Patient's question:
Medical Description: Easy to form white smegma under the foreskin, and it's a bit itchy.History of Treatment and Effect: Easy to form white smegma under the foreskin, and it's a bit itchy.
Help Needed: How to treat it so that it doesn't itch anymore? Is it okay to use a liquid to wash it?
Doctor's answer:
Hello! Just like the skin of other parts of the body secretes sebum, the sebaceous glands of the foreskin also secrete sebum. Due to phimosis or excessive foreskin, the foreskin cannot be retracted upward, so this sebum accumulates in the space between the inner surface of the foreskin and the glans penis.At the same time, urine also seeps into this space, reacts with the sebum, and turns into smegma, producing a strong odor. It is recommended to seek medical attention at a regular hospital early on and consider undergoing a circumcision procedure.