What does foreskin incarceration look like?

We all know that there is a layer of skin on the outside of the male penis, which is the so-called foreskin. For Asian men, it may be due to genetic factors, so the foreskin is generally longer, resulting in the glans being completely covered by the foreskin. In severe cases, it may affect normal sexual life. If necessary, surgical treatment should be performed. Then the question is, what does foreskin incarceration look like?

Incarceration means that the foreskin cannot be turned down after being turned up, and it must be treated with surgery in time!

Clinical manifestations

After foreskin incarceration, there will be severe local pain, narrowing of the foreskin, swelling of the distal foreskin and glans penis. The longer the incarceration lasts, the more severe the swelling will be. There may be difficulty urinating, and children may cry and be restless. If not treated in time, the foreskin and glans penis may suffer from ischemia, local necrosis and necrosis may be seen in the incarcerated area, and systemic symptoms such as fatigue, fever, and loss of appetite may occur.

Diagnosis

The patient has a history of phimosis or prepuce hyperplasia, and severe local pain occurs after sexual intercourse or masturbation. Physical examination shows that the prepuce is narrow and the distal prepuce and glans penis are swollen. The diagnosis is made based on the above clinical manifestations.

treatment

If the foreskin is incarcerated, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to restore it in time. Generally, manual reduction is used first (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 to restore the incarcerated foreskin). If the foreskin is incarcerated for a long time and manual reduction cannot be restored, surgical reduction should be performed.

Prognosis

If you have foreskin incarceration, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible. If the diagnosis and treatment are correct and timely, there will be no serious consequences. If the foreskin incarceration lasts too long, it will cause necrosis of the glans penis, which will affect urination and sexual function.