What is Phimosis?

Men nowadays attach great importance to their physical health, among which genital problems are relatively common, which have a great impact on men's lives and cause various physiological problems in men. For example, phimosis is the most common problem among men, which is mostly caused by congenital development. Most phimosis phenomena will accompany men for life. Let's take a look at what phimosis is. I hope everyone can understand it.

Phimosis refers to the condition in which the foreskin of a boy's genitals is too small to be turned up to reveal the glans penis. Phimosis is the same as prepuce hyperplasia, both of which are manifested by the inability to expose the glans penis. However, it should be made clear that phimosis in infants and young children is a normal physiological cause. Only when the glans penis of a child still cannot be exposed after puberty can it be confirmed as phimosis. This is the difference between congenital phimosis and acquired phimosis.

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 glans penis cannot directly contact the vagina, and the patient cannot experience sexual pleasure, and cannot complete a normal sexual life. This situation is very serious and should be removed by surgery.

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 commonly known as phimosis.

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

4. Fully covered type: The foreskin covers the entire glans penis, but can be turned back to expose the glans penis, and the foreskin can be restored. This situation is more common. If the patient does not have obvious symptoms, he will ignore treatment. Fully covered type is most likely to cause glans inflammation and urethral mouth inflammation. If the inflammation is not treated in time, it will spread to the deep to cause prostatitis, vas deferens obstruction, etc., which is more harmful than half covered type.