For many men, circumcision is an embarrassing topic, and I often ask female patients to bring their partners along for testing in order to eliminate the possibility of cross-infection. Men first of all do not have high requirements for their own personal hygiene, and their hearts are not very careful, plus if they do not understand the medical common sense, it forms a “hygiene dead end”, and this problem on women will be derived from the follow-up results will be much larger than men, I often say that most of the gynecological problems, if a woman has never had sex in her life, then This shows that the biggest “killer” in women’s reproductive health is their partners.
The foreskin of an adult male can have many hazards if it is too long, first of all, it will affect the function of the penis, long-term untreated can easily cause premature ejaculation, not only that, because of the foreskin is easy to hide dirt, resulting in the penis inflammation chances increase, and thus cause difficulties in urination. If the foreskin is not cleaned in time, it creates good conditions for the growth of bacteria and viruses, and from the point of view of infection, it is easy to spread viruses and bacteria to sexual partners through sexual intercourse, causing great harm, so what is called circumcision?
Under normal circumstances, children in the developmental stage, especially before the age of 7, the foreskin can completely cover the entire penis head and urethral opening, this is a normal phenomenon, parents need not worry too much. This is normal and parents need not worry too much about it. At this time, the long foreskin can protect the penis from external damage. As development proceeds, the male will separate the foreskin and glans at the age of about thirteen, when it is easier to pull the foreskin behind the glans. As youth develops and the size of the penis increases, the foreskin will retract backwards and in an erect or natural state, the head of the penis and the urethra are exposed outside the foreskin.
However, if in adulthood, the penis and urethral orifice are still not exposed outside the foreskin, it is not a natural phenomenon, this situation is divided into two kinds: one is circumcision, the other case is circumcision. The circumcision is the narrowing of the foreskin or the adhesion of the foreskin to the head of the penis, so that the foreskin can not be turned up to reveal the urethral opening and head of the penis. If the foreskin is still wrapped around the glans when erect and cannot be exposed, but can reveal the glans when turned by hand, then the foreskin is too long. The difference between the two is that the size of the foreskin opening is different, resulting in a difference in whether the glans can be exposed when the foreskin is flipped by hand. The diagram below can show normal foreskin, circumcision, and prepuce.
There are also true and false circumcision. True prepuce means that the glans cannot be fully exposed even after the penis is erect; pseudo prepuce means that the glans cannot be fully exposed normally, but can be fully exposed after the penis is erect.
The foreskin is normal in childhood and does not require surgery, but if it causes recurrent circumcision and difficulty in urination, then circumcision must be performed in time. For adult males, regardless of whether it is a pseudo-circumcision or a true circumcision, there is no pathology that can be ignored. The reason for this is that the long term hiding of dirt and germs, as well as poor cleaning, will not only easily lead to their own inflammation, but will also transmit pathogens to their sexual partners through sexual contact, for their own sake, and for the sake of your her, do early excision treatment.