Post Date December, 03 2023
How should children's foreskin be treated for being too long? Many parents are curious about how to handle the problem of a child's excessively long foreskin. In response to the problem of how to deal with excessive foreskin in children, experts have made the following introduction to how to deal with excessive foreskin in children.
How should children's foreskin be treated for being too long? Prolonged prepuce and phimosis in children are common external genital diseases in pediatric surgery. If not treated promptly, it may affect the quality of life of children in the future.
Some parents are also very confused, if the child has too long foreskin phimosis in the end whether to cut it? If surgery is needed, when is the best time?
First of all, it is necessary to correctly recognize phimosis and redundant foreskin in children. People often confuse "phimosis" with "excessive foreskin". In fact, redundant foreskin and phimosis are two diseases. Phimosis refers to the narrow outer opening of the foreskin, which prevents the foreskin from being turned up to reveal all of the penis. "Prolonged prepuce refers to the fact that the prepuce covers all of the penis and the external opening of the urethra, but the prepuce can turn upward to expose the penis.". "After the child is 3 to 4 years old, the foreskin still covers the glans penis and the outer orifice of the urethra, which is called excessive foreskin.".
How should children's foreskin be treated for being too long? Long foreskin and phimosis are physiological phenomena before the age of 3. After the birth of a boy, it is normal for the foreskin to not recede and cover the entire glans. Some people have observed that only 0.93% of children before the age of 3 years can have their foreskin completely turned up, while 48.33% of children aged 11 to 18 years can have their foreskin completely turned up, and 29.19% have a large portion of the penis exposed. "As a child grows, the foreskin gradually loosens. Most children at the age of 3 to 4 years old will shrink upward due to penis growth, causing the foreskin to turn outward, exposing the glans.".
