What to do if your child has phimosis

Nowadays, many diseases are not age-specific. For example, in the past, everyone thought that only elderly people would suffer from high blood pressure or diabetes, but now, young people can also suffer from such diseases. Just like phimosis, people may think that phimosis is a disease only suffered by grown men, but nowadays, children also suffer from phimosis. This has to make people more vigilant.

It seems that phimosis among children is not very common nowadays, so we should pay more attention to it, and it is best to focus on prevention. However, today's medical conditions are very good, and children are in the growth period, so the effect of treating diseases is much better than that of adults. So what should we do if a child has phimosis?

In the past, the only way to treat phimosis was circumcision, which required hospitalization and was painful. In recent years, with the development of medicine, balloon dilatation is being widely used to treat phimosis. It does not require hospitalization, is simple and convenient, and does not affect children's life and study. The treatment mechanism is mainly based on the characteristics of children's foreskin, which is thin and soft, does not contain fat tissue and is highly elastic. The use of tracheal dilatation can save most children with phimosis from the pain of surgical treatment.

Before the dilation operation, anesthetic is dripped into the outer opening of the foreskin. After 2-3 minutes, a disposable balloon catheter is used to separate the adhesion between the foreskin and the glans penis. The foreskin is then turned up, the smegma is removed, a small amount of ointment is applied, and finally the foreskin is restored to its original position to cover the glans penis. The whole operation only takes a dozen minutes. There is only a slight feeling of distension when the balloon is inflated and slight discomfort when separating adhesions. A check-up and medication application will be done once two days after the operation. After that, as long as the local area is kept clean and regular cleaning is done, re-adhesion can be prevented. In addition, you should pay attention to local cleaning on a daily basis and keep your underwear soft.

Nowadays, children with phimosis must receive timely treatment to avoid affecting their future development. In severe cases, it may even lead to infertility. Therefore, if a child has phimosis, do not neglect it. It must be discovered and treated in time. If it is a mild case of phimosis, conservative treatment will be carried out first, mainly taking medicine, and surgery will be performed only if it is severe.