What are the dangers of smegma? Timely treatment is the key

Patients with prepuce that is too long or phimosis are prone to smegma. The smegma must be cleaned in time, otherwise it will lead to balanitis, causing urinary tract infection and affecting kidney function. Patients with prepuce that is too long or phimosis must undergo circumcision in time.

1. Smegma is easy to form, so what are its hazards?

1. Due to the secretion of sebaceous glands and epithelial desquamation, smegma or prepuce stones accumulate under the foreskin, leading to glans penis and balanitis, and secondary bacterial infection causes chronic inflammation.

2. It leads to the formation of secondary phimosis and inflammatory adhesions that affect the loosening of the foreskin.

3. Leading to ascending urinary tract infection and even kidney function damage.

4. It causes inflammatory stenosis of the external urethral opening. In severe cases, the foreskin opening becomes as small as a pinhole.

5. It causes difficulty in urination and obstruction of urine flow. When urinating, the front part of the foreskin bulges like a ball, commonly known as "bubble urine".

6. Causes emphysema on the foreskin of the glans penis.

7. Long-term irritation of smegma leads to penile cancer.

2. Faced with so many problems, what treatment measures should be taken?

1. If the foreskin is too long, the foreskin opening is wide and easy to be turned up, pay attention to frequently turning it up and cleaning it to keep the area clean. If it does not affect your health, no surgical treatment is required.

2. If the foreskin is too long and the foreskin opening is small, the dirt between the glans foreskin is difficult to clean, causing health hazards and requiring surgical treatment.

3. For patients with recurrent phimosis of the glans penis, surgical treatment should be performed after local control of the infection.

4. Phimosis in the elderly requires surgical treatment

5. If a child is over 4 years old and has phimosis, surgical treatment may be considered.

6. For incarcerated foreskin, the foreskin should be turned up and restored in time. If the foreskin is incarcerated, it should be treated in time in the hospital for manual or surgical reduction. Otherwise, the foreskin and glans penis will rot and even cause ischemic necrosis!