Post Date December, 02 2023
After the completion of male development, some people will have too long foreskin or phimosis, but many male friends can not distinguish between the two. The effect of too long foreskin or phimosis on men is very large. So, what is the difference between a long foreskin and a phimosis? Next, let's have a look. Only by correctly understanding the two can we treat symptomatic diseases and restore men's true colors.
The long prepuce means that the prepuce completely covers the penis glans, even the external orifice of the urethra, but the circumference of the prepuce is not small, which can be turned over to reveal the penis without constriction. The phimosis refers to the condition that the outer opening of the foreskin is too small, the tight foreskin cannot be turned up, and only the pinhole size or the glans penis is exposed.
The glans part of the penis of normal adult men is mostly exposed, but almost one third of them are not exposed, and being wrapped in foreskin is the common foreskin and phimosis.
The long prepuce means that the prepuce completely covers the penis glans, even the external orifice of the urethra, but the circumference of the prepuce is not small, which can be turned over to reveal the penis without constriction. The foreskin and penis head of newborns and infants may have adhesion. In the later part of the first year, the adhesion will gradually be absorbed, and the penis and foreskin will be exposed gradually after separation, so the long foreskin of children is not abnormal. However, if the penis still cannot be exposed naturally after puberty, it is called redundant prepuce.
The phimosis refers to the condition that the outer opening of the foreskin is too small, the tight foreskin cannot be turned up, and only the pinhole size or the glans penis is exposed. It can also be divided into congenital phimosis and acquired phimosis. The former refers to the congenital abnormal development of the penis; The latter is due to the narrow prepuce mouth caused by inflammation or trauma, and the penis can not be fully exposed.
According to the investigation on the development of external genitalia of 1000 normal adult men by Chinese scholars, about 29.7% of them had redundant foreskin and 8.5% had phimosis.
There are many secretory glands in the inner layer of the foreskin, and the secreted secretion forms the foreskin scale. Obviously, if the foreskin cannot be turned up, the foreskin dirt cannot be removed in time. In addition, when urinating, the urine will be stained in the foreskin, which will inevitably lead to infection, resulting in prepuce balanitis, and in severe cases, urethritis. If not treated in time, the glans and foreskin will appear erosion and ulcer, and long-term inflammatory stimulation may induce penis cancer.
Not only that, when an adult married man suffers from prepuce balanitis, he can also transmit vaginitis, cervicitis, salpingitis or cystitis to his spouse through sexual life, which is often encountered in clinical practice. Another recent epidemiological study found that many women suffering from cervical cancer were related to their husband's long foreskin and phimosis because the foreskin scaling contained carcinogens. Too long prepuce and phimosis can also reduce sex appeal and affect the harmony of sexual life. Therefore, attention should be paid to timely treatment.
