How to clean a child's foreskin

Almost every little boy has foreskin when he is young. Foreskin itself is a relatively easy to treat disease, so parents don’t need to worry. However, because children have foreskin and there is some fluid inside the foreskin, sometimes there will be dirt on the outside of the foreskin. When people clean the foreskin, they must pay attention to the following matters. Next, let’s talk about how to clean children’s foreskin in detail.

1. Apply ointment appropriately. If the baby has smegma, you can use a basin of warm water to clean it, keep it clean and dry after urinating, apply ointment on the inflamed area, and take or inject medicine if necessary (must be treated by a doctor). If you have frequent inflammation, you may consider circumcision. If the foreskin opening is narrow, you can stretch the foreskin opening or perform circumcision. After circumcision, the wound will be red, swollen and have discharge, which will disappear within a week or two.

2. Pay attention to controlling the water temperature. The water temperature when bathing the baby should be controlled at 38-40 degrees Celsius. This not only protects the baby's skin from scalding by hot water, but also protects the scrotum from scalding. Adults all know that the scrotum is the coldest place in the male body and is most afraid of heat. High temperature can damage the sperm in the testicles of mature men and affect fertility. There is no sperm in the baby's testicles at this time, but care must be taken to prevent burns. Care should be taken to prevent smegma when bathing the baby.

3. Physiological phimosis and circumcision. Newborn boys will have the phenomenon of foreskin being too long, which can play a role in protecting the genitals. It can also protect the delicate glans from direct harm during the first year of life when the baby is prone to skin infections such as diaper rash. This is called "physiological phimosis" and will gradually change when the child is about 3 years old. If after 3 years old, the foreskin still cannot be retracted behind the glans to expose the glans, it is true phimosis, and then the corresponding circumcision surgery is required under the guidance of a doctor.

4. Don’t worry if your baby is one year old. There are many secretory glands in the foreskin, and some oily secretions similar to bean curd dregs may accumulate between the foreskin and the glans, forming smegma. However, parents do not need to worry or rush to clean babies under one year old, so the baby's smegma should be treated in a timely manner.

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