Patient's question:
[All symptoms: How to understand discomfort in the foreskin and glans area? Does it refer to whether the child has mentioned pain, or if there are any differences in diet and behavior, and is there no problem if so? What are the harms if there is no active treatment? Onset time and cause: Treatment history: Desired help: Please explain more, provide more support]Doctor's answer:
Hello. Excessive prepuce is a common developmental abnormality of the male external genitalia, which is divided into two types: true preputial hyperplasia and false preputial hyperplasia. If it is true preputial hyperplasia, surgical excision is necessary for treatment. For your child's condition, maintain a light diet, drink plenty of water, and avoid tight underwear. You can use Jie'eryin liquid to clean the glans to prevent discharge under the prepuce. It is recommended to have the prepuce surgically excised at a regular hospital around the age of nine. Moreover, in children with excessive prepuce, it generally improves naturally with age, and most children will recover on their own. If the prepuce cannot be retracted at the age of seven or eight, surgery should be performed. If there is accumulation of smegma or recurrent inflammation, the age should not be a determining factor, and a preputial circumcision should be considered.