Post Date December, 03 2023
In addition to erectile dysfunction (ED) and ejaculation disorder, the diseases that threaten male reproductive health and have a high incidence are another common and frequently-occurring diseases, including redundant prepuce and phimosis. On average, one in five males has redundant prepuce, and one in 20 males has phimosis.
The foreskin is located in the front of the male reproductive organs, tightly covering the penis, which is not only an important part of the male reproductive organs, but also has important physiological significance. The prepuce is too long, which means that when the penis is weak, the glans is completely wrapped in the outer skin, and the penis is fully erect; The glans is still not fully visible. Phimosis is a disease in which the opening of the same foreskin is too narrow to expose the penis and glans outside the foreskin.
Some people believe that phimosis and long foreskin do not hinder sexual life and fertility, so they are not a genital disease. In fact, this view is not scientific. Because, whether phimosis or foreskin is too long, it is harmful to human body.
Experts talk about the harm of redundant prepuce and phimosis: although redundant prepuce and phimosis are minor in male diseases, their widespread incidence makes them common and extremely harmful, which cannot be underestimated. After urination, the last few drops of urine of patients with redundant prepuce are not easy to be drained, and often accumulate in the prepuce. In addition, factors such as necrotic cells and secreting mucus substances on the surface of prepuce and glans, pollution and reproduction of the rectum and perineum, etc, In a warm and humid environment, it is easy to form a white film-like substance - foreskin scale.
If the foreskin scale is not thoroughly cleaned for a long time, it will stimulate the foreskin and glans, and eventually lead to other diseases, such as foreskin balanitis, foreskin stone, white spot disease caused by the peeling off of foreskin pigment, premature ejaculation and penis cancer, local long-term inflammation, immune dysfunction, and sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea and condyloma acuminatum are more likely to be infected through unclean sexual life, According to the statistics of relevant data, the probability of penis in patients with redundant prepuce is dozens of times higher than that in normal people. Phimosis is more harmful, and sometimes can lead to phimosis incarceration.
That is, when the opening of the phimosis is not very small, the penis is erect, and the glans is occasionally exposed, but the narrow foreskin will be stuck in the coronal groove of the penis like a ring, causing local blood circulation disorder, causing ischemic necrosis of the embedded part of the distal tissue, which can cause serious consequences.
In addition, prepuce can also induce anorectal prolapse, hernia, urinary retention, hydronephrosis and other diseases. Impact on sexual partners: The long prepuce and phimosis are like a double-edged sword, which not only seriously endanger the health of male patients, but also often harm women through sex. Including being brought into women's vagina during sexual life, it can cause female vaginitis, cervicitis, long-term stimulation and cervical cancer.
Experts talk about the treatment of redundant prepuce and phimosis: after suffering from redundant prepuce and phimosis, the clinical manifestation is mostly some local inflammation, which repeatedly forms scales and can have peculiar smell, so some patients will take some antibiotic drugs themselves, plus external washing and cleaning. Although this method of treating symptoms without curing causes can quickly control inflammation, the above symptoms will appear after a period of time.
In addition, due to the resistance to antibiotics, the use of antibiotics often aggravates the condition of prepuce balanitis caused by fungal infection. Therefore, for patients with long prepuce and phimosis, it is necessary to thoroughly eliminate the long prepuce or phimosis from the root by surgery on the basis of cleaning and eliminating inflammation. This is a relatively effective method at present.
(Intern editor: Cai Junyi)
