Children do not need surgery if there is no infection, but if there is recurrent infection that affects the normal development of the child’s local area, then surgery is needed, depending on the severity of the child’s own disease.
In many cases, the child’s prepuce is congenital. If there are no symptoms of recurrent infections or difficulty in urination, surgical treatment is generally not required. However, care must be taken to clean the dirt inside the foreskin every day to prevent infection, and the phimosis will resolve on its own as the child grows and develops.
If the child’s prepuce recurring foreskin infection, glansitis, the narrow opening of the foreskin and other causes of children’s urination difficulties or even glans atrophy, may affect the normal development of the child’s penis and glans. Patients should promptly go to the local pediatric surgery department for treatment and circumcision under the guidance of professional doctors, and pay attention to local cleaning after the operation.
To summarize, if children have foreskin without physical discomfort, they can be temporarily observed. If accompanied by discomfort, should be timely to the regular hospital for relevant examination, let the professional doctor for diagnosis and treatment.