Patient's question:
I have a foreskin that can be retracted, but after retracting it, I can't insert it into the vagina, and the head of my penis always slides down. Why? Urgent!Doctor's answer:
The relationship between the penis and the foreskin has three types: one is normal, where the glans is exposed; another is phimosis, where the foreskin is usually covering the glans but can be retracted to reveal it; and the last is paraphimosis, where the foreskin tightly covers the glans and cannot be retracted. Regarding these conditions, there is no need to worry. If the foreskin is too long or normal and does not affect sexual life, paraphimosis requires surgical treatment to resolve the issue. Phimosis refers to a condition where the foreskin covers the glans in a natural state or during erection, but the glans can be manually retracted. If the foreskin covers the glans during erection and cannot be manually retracted, it is paraphimosis, which should be surgically treated.