Patient's question:
When taking a shower at night, I noticed a white ring around the head of my penis, and the head of my penis seemed a bit wrinkled and red. Recently, I also found that I wasn't urinating smoothly. After checking at the hospital, they said it was balanitis. Please ask: What is the fastest way to treat foreskin edema?Doctor's answer:
For the issue of what causes balanitis, it is important to pay attention. Regarding your question about what causes balanitis, here is the explanation. If surgery is feasible, it is best to follow up at a formal hospital.Strangulated phimosis is a common complication of phimosis or excessive prepuce, often occurring during or after sexual intercourse. In cases of phimosis or excessive prepuce, if sexual intercourse is engaged in while the penis is erect, and the sexual act involves the prepuce being forcibly moved upward, it may be flipped to the top of the penis and fail to return to its original position. If the prepuce becomes tight, it may constrict at the corona of the glans. As a result, the retracted preputial ring becomes too tight, resembling a bandage tightly wrapped around the front of the penis, obstructing the blood circulation repeatedly. This leads to impaired blood supply to the distal part of the penis and prepuce, disrupting lymphatic and venous drainage. The glans penis may become noticeably swollen, painful, or develop edema, which is known as strangulated phimosis.