What is the hidden penis?

There are many common diseases. When treating the disease, we must first understand all aspects of the disease, so that when treating it, we will know what method to choose. Many people are not familiar with cryptic penis. What is cryptic penis? It also has some reasons. When relieving it, we must first understand its causes, so that we will know how to treat it.

What is the hidden penis?

Hidden penis is more common in children with obese body shape. Its characteristics are phimosis, thick subcutaneous fat around the penis, poor development of penile skin, poor development of penile corpus cavernosum and urethral corpus cavernosum, and the inability of the penis body to enter the penile skin and foreskin cavity. Therefore, the penis is buried in the foreskin and subcutaneous fat tissue in the pubic area. Hidden penis cannot ejaculate urine due to urethral curvature, which can cause urinary retention in severe cases. Some children have inferiority complex, and adults often cannot have sexual intercourse. This disease needs to be distinguished from small penis and no penis, but it is not difficult to distinguish based on the body shape of the child and careful physical examination.

The treatment of hidden penis should first control diet and strengthen exercise to reduce obesity. For newborns, parents can push and pull the child's scrotum back several times a day to make the head of the penis enter the foreskin cavity to extend the penis skin and foreskin cavity. For those with good penis development, poor penis skin development and narrow foreskin opening, foreskin opening can be cut to make the head of the penis appear outside the foreskin opening. For those with poor penis development, in addition to cutting the foreskin opening, androgen or gonadotropin treatment is given to promote penis development. Penoplasty should be performed around 7-8 years old. At this time, the penis develops faster and the treatment effect is good. Some scholars have proposed that using multiple small longitudinal incisions to enlarge the foreskin opening to treat hidden penis can achieve better results. The specific method is to separate the adhesion between the foreskin and the glans penis, turn the foreskin up, make a 1-1.5cm longitudinal incision at 10, 12, and 2 o'clock relative to the narrow ring, and then suture horizontally. If there is a lot of fat around the penis, it should be removed.

After understanding what hidden penis is, family members should accompany the patient throughout the treatment of hidden penis. In addition, attention should be paid to the patient's diet and daily routine. If there are no problems with these two aspects, it will be of great help to the patient's physical recovery. This is something that should be paid attention to when treating hidden penis.