The foreskin adhesion is a congenital malformation. Almost all newborn babies have phimosis or long foreskin. When they are seven or eight years old, the foreskin begins to turn up gradually, and some of those who cannot turn up will form phimosis. Next, experts will specifically introduce the nursing methods for children's foreskin and phimosis.
Nursing methods for children with prepuce adhesion
1. False phimosis may not be treated, but in order to reduce the occurrence of foreskin, children with true or false phimosis should wash the vulva every day, preferably from infancy. For children over half a year old, when cleaning the vulva, the foreskin can be turned over at the same time. The force of turning over the foreskin should be appropriate. Do not try to turn over the foreskin at once. Step by step, gradually expand the degree of turning up every day until the penis is exposed.
2. After lifting the foreskin every day, the foreskin should be reset in time to prevent the foreskin from causing pain and local edema due to incarceration. At the same time of turning over the foreskin, wash the part with warm water, including those who can turn up at will but the foreskin still covers the penis, that is, the foreskin is too long, and do a good job in the care of children's foreskin and phimosis.
3. The good habit of cleaning the external genitalia every day is not only conducive to the sanitation of the external genitalia of boys, reducing the inflammation of foreskin, but also can make some children who may suffer from true phimosis be treated.
4. Patients with redundant prepuce also know that circumcision is the only way to treat redundant prepuce. However, in the face of dazzling and various prepuce plastic surgery, how to choose an advanced operation that is safe, convenient, beautiful and without sequelae has always troubled many patients with redundant prepuce.
5. Children with scar narrowing of the prepuce mouth need to go to the hospital for treatment. Generally, they do not need to be hospitalized, but can be treated in outpatient surgery.
6. After the operation, the swelling and pain of the wound will take a long time. If necessary, you can take painkillers. You should keep the wound clean and sanitary. Learn about the nursing methods of the baby's phimosis in advance, and the child's pain will be much less.
(Intern editor: Cai Junyi)