What to do if there are small bumps in the foreskin

Many male friends think that only women are prone to reproductive organ diseases, so they don’t pay much attention to their reproductive organs, and therefore do not take many minor symptoms seriously, which leads to the failure to detect the disease in time. There are many possible infections of small bumps on the foreskin, and the specific situation should be determined based on your own situation.

The foreskin covers the surface of the penis. Small bumps on the foreskin often occur in young people and adults, and are generally more common in people aged 20-40. 10% of normal people will have them, and they are more common in young people with long foreskin and masturbation habits. It is a physiological abnormality and not a sexually transmitted disease. It may be related to the long foreskin and more smegma, which causes chronic inflammatory stimulation.

Let's talk about it in detail: This small bump is medically called a small papule. It is a small reddish papule that appears around the glans penis at the coronal sulcus of the penis. Pearly penile papulosis is characterized by smooth papules with a diameter of about 1-2 mm, arranged in rows at the coronal sulcus, and exists for a long time without increasing or enlarging, and without any conscious symptoms. This is a normal condition, not a sexually transmitted disease, and does not require treatment.

In addition, small pimples on the foreskin are more likely to be caused by genital infectious diseases such as balanitis and glansitis. Common causes of glansitis include infection from unclean sexual life, excessive foreskin, invasion of pathogenic microorganisms, poor local hygiene, etc. It is recommended to pay attention to personal hygiene, especially local cleanliness, regular life, light diet, drink plenty of water, avoid spicy and irritating food, and go to a regular hospital in time for external genital secretions, bacterial culture and other related examinations to clarify, and cooperate with treatment according to the doctor's instructions based on the examination results.

There are usually no conscious symptoms on the foreskin. They are often found suddenly after bathing or unclean sexual intercourse and are easily misdiagnosed as condyloma acuminatum. The histopathological findings are the same as those of vulvar pseudo-warts, with papillary protrusions in appearance, mild hypertrophy of the mucosal epithelium, and vacuolar appearance similar to normal mucosa in the middle and upper parts of the epithelium. The size and shape of the vacuoles are consistent, the cell nuclei are not darkly stained, condensed, and the mucosal epithelium is wrapped in loose connective tissue. The capillaries in the connective tissue proliferate and dilate, and there are a few lymphocytes infiltrating. Polymerase chain reaction tests for human papillomavirus are all negative, so it is not a sexually transmitted disease. It can be differentiated from genital warts based on clinical, histopathological and human papillomavirus examinations, and the diagnosis is not difficult.

There are small bumps on the foreskin. The current diagnosis method is that if the skin lesions are very typical, they can be judged by naked eyes. For less typical ones, acetowhite test can be used, or skin lesions can be taken for pathological examination, or PCR examination can be taken for skin lesions. If the diagnosis is clear, laser, freezing, topical drugs (such as podophyllotoxin) and surgery should be used. In terms of treatment, if the patient has a long foreskin, circumcision should be performed to avoid smegma stimulation. The skin lesions of penile pearly papulosis itself do not need to be treated.

Do not pull out small bumps on the foreskin by yourself, because it can be self-inoculated and accelerate the spread after being broken. Regular inspections should be carried out after treatment, and recurring and untreated skin lesions should be treated in time.

The above is about how to deal with small bumps on the foreskin. It is recommended that male friends take care of their bodies, pay attention to changing and washing their underwear regularly, keep their genitals clean, do not masturbate frequently, and keep themselves clean. Pay attention when you find bumps on your foreskin. If the situation is serious, go to the hospital to check the cause.