Some people think that prepuce and circumcision do not prevent sexual life and fertility, so it is not a genital disease. In fact, this view is not scientific. Because, whether it is circumcision or prepuce, it has certain harmful effects on the human body. Summarized as follows: (1) may hinder the development of the penis, affecting the harmony of sexual life: circumcision will affect the growth and development of the penis, in adolescence because the penis head is tightly wrapped by the foreskin, do not get the due stimulation of the outside world, the development of the head of the penis is greatly constrained, resulting in the development of mature sex organs, the circumference of the crown of the penis is obviously small, affecting sexual pleasure. Adults will be due to the foreskin is too long or prepuce, affecting normal sex life. Especially for men whose foreskin caliber is too small, the foreskin cannot be recovered by turning it up, the foreskin is stuck tightly in the coronal groove and becomes an embedded prepuce, which is not very painful. In serious cases, the glans will occur due to poor blood flow and edema, and even glans necrosis can occur.
(2) Inflammation of the penis: There are abundant sebaceous glands in the foreskin, which can secrete a lot of sebum. When the foreskin or prepuce is too long, the secretions of the sebaceous glands within the foreskin cannot be discharged, and the sebum and urine precipitates are synthesized into the cheese-like and smelly “prepuce”. The foreskin scale is suitable for bacterial growth, so it can cause inflammation of the penis head and foreskin. The germs can also cause urinary tract infections through the urethra. The inflammation that occurs at the urethra can cause the urethra to narrow after healing, causing difficulty in urination.
(3) The prepuce under the foreskin contains a large number of pathogenic microorganisms, which may cause infection in the female reproductive tract during sex, causing vaginitis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal inflammatory disease, which may lead to infertility in serious cases.
(4) Damage to kidney function: Due to inflammation of the penis, it can cause narrowing of the urethra or anterior urethra, resulting in difficulty in urination. The function of the kidneys will be damaged by long-term difficulty in urination.
(5) Risk of cancer: circumcision and prepuce have the possibility of inducing penile cancer. According to modern scientific research, prepuce is a carcinogenic substance. According to the survey, 85%-95% of penile cancer patients are circumcised or circumcised. Circumcision and prepuce not only affect one’s own health, but also bring circumcision into the vagina if one has intercourse with one’s wife, which can stimulate the uterus and induce cervical cancer.
The New York Times reported on a U.S. government study that said adult men who were circumcised were able to reduce their chances of contracting HIV from sex by 60 percent. If circumcision is widely adopted, it is expected to save at least tens of thousands of people from AIDS, and in South Africa alone, it could benefit 2 million people in 10 years. Experts believe that circumcision reduces the chance of HIV infection because the foreskin at the front of the male penis is the first to come into contact with HIV, and this part of the skin is fragile and prone to breakage and bleeding during sex, giving the virus more opportunity to enter the body through it. Circumcision removes this potential danger.
In the past, some experts believed that circumcision was not necessary. This view is mainly based on the following points: 1, circumcision may bring some new problems, such as the occurrence of post-operative pain, edema, infection, bleeding and other problems, some complications will affect the patient’s life and work, but also bring a certain will economic burden.
2, the current medical market is still more chaotic, many irregular small clinics, private hospitals, the doctor’s surgical skills are poor, incomplete intraoperative hemostasis, disinfection, irregular operation, postoperative serious complications too much, such as penile hematoma, infection, nerve damage leading to postoperative erectile dysfunction, and even lead to penile cavernous necrosis.
3, misdiagnosis and mistreatment. Some patients who seem to be circumcised are not really circumcised, but have other diseases. For example, there are patients whose foreskin is not long, but from the appearance of the foreskin is long, in fact, is the medical term hidden penis, is contraindicated to perform simple circumcision. If such a patient is circumcised, the foreskin will be short in the future and will require surgical repair. The actual fact is that you will not be able to get a good deal on your own. It is recommended that patients should not easily believe in small advertisements on the streets and newspapers, and should not go to irregular small clinics or private hospitals to have the surgery, but should go to regular big hospitals to receive regular treatment.
From the positive point of view of modern male health, circumcision should belong to a defect in development and should receive regular surgical treatment. About the timing of surgery: for men with long foreskin, it is best to cut it after the end of puberty development; for patients with circumcision, it depends on whether the foreskin has affected development and various functions, if so, treatment should be carried out as soon as possible.