Post Date December, 03 2023
How to treat phimosis and redundant foreskin? "As a relatively private issue, many men do not take timely treatment measures even when faced with phimosis or excessive foreskin, which can have an impact on male health and reproductive health. Therefore, let's learn about its treatment methods now.".
Genitalia has always been an organ that people are ashamed to speak out about, but unfortunately, it is also one of the sites where malformations often occur. Among male genital malformations, the most common ones are phimosis and overlong foreskin. What is phimosis? In short, phimosis refers to the narrowing of the opening of the foreskin or the adhesion of the foreskin to the penis head, which prevents the foreskin covering the penis from turning over to expose the urethral opening and the penis head. What is a long foreskin? "Prolonged prepuce refers to the prepuce covering the urethral orifice, but can be turned up to reveal the urethral orifice and penis head.". Generally, after the age of 3, the mild adhesion between the penis head and the foreskin disappears automatically in boys, and they can turn upside down. However, the upturned foreskin in childhood often covers the urethral orifice, and the penis gradually exposes itself until puberty. "When the adult penis becomes soft again, the foreskin does not cover the urethral orifice, and the upturned foreskin can reveal the coronary groove, which is a normal length of foreskin.".
"When phimosis is is severe, the foreskin opening may be very narrow, sometimes accompanied by stricture of the urethral opening, which affects urination.". Prolonged foreskin can cause foreskin scale to accumulate within the foreskin, causing foreskin penile inflammation. Repeated inflammation can cause the foreskin opening to narrow and adhere to the penis head to form a phimosis. Penile cancer may be related to long-term irritation of foreskin. Therefore, for people with phimosis and excessive foreskin, surgical treatment should be carried out as soon as possible. "The practice of castration of boys by ethnic minorities in China is very scientific.". It is worth mentioning that although an excessively long foreskin has little impact on health, it can sometimes cause incarcerated phimosis due to the narrow opening of the foreskin, which means that the foreskin is tightly trapped outside the coronal groove of the penis and cannot be pushed down. At this time, manual repositioning should be carried out as soon as possible. If the manual repositioning cannot be carried out, a doctor should be asked to open the tight prepuce mouth and then perform circumcision.
Both phimosis and redundant prepuce can be treated with circumcision. Generally, children aged 8 to 9 years are suitable for early treatment after local anesthesia. Infants born in hospitals can consider undergoing an operation to avoid future trouble. Circumcision is an outpatient operation that generally does not require hospitalization. After the operation, the suture can be removed after a rest of 1-2 days, and about 7-10 days.
