Phimosis is a disease characterized by narrowing of the foreskin of the penis.
This diagnosis is made by the doctor if the patient's penis opens painfully, with difficulty, or does not open at all.
Physiological phimosis usually lasts until the age of seven.
If this does not happen for some reason, the doctor can offer two treatment methods:
- conservative;
- surgical.
Treatment of phimosis at home
Experienced doctors state that there are many cases where surgery can be avoided. However, for this purpose it is necessary to address to the skilled or experienced expert and purposefully to spend house treatment of a phimosis.
For the gradual extension of the prepuce at home using special tools, it is suggested to use conservative treatment of phimosis.
You should not be too rash: the penis head in boys usually opens by the age of 15, and free shearing of the foreskin is only necessary for painless intercourse.
Rapid, sharp stretching of the skin often leads to rupture of the foreskin and subsequent formation of scar tissue. It is clear that the doctor can not give the go-ahead for treatment of the house of inflammatory diseases of the foreskin, urination disorders.
How to cure phimosis at home
The parents of a small boy are prescribed to perform this procedure: when bathing in a warm bath( use the broths of queue or chamomile for bathing) try to move the foreskin before the onset of pain syndrome.
After this, a few drops of special purified petrolatum oil should be introduced into the preputial space. This procedure should be carried out at least three times a week. However, it should be borne in mind that this treatment will last several months. The implementation of this manipulation requires extreme caution, so as not to create prerequisites for the formation of paraphimosis. The success of the treatment depends entirely on the parents' insistence, as well as on the level of neglect of phimosis. If there are scars on the penis, then such conservative treatment is unlikely to help you. Most likely, you will be offered a surgical operation.
For adult men, the same procedure is the same, only stretching the foreskin should be done a few millimeters more than in boys.
To date, an independent correction of phimosis can be performed with the help of a hormonal special ointment, which should be placed in the preputial space. Ointment helps to relieve too much stretching of tissues.
Treatment of phimosis at home is carried out under the compulsory supervision of a specialist doctor.
