Circumcision” is a popular word when it comes to summer vacation, and many boys will go to the hospital to get circumcised. However, there are many people who have questions about why circumcision is necessary when it is given by parents.
“The first thing you need to know is whether your foreskin is too long, whether you need to be circumcised, and whether it will do anything. It is often confusing and worrying for many men, and it is also a problem for many parents. Circumcision, which has existed for thousands of years, should be done often in the future, but it often brings many problems.
If the enclosure of the foreskin is too narrow, the formation of the so-called “prepuce”.
In children, this often manifests itself as a balloon-like swelling of the foreskin when urinating, making it difficult and painful to urinate. In adults, it can easily cause eczema and urinary tract infections of the foreskin. There is another type of foreskin called “imbedded prepuce”, where the foreskin is pulled to the glans and then stuck and cannot return to its original position. In this case, the venous return is blocked, resulting in local edema or even necrosis. Therefore, if the foreskin of a child has prepuce, imbricated prepuce, or recurrent inflammation of the foreskin, circumcision is the most appropriate option.
After reaching puberty, considering the factor of sexual behavior, if the foreskin does not retreat to the back of the glans during sexual intercourse, it will be easily injured and bleeding. The foreskin on the inside of the foreskin during sexual intercourse has a negative impact on the hygiene of both men and women. Jewish women have a very low rate of cervical cancer, and the fact that Jewish boys are circumcised as infants due to their religion may be a factor. Another problem is that when you are young, it is easier to keep the inner surface of the foreskin clean, but when you are older, your eyesight is a little worse and your hands and feet are less flexible, so it may not be easy to maintain local hygiene. So when you are young, if you have an overcircumcised foreskin, you can consider using surgery to remove it for treatment. If you have a circumcision or an ingrown prepuce, it is even more important to receive surgical treatment.
For men after puberty, circumcision is mostly performed under local anesthesia, and the wound is closed with absorbable sutures that will fall off in about two weeks. There will be swelling and pain in the first few days after the surgery, but it will disappear on its own. You can take a shower on the third day after surgery. Bleeding is a possible complication after surgery, but the chance of inflammation is rare. As for injuries to the glans and urethra caused by the surgery, or difficulties in erection caused by a too short foreskin, they can be avoided with the right doctor.
The foreskin is a personal thing for every man and has its own stage function. As a child, the foreskin plays an important protective role if it is not inflamed or difficult to urinate due to tightness. In adulthood, most of it recedes behind the glans, at least when erect. Circumcision is a relatively basic and common procedure in the field of urology. However, for every man, because of the significance of the area, the decision to undergo the procedure is a matter of consideration and struggle in the minds of both the patient and his parents, so both the patient and the physician should approach it with devotion in order to obtain the best possible result.