Patient's question:
What are the effects of excessive foreskin in men on women?Doctor's answer:
Hypospadias refers to a condition where the foreskin covers the urethral meatus but can be retracted to expose the urethral meatus and glans penis, often accompanied by phimosis. This condition is related to genetics and can be classified as true hypospadias or false hypospadias. Patients with hypospadias should undergo surgical treatment at an early stage. For non-inflammatory hypospadias, as long as the foreskin is regularly retracted and cleaned, surgery may not be necessary.However, 1. It is prone to causing various inflammatory conditions. Hypospadias, although not affecting urination, can accumulate dirt and debris under the foreskin, especially as the foreskin secretes a foul-smelling white discharge called smegma. Long-term stimulation of the glans penis, particularly the corona region, by smegma can easily lead to balanitis and balanoposthitis. Bacterial infections from the foreskin cavity can also cause cystitis, pyelonephritis, and prostatitis.
2. It is prone to affecting sexual life. Repeated foreskin inflammation can lead to adhesion between the glans and foreskin, restricting penile erection and causing sexual intercourse pain. This not only disrupts sexual harmony between couples but can also lead to psychogenic sexual dysfunction.
3. It is prone to inducing penile cancer. Chronic stimulation by smegma is a cause of penile cancer. Surveys show that most patients with penile cancer also have phimosis.
4. It is prone to causing infertility. Prostatitis caused by smegma infection can affect the motility of sperm in semen and the viscosity of semen, potentially leading to infertility.
5. It is prone to causing paraphimosis. When the penis is erect, the foreskin is retracted but cannot be returned to its original position, trapping the glans in the foreskin opening, forming paraphimosis. In this case, the glans may swell due to poor blood circulation, and in severe cases, it may lead to glans necrosis.
6. It is prone to affecting women's health. Due to the presence of a large number of bacteria in smegma, sexual intercourse can introduce these bacteria into the female vagina, causing infection.