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Flatnews.cf, HEALTH - Phimosis is a condition in which the foreskin or the skin covering the head of the penis can not be pulled back. It happened, because the narrowing at the tip of the foreskin of the penis or foreskin adhesions occur.
Doctors Mahdian Nur Nasution, SpBS said, phimosis is generally due to congenital abnormalities. However, it could be due to penile hygiene is not maintained properly.
Parents need to recognize the signs of phimosis in children. If left unchecked, phimosis can cause infection. What are the signs?
Phimosis can be recognized when the parents bathe their babies. If the foreskin can not be pulled back so that the head of the penis is not visible, the likelihood of children experiencing phimosis. Indeed, the foreskin is elastic.
"So if ballooned to pee first, urine resilience in the skin first. After the bubble of high pressure, urine coming out. As no leaks of water from the skin," said Mahdian in media discussions in Jakarta, Tuesday (13/12/2016).
Urine was usually left under the skin of the penis. Over time, residual urine and other impurities will settle and trigger the growth of bacteria.
Signs of other phimosis, is the child has a fever. If it is an infection in the penis or urinary tract will appear fever, because of the growth of bacteria earlier. Initially, the infection occurs around the skin, then at the head of the penis, to finally get to the urinary tract.
"Take it to the pediatrician, and then given a drug fever is cured. But then the fever again. So, if the child has a fever, cough, runny nose chances, the latter may be due to urinary tract problems," explained the doctor of this Sunatan house.
Recurring fever could ultimately affect child development. As adults, phimosis will interfere with sexual activity. Dirt that accumulates under the skin of the penis can trigger inflammation and redness appearing on the tip of the penis.
Mahdian revealed cases of phimosis in boys pretty much met, which is about 40 percent. Phimosis can be treated with circumcise the foreskin of the penis or cut the child.
