Many people must have never heard of the name penile cancer and are even surprised that even this place can have cancer, let alone knowing what exactly it is. Penile cancer is a malignant tumor that originates from the mucous membrane of the penile head, coronal sulcus and inner foreskin as well as the skin of the penis. It actually belongs to skin cancer and mostly occurs in middle-aged and older people over 40 years old.
Causes of Penile Cancer
Why does penile cancer develop? This is probably the first major question that everyone has after knowing this disease. Just like many cancers, the exact cause of penile cancer is still unclear, but it is clinically recognized that its development is closely related to circumcision or prepuce. In clinical treatment, it is found that prepuce or foreskin will cause poor urination, resulting in frequent retention of urine in the foreskin sac, which, together with some human secretions, will easily form foreskin scale. Since the patient’s foreskin cannot be turned out, it is also impossible to clean it, making it easy to form chronic inflammation. The long-term stimulation of both is an important reason to induce penile cancer.
In addition to the long-term stimulation of prepuce and inflammation, there are some other penis-related diseases that may also induce penile cancer. For example, penile sclerosing moss, warts, condyloma, human papillomavirus infection and incomplete circumcision, etc. Penile cancer is not rare, and patients with early detection have a higher cure rate. Therefore, male compatriots should pay attention to the health condition of this important part of their penis and go to hospital for treatment in time if there is any discomfort.
What are the symptoms of penile cancer?
Changes of penile skin are the most common symptoms of penile cancer. These changes can appear on the uncircumcised foreskin, or on the head of penis (glans) or penis.
1. changes in the thickness and color of the skin of the penis
2. a lump in the penis.
3. a rash or a hard lump in the foreskin.
4.Tumor protruding from the foreskin, with cauliflower-like appearance in advanced stage.
5.A foul-smelling exudate.
6. painful penis with bloody discharge.
7, swelling at the end of the penis.
8.The lymph nodes in the groin are hard or enlarged.
Prevention of penile cancer
1.Stay away from circumcision
Facing a disease which is difficult to be treated, prevention in advance is the best choice. From the causes of penile cancer, it is important to prevent circumcision and chronic inflammation.
For patients who are circumcised and circumcised, here are two situations that can be matched. If the foreskin is only too long but the glans can be turned out, it is only necessary to remove the foreskin scale every day to avoid its accumulation to stimulate the penis; if there is a problem of prepuce, that is, the penis head cannot be exposed in the natural state for a long time and it is impossible to ensure cleanliness, it is better to have circumcision as soon as possible to eliminate the hidden danger.
2, prevention and control of disease
When something goes wrong with your body, you should of course get treatment in time. This is easy to say, but not many people can really do it, especially those more intimate diseases. Many male friends in the face of some penile disease, due to embarrassment or other obscure reasons, often to drag to the point of having to treat before going to the hospital, which is very incorrect approach, easy to delay the timing of treatment, making the disease more difficult to treat not to mention that it may also cause other diseases.
3, maintain hygiene and pay attention to diet
Prevention and treatment of disease, the details are the key. It is not advisable to be unhygienic in life, especially in parts like the penis. Male friends better do every night before bed to wash the perineum, penis, as long as you can keep the penis head clean and fresh, circumcision is difficult to form harm. And it’s best for men to wash their hands before urinating, otherwise the bacteria on their hands will come into direct contact with the penis, easily causing infection-like lesions. The foreskin of the penis should be turned up when urinating so that urine is not trapped in the foreskin. In addition, when the penis appears related to the disease, in the active treatment at the same time, but also pay attention to diet, it is best to prohibit all warm food, such as mutton, dog meat, leek and so on, so as not to affect the treatment.