What kind of bacterial inflammation is caused by male foreskin being too long?

Male foreskin is too long, which is very harmful to the health of the body. It may also easily affect the normal physiological function. Male foreskin is too long and may easily lead to some bacterial inflammation in the body, which is commonly seen in foreskin infection, or redness, swelling and erosion of the foreskin, etc., which need to be treated in time.

Foreskin is too long and can easily cause four kinds of bacteria

1. Non-infectious factors include local trauma, friction, contraceptives, soap and detergents, etc., which may cause local edema, erythema, erosion, exudation and even bleeding. If secondary bacterial infection occurs, it may cause suppuration and form ulcers. The patient has obvious pain and difficulty in movement. Clinically, it is called acute superficial glansitis.

2. Candida infection Candida is a conditionally pathogenic fungus, so candidal glans inflammation often occurs after diabetes, senile wasting diseases, and large amounts of antibiotics or hormone treatment. It can also be primary, mostly transmitted from the spouse's candidal vaginitis. The glans and coronal sulcus may have light red erosions and thin-walled pustules, but Candida is often not found locally, which may be caused by local allergic reactions caused by Candida.

3. Patients infected with amoeba usually first have balanoposthitis, which causes the local loss of normal barrier function, and then is caused by intestinal amoebiasis. Local erosion, ulceration, and tissue necrosis are obvious, and amoeba can be found in direct smears of secretions.

4. Trichomonas infection is usually transmitted by a spouse who has vaginal trichomoniasis. The symptoms are mild, mainly manifested by erythematous papules and small blisters on the glans. The borders are clear and the scope gradually expands. Patients often feel itchy. Trichomonas can be found in the secretions.

The foreskin covers the urethral opening, but can be turned up to expose the urethral opening and the glans penis. Generally, the mild adhesion between the glans penis and the foreskin of boys disappears on their own after the age of 3, and the foreskin can be turned up. However, the turned-up foreskin in childhood often covers the urethral opening, and the glans penis gradually becomes exposed during puberty. When the penis of an adult is flaccid, the foreskin does not cover the urethral opening, and the foreskin can be turned up to expose the coronal sulcus, which is the foreskin of normal length. Excessive foreskin can cause smegma to accumulate in the foreskin, causing balanitis. Repeated inflammation can cause the foreskin opening to shrink and adhere to the glans penis to form a phimosis. Penile cancer may be related to long-term stimulation by smegma.

The foreskin opening is narrow or the foreskin is adhered to the glans penis, so that the foreskin covering the penis cannot be turned back to expose the urethral opening and glans penis. In severe cases of phimosis, the foreskin opening may be very narrow, and sometimes the urethral opening is also narrow, affecting urination.

Therefore, people with phimosis and prepuce that are too long should undergo surgical treatment as soon as possible. It is worth mentioning that although prepuce that is too long has little impact on health, it may sometimes form an incarcerated foreskin due to the narrow foreskin opening, that is, the foreskin is tightly tied to the coronal sulcus of the penis and cannot be pushed down. At this time, it should be manually restored as soon as possible. If manual restoration is not possible, the doctor should be asked to cut the tight foreskin opening and then perform circumcision.

"Laser circumcision" is currently the best treatment for prepuce and phimosis. This treatment is an outpatient treatment, does not require hospitalization, can be treated at home, and does not affect study and work. Laser circumcision takes a short time to treat, has little bleeding, does not leave scars, and is painless. It is the preferred treatment method for many younger patients.

Judgment

1. How to judge whether the foreskin is too long

The symptom of prepuce is that the foreskin covers the urethra opening, but can be turned up to expose the urethra opening and glans penis. Children with prepuce should pay attention to maintaining local cleanliness and hygiene, and clean the foreskin dirt frequently or daily to prevent glans penis inflammation.

Circumcision environment

If the glans penis is often stimulated by inflammation, the foreskin opening may shrink and adhere to the glans penis, forming an acquired phimosis. Generally, redundant prepuce does not require surgical treatment. Surgery is only required when the redundant prepuce is combined with phimosis.

2. How to determine phimosis

Phimosis refers to the narrow opening of the foreskin of the penis, which makes it impossible to turn the foreskin over to reveal the glans penis. There are two types of phimosis: congenital and acquired. Congenital phimosis refers to the adhesion between the foreskin and the glans penis at birth. After a few months, the adhesion gradually absorbs and the foreskin and glans penis separate.

For most boys, the separation of the foreskin and the glans penis continues until puberty. As the penis grows and becomes erect, the foreskin can retract upward and evert to reveal the glans penis.

3. The difference between foreskin and prepuce

To determine whether a child has foreskin that is too long or phimosis, parents only need to turn over the child's foreskin. If the foreskin can be turned over to reveal the urethra and glans penis, it is foreskin that is too long. If the foreskin cannot be turned over to reveal the glans penis, it is phimosis.

harm

Phimosis refers to the condition in which the penis skin covers the glans penis after adulthood, so that the glans penis cannot be fully exposed. It can be divided into true phimosis and false phimosis. True phimosis means that the glans penis cannot be fully exposed even after the penis is erected; false phimosis means that the glans penis cannot be fully exposed at ordinary times, but can be fully exposed after the penis is erected. Phimosis means that the foreskin completely covers the glans penis, and the glans penis cannot be exposed at any time.

Prepuce and phimosis can easily cause the following adverse effects:

Premature ejaculation

The most common case is when the foreskin normally covers the glans penis, but the glans penis is exposed during erection. Since the glans penis mucosa is usually hidden under the foreskin, it is rarely rubbed and stimulated, making the glans penis mucosa nerves overly sensitive. During sexual intercourse, the glans penis is exposed after erection, and when the glans penis and the vagina are rubbed and stimulated, the glans penis mucosa nerves are overly sensitive, triggering premature ejaculation. The premature ejaculation caused is generally treated with progressive delay training to eradicate premature ejaculation.

No ejaculation

Contrary to the reason for premature ejaculation caused by excessive foreskin, non-ejaculation is often caused by foreskin. In this case, because the glans penis is overprotected by the skin, the rich neurotransmission stimulation and the function of stimulating sexual excitement of the glans penis disappear, and the intensity of stimulation required to stimulate ejaculation cannot be achieved during sexual intercourse, so non-ejaculation is likely to occur. This often prevents men from experiencing the joy and pleasure brought by sex.

Affects the development of the glans

In some patients with phimosis, if there are repeated urethral infections, it is easy to cause adhesion between the foreskin and the glans mucosa, affecting the normal development of the glans, and in severe cases, glans deformity.