How long is a man's foreskin considered too long?

Many male friends have the problem of foreskin being too long in life. We know that the foreskin being too long in infants is physiological and healthy. The so-called foreskin is too long for men, which means that the foreskin covers the entire glans penis and cannot show the glans penis. If the foreskin is too long, it will cause balanitis and affect the health of women. So, what is the foreskin of men that is too long? Let's introduce the situation of foreskin being too long for men in detail.

The foreskin is the layer of skin covering the glans penis. If you turn the foreskin over, you can see the ring-shaped constriction behind the glans penis called the coronal sulcus. There are many sebaceous glands in the skin near the coronal sulcus, which secrete a smelly secretion in the form of yellow-white mud, called "smegma".

When the foreskin is too long or the foreskin is too long, the secretions of the sebaceous glands in the foreskin cannot be discharged, and the smegma with a strong odor will gradually form. Smegma is suitable for bacterial growth, so it can cause inflammation of the glans penis and foreskin. Inflammation occurring at the urethral opening can cause the urethral opening to narrow after healing, resulting in difficulty in urination. Long-term stimulation of the glans penis by smegma may also cause penile cancer. It is reported that about 85%-95% of penile cancer patients have a history of phimosis or foreskin being too long. In addition, it is also extremely disadvantageous to women. If the husband has a long foreskin, the smegma will enter the female reproductive tract during sexual intercourse, and repeated long-term chronic stimulation of the cervix may induce cervical cancer. Medical scientists investigated Jewish men who had their male babies circumcised at birth and found that the incidence of cervical cancer in women was extremely low. A survey of residents on the South Pacific island of Peji found that when comparing the wives of uncircumcised men with the wives of circumcised men, the incidence of cervical cancer in the former was eight times higher than that in the latter.

If phimosis is not treated in time, the glans penis will be tightly locked by the foreskin for a long time, causing poor penile development after puberty and affecting sexual life.

If the foreskin and prepuce are too long and cannot be retracted after being forcibly turned up, it may cause foreskin incarceration, and in severe cases it may cause glans necrosis.

If a teenager has phimosis or prepuce that is too long, he should undergo circumcision as soon as possible. For prepuce that is not inflamed, surgery is not necessary as long as the foreskin is frequently turned up for cleaning.

What causes balanitis? How to treat it?

Inflammation of the glans penis and foreskin often occur at the same time, so they are collectively called glans penis phimosis. The main cause of glans penis phimosis is phimosis or prepuce is too long. In addition, unclean sexual intercourse, drug stimulation or allergy are also causes of the disease.

The symptoms of glans phimitis are redness, swelling, pain, and itching of the glans penis and foreskin. Some cases may develop erosion and ulceration, and there may be yellow purulent secretions with a special odor. In severe cases, glans penis necrosis may occur. Some patients may develop adhesion and stenosis of the urethra after the acute phase, causing difficulty in urination. Repeated infections may cause thickening of the glans penis or foreskin, forming white spots.

When taking certain drugs, allergic reactions may sometimes cause fixed edematous erythema to form on the glans penis or foreskin, with blisters in the center that can cause infection after rupture. Symptoms usually occur within 24-36 hours after taking the drug, improve after stopping the drug, and reappear after taking the drug again.

In the acute stage of glans balanitis, the foreskin should be turned up, washed with 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution, and then antibiotic ointment should be applied. If the foreskin cannot be turned up, it should be incised and drained. While performing local treatment, oral or injected antibiotics are required. Antiallergic drugs should also be taken if it is caused by drug allergy.

Patients with recurrent inflammation of the glans penis and foreskin due to phimosis or prepuce that is too long should undergo circumcision to prevent recurrence.

What to do if foreskin incarceration occurs?

For patients with an excessively long foreskin and a narrow foreskin opening, if the foreskin is forcibly turned up and not restored in time, the narrow foreskin opening may be tightened on the coronal sulcus of the penis, blocking the blood flow to the distal end of the foreskin and the glans penis, causing swelling in these areas. This condition is called phimosis.

Phimosis is usually caused by sexual intercourse or masturbation. After phimosis, there is severe local pain, redness and swelling of the glans penis, and edema of the foreskin. The longer the incarceration lasts, the more severe the swelling will be. If not treated in time, the foreskin and glans penis will suffer from ischemia and necrosis.

After the foreskin is incarcerated, it should be restored in time, usually by manual restoration. This method of restoration can be done by yourself. Hold the foreskin with the index and middle fingers of both hands, place the two thumbs on the head of the penis and gently push it into the foreskin, and the incarcerated foreskin can be restored. If the foreskin is incarcerated for a long time and manual restoration cannot be restored, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible for surgical restoration.

The best way to prevent foreskin incarceration is to have a circumcision to remove the foreskin or excessive foreskin, so that foreskin incarceration will not occur again.

The above is about the situation of male foreskin being too long. Once male friends have the situation of foreskin being too long, they should not be too nervous or feel inferior. As long as they undergo circumcision in time and remove the excessive foreskin, the situation of foreskin being too long will not occur again. Therefore, as long as they are sure that they have foreskin being too long, they should go to the hospital for medical treatment in time.