Contents:
- Medical Video: Foreskin Restoration Demonstration
- What is phimosis?
- What causes the penis foreskin can not be pulled back?
- What are the symptoms of phimosis?
- What is the right treatment for this condition?
- Could phimosis be prevented?
Medical Video: Foreskin Restoration Demonstration
In men who have not or are not circumcised, their penis still has a foreskin attached to the tip. Generally, the foreskin of the penis can be pulled back or will shrink back when erect. Even so, there are various possible problems that can reach the penis. One of them is phimosis, when the foreskin of the penis cannot be pulled back. What caused it? How come if you experience this condition? Check out the answer in the following review.
What is phimosis?
The skin of the foreskin represents at least one third of the skin of the penis. Foreskin functions to protect the penis head from friction and direct contact with clothing. When the skin of the foreskin of the penis cannot be pulled back or shrinks backwards through the head of the penis during erection, this condition is called phimosis.
Fimosis appears in the form of a tight ring or "rubber band" which encircles the foreskin around the tip of the penis, preventing the foreskin from being pulled full to the back.
What causes the penis foreskin can not be pulled back?
Fimosis is a condition that is common in infants, toddlers and boys who have not been circumcised. This is because the foreskin skin will remain attached to the head of the penis in the first few years of the baby or as long as it has not been circumcised. The skin of a child's foreskin with phimosis usually starts to be pulled back at the age of 3 years. Even so, it does not rule out the possibility that teenagers and adult men can experience this.
In adults, there are a number of risk factors and possible causes of phimosis. Although already circumcised, adult men are more likely to experience fimosis if they have a recurrent urinary tract infection; foreskin skin infection; does not treat penis hygiene properly; or pull the skin of the foreskin too hard or forcefully, for example when masturbating. These various things can cause scarring around the head of the penis so that the skin of the foreskin cannot shrink backwards.
Various other skin conditions can also increase the risk of foreskin can not be pulled back, such as:
- Eczema on the penis, characterized by dry, itchy, reddish, and cracked penile skin.
- Psoriasis, the appearance of red patches and the crust of dead skin on the skin.
- Lichen planus - a rash and itching in the body area, but not contagious.
- Lichen sclerosus - a skin disease that often occurs in the genitals and anus and causes the appearance of scar tissue in the skin of the penis foreskin.
What are the symptoms of phimosis?
Fimosis generally causes no symptoms other than the foreskin skin of the penis that cannot be pulled back.
However, some people may feel pain during erection, reddish skin, sometimes causing balloon-like swelling under the foreskin.
If it is severe enough, phimosis can interfere with the work of the urinary tract, resulting in inflammation of the penis (balanitis), infection of the foreskin gland (balanoposthitis), until parafimosis - when the stuck foreskin finally stops blood flow to the tip of the penis.
What is the right treatment for this condition?
The choice of treatment will be adjusted to the symptoms that occur. Most cases of balanitis can be treated by routinely applying steroid creams or ointments to the foreskin area, and always keeping the penis clean every day, and keeping it dry.
While in the case of balanoposthitis caused by a fungal or bacterial infection, the doctor may recommend the use of antibiotics or antifungal creams.
If the doctor cannot determine the cause, he may recommend using steroid ointment. Steroid ointments help relax the foreskin, so that the muscles around the foreskin are more easily moved. This ointment is routinely massaged to the area around the foreskin twice a day.
If phimosis occurs in children, doctors can advise them to be circumcised. In adults, surgery to remove part of the foreskin can be a treatment option.
Could phimosis be prevented?
Phimosis can be prevented by maintaining the cleanliness and health of intimate organs. Regularly clean the penis area with warm water then dry it with a clean towel slowly. The aim is to help keep the foreskin muscles easily moved and avoid infection.
