Post Date April, 15 2023
Many men have heard of redundant prepuce and want to cut it, but they do not fully know what harm redundant prepuce will do to the body, what is called phimosis, and what is the difference between prepuce and phimosis. If there is a case of foreskin and phimosis, what harm will it do to the body if you do not perform circumcision.
What is foreskin? An excessively long foreskin refers to the fact that when a man reaches adulthood, the penis's skin wraps around the glans, preventing it from being completely exposed. It can also be divided into true foreskin and false foreskin. The true foreskin is too long, and the glans cannot be fully exposed after the penis is erect; "Prolonged pseudoforeskin refers to the fact that the glans cannot be fully exposed at ordinary times, but can be fully exposed after the penis has been erected.".
What is phimosis: phimosis refers to a person with a narrow opening of the foreskin and difficulty in turning the foreskin upward. The foreskin completely covers the glans, and the glans cannot be exposed at any time.
To determine whether it is phimosis or excessive foreskin, self examination can be performed: apply soap on the penis to lubricate the inside and outside of the foreskin, fix the penis with the left hand, and push and turn the foreskin back with the right hand. If the foreskin can be turned up smoothly, it is considered excessive foreskin; If the opening of the foreskin is too small to turn up, it is considered phimosis.
The majority of phimosis and phimosis are congenital, and some are caused by repeated infections based on overlong foreskin, resulting in adhesion that cannot be turned up. Phimosis is much more harmful to the human body than long foreskin.
"Some severe phimosis have a narrow opening like a pinhole in the foreskin, and when urinating, the foreskin bulges like a ball, causing poor urination.". Due to phimosis and stricture of the urethral orifice, the bladder sphincter constricts during urination, and the internal pressure in the bladder exceeds the pressure that the bladder's Mao's sheath can withstand before or at the same time overcoming urethral resistance. Urine flows back along the ureter, causing ureteral and renal pelvis expansion, causing bacterial infections in the upper urinary tract and scar formation, leading to secondary reflux kidney disease and even renal function damage.
Repeated attacks of penile capititis, prepuceitis, and urethrostomitis. The sebaceous gland secretion, urine, and skin desquamation accumulated in the foreskin cavity are good media for bacteria. The temperature and humidity in the cavity increase, and bacteria breed, causing recurrent episodes of local inflammation.
Induce inflammation of the urinary and reproductive systems. If there is upward infection of bacteria in the foreskin cavity, it may cause inflammation of the urinary system such as urethritis and cystitis; In addition, it can also cause prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, and even vasculitis, epididymitis, and orchitis, which can affect semen and sperm quality, and may seriously affect male fertility.
Phimosis is a common factor inducing penile cancer. Prolonged local inflammatory stimulation may induce penile cancer or precancerous lesions, such as penile angle, papilloma, leukoplakia, proliferative erythema of the penis, and may also induce cervical cancer in women.
Kidney damage. "Severe phimosis, the foreskin opening may be extremely narrow, and urination may be extremely impeded. During urination, the bladder sphincter constricts, and the pressure inside the bladder exceeds the pressure that the inner portion of the bladder wall can withstand before or at the same time overcoming urethral resistance. Urine can flow back along the ureter, causing dilation of the ureter and pelvis, causing bacterial infections in the upper urinary tract, scar formation, and leading to secondary reflux kidney disease and even renal function damage.".
Adhesive prepuce. Long term tight wrapping and repeated inflammation have led to adhesion of the foreskin and penis in some patients, with unclear boundaries.
Affect the quality of sexual life. Long term wrapping of the foreskin can affect the development of the penis head and penis, resulting in small penises and affecting the quality of sexual life. "During sexual life, the sensitive parts of the penis are mainly the glans penis, foreskin, and frenulum. The glans penis is wrapped and has low sensitivity. Due to poor sexual experience, it is unable to erect, and due to tight constraints, there is pain during erection, which affects sexual desire.".
For phimosis, the only treatment is circumcision, and surgery should be performed early. "It is best for newborn boys to undergo circumcision before undergoing surgery in adulthood. Although it cannot completely avoid the occurrence of penile cancer, timely diagnosis and treatment of early lesions and the radical treatment of chronic prepuced penile capitis are a simple and effective measure.".
