What is phimosis in children?

The health of the genitals should be paid attention to from an early age, because the development of the genitals has a great impact on people's later life. For example, phimosis is a phenomenon that affects the development of male genitals. Phimosis is very harmful and can cause problems with genital hygiene and genital nerve sensation. It has a great impact on the life of couples in adulthood. Phimosis is very common among children. Let's take a look at what phimosis looks like in children.

Many children are born with phimosis. When they are born, the phimosis is stuck together. When the patients grow up, it may cause great impact on their bodies. Parents should pay attention to it and help them treat the disease of phimosis when they are very young.

There are many types of phimosis, the most common ones are:

1. Congenital adhesion type: The glans penis is completely covered by the foreskin, and the inner layer of the foreskin is adhered to the glans penis, which has a great impact on sexual life. The main reason is that the glans penis cannot come into direct contact with the vagina, so the patient cannot experience sexual pleasure and cannot complete a normal sexual life. This condition is serious and should be removed surgically.

2. Phimosis type: The foreskin can be turned back with difficulty, but the foreskin opening is tight. When it is turned back forcibly, the narrow foreskin opening gets stuck on the glans penis and cannot be restored. The patient will experience heart-wrenching pain, congestion and edema of the glans penis, and even necrosis. This is what is commonly known as phimosis.

3. Half-covered type: Only 1/2 of the glans is exposed normally. Although the glans can remain dry, if the foreskin opening is too narrow, the glans will swell with blood during the erection and cannot pass through the narrow foreskin opening, causing excessive stretching of the foreskin and causing severe pain. Even if it passes through the foreskin opening, the narrow foreskin opening will be swollen by the enlarged glans and cause tearing pain.

4. Full foreskin: The foreskin covers the entire glans penis, but can be turned back to expose the glans penis. The foreskin can be repositioned. This situation is more common, and patients will ignore treatment if they do not have obvious signs. The full-coverage type is most likely to cause balanitis and urethritis. If the inflammation is not treated in time, it will spread deep into the body to cause prostatitis, vas deferens obstruction, etc., which is more harmful than the half-coverage type.