Patient's question:
Since I was a child, I have remembered that my urethra often got inflamed. Back then, because I was young, I didn't take it seriously. Since entering puberty, I frequently experienced white discharge and inflammation and redness of the glans penis, sometimes even to the extent that walking was hindered. Recently, the urethral opening often got inflamed and swollen, so I went to see a doctor. The result was a diagnosis of phimosis, which made me very worried.Doctor's answer:
Recurrent inflammation of phimosis and excessive prepuce occurs because the prepuce did not fully regress during embryonic development and growth, causing it to enlarge along with the body's growth, tightly covering the glans, leading to phimosis. Poor personal hygiene results in the reaccumulation of smegma, causing adhesion between the glans and prepuce, which may lead to recurrent phimosis. If a phimosis patient maintains good penile hygiene, the condition will never recur. However, it is possible for issues such as penile pain during sexual activity or premature ejaculation to reappear.