin mouth is narrow, the foreskin cannot be turned down, the urethral orifice and the head of the penis cannot be exposed, which is called phimosis in medicine. Although the foreskin can be turned down to expose the penis head, it keeps the baby's state and covers the penis head and the urethral orifice, which is called the foreskin is too long. The phimosis or foreskin is too long, which has certain side effects on the human body. It can even be said that the harm outweighs the benefit.
Different conditions are suitable for different operations
Phimosis and redundant prepuce must be treated, preferably in infancy. According to the severity of the disease, the attitude of parents and the condition of the patient, prepuce expansion, prepuce incision and circumcision were selected.
Among them, for mild phimosis, the outer opening of the prepuce can be expanded without anesthesia in the sober state. Close the foreskin, separate the adhesion between the foreskin and the glans, expose the glans to the coronal groove, and remove the scale of the foreskin. After that, parents washed the foreskin by hand every day. If the foreskin is not too long, the glans will gradually expose naturally with the growth of the penis, and circumcision may not be performed in the future.
The prepuce incision is suitable for severe stenosis of the prepuce outer orifice or restenosis of the prepuce outer orifice after expansion. It should be done under anesthesia. The outer opening of the foreskin should be separated longitudinally on the back, with at least half of the glans exposed. The operation is simple and suitable for emergency cases such as severe infection of prepuce and incarceration of prepuce. The disadvantage is that the foreskin is not beautiful after healing.
Circumcision is the most commonly used and widely used method to treat phimosis and redundant prepuce at home and abroad. Although the operation methods are slightly different, they are all circumcision with long foreskin, which completely exposes the foreskin head, eliminates the dead angle between the foreskin and the foreskin head, and maintains the cleanliness of the foreskin once and for all.
