How to determine if a child has foreskin that is too long?

Many adult men know the harm of excessive foreskin, which will not only seriously affect the quality of sexual life, but also easily cause impotence and premature ejaculation. Therefore, many parents pay great attention to the length of their children's foreskin. In order to restore the baby's foreskin to normal, some parents will perform surgery to remove it. In fact, many children do not need surgery. So how can children be considered to have excessive foreskin?

First, how can we determine if a child has foreskin that is too long? The foreskin is the layer of skin that covers the outside of a boy's penis. When the baby is less than 2 years old, the foreskin tightly wraps the glans at the front of the penis, playing a role in protecting the glans, so the glans cannot be exposed freely, which is called physiological phimosis. After the age of 2, the foreskin and glans are adhered and separated to form a soft outer cover. After the age of 3, the foreskin should be able to be turned over to the coronal sulcus and the glans can be exposed. If the baby's glans cannot be exposed due to narrow foreskin opening or adhesion of foreskin after 3 years old, it is called "phimosis"; if the glans can be fully exposed but the foreskin still covers the glans when the penis is erect, it is called "phimosis".

Second, if the foreskin is too long, it will cause foreskin infection: when bacteria invade the foreskin and glans, it can cause foreskin inflammation, and the penis will become red, swollen, itchy, painful, and even pus-filled; repeated inflammation of the foreskin opening will cause scar contracture of the foreskin opening, loss of skin elasticity and expansion ability, and the foreskin cannot retract upward, accompanied by urethral stenosis; smegma: the secretions in the foreskin cannot be discharged because the foreskin is too tight, and white bumps can be vaguely seen on the surface of the penis through the foreskin, or small lumps can be felt, which are all caused by the deposition of smegma;

What counts as a child's foreskin being too long? The above content is a detailed introduction. If the foreskin is too long, it will cause difficulty in urination for the baby: the foreskin opening will be as narrow as a needle tip, the foreskin will bulge when the baby urinates, and urine will be difficult to discharge. The baby is prone to crying, dripping urine or having a thin urine stream when urinating, which may be accompanied by urinary tract infection; the urine stream is not straight, has an odor, and has dermatitis: This is caused by the foreskin being too long, the foreskin exceeds the glans penis by more than 1 cm, the direction of urination is uncertain, the pants are often wet, the glans penis is damp and has an odor, is difficult to clean, and often has redness and rashes. For older babies, if the foreskin is too long, they need to pull up the foreskin before urinating each time so that the urination can be accurately into the toilet.

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