Patient's question:
I often hear people talk about phimosis and often see similar advertisements on TV, but I've always been confused about the difference between phimosis and paraphimosis. When I'm not erect, I can forcefully retract it, but when I'm erect, I can't. Is this phimosis or paraphimosis? I really don't understand.Doctor's answer:
Hello, phimosis refers to a condition where the foreskin opening is too small, preventing the foreskin from retracting to reveal the glans penis. Prepuce redundancy, on the other hand, refers to a situation where the foreskin covers the entire glans penis, but the foreskin opening does not retract to reveal the glans penis. Phimosis exists in two forms: physiological phimosis and pathological phimosis. Physiological phimosis occurs when the foreskin can be retracted to reveal the glans penis with manual manipulation, even spontaneously detaching during erection. Most cases of phimosis are physiological, so they do not pose any obstacle to sexual activity. Below are some highly professional hospitals you may consider: Xiamen University Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital, Fujian Provincial Fuzhou Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Hospital, and Fujian Medical University Affiliated First Hospital.