Patient's question:
My son is 5 years old. Due to trauma, he has developed phimosis with preputial adhesion. After the surgery, two-thirds of the glans have been exposed, except for the coronal sulcus. What should we do? The child is too young, and it hurts to see him. Every time he goes to the toilet, he cries in pain.Doctor's answer:
The treatment for phimosis adhesion can be performed at various stages of a child's life, such as in the neonatal period and infancy, preschool age, and school age. Some infants may not urinate for two or three days after birth, with a pinhole-sized meatus of the prepuce accompanied by a lipid discharge. After the prepuce is retracted, the discharge is removed, and urination becomes unobstructed. In other cases, children may develop smegma due to phimosis, leading to one or more soft or hard nodules under the foreskin skin, with no local redness or exudation. During urination, the preputial cavity becomes filled like a ball, and the smegma is then expanded, combined, and removed. In daily diet, it is essential to avoid excessive hunger or fullness, and never overeat or binge drink.