Phimosis (fī-mō sĭs, fĭ-), from the Greek phimos ( ( muzzle )), is a condition where, in men, the foreskin cannot be fully retracted over the glans penis . The term may also refer to clitoral phimosis in women, whereby the clitoral hood cannot be retracted, limiting exposure of the glans clitoridis . In the neonatal period, it is rare for the foreskin to be naturally retractable; Huntley et al. state that non-retractability can be considered normal for males up to and including adolescence . Rickwood, as well as other authors, has suggested that true phimosis is over-diagnosed due to failure to distinguish between normal developmental non-retractability and a pathological condition (a condition deemed a problem). Some authors use the terms physiologic and pathologic to distinguish between these types of phimosis; Pathological (acquired) phimosis has several causes. Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (thought to be the same condition as balanitis xerotica obliterans ) is regarded as a common (or even the main and balanitis . Beauge found that patients with phimosis had masturbation practices that differed from the usual pulling down of the foreskin that mimics sexual intercourse . Some studies found phimosis to be a risk factor for urinary retention and carcinoma of the penis . Common treatments include steroid creams, manual stretching, preputioplasty , and circumcision .
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I am a 66 year old male with Phimosis and have tried the Glansie without much success . What are my options re: circumcission,Hazards and prices ,ect.
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I am male, age 67 and diabetic patient (diabetic is in control) I am suffering from Phimosis from last 15 days. there is no pain and itching please let me know about its treatment which would be...
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I am suffering from erectile problems since more than a 1 year. My age is 32. I met the doctor and intially he had recommended a medicine/tablets. When I use those medicine I feel frequent urination. When I met...
Does this stretching thing (for phimosis) works at the age of 45+ as well ?
Hello, I am involved with a man who is over 50. He has a very tight and long foreskin. When i did a research on it, I learnt that it is a condition is likely called phimosis. He is unwilling to get circumcised even...
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Ever since curing my phimosis and learning to pull my foreskin back - I have noticed that the "lips" of the urethra have been red/inflamed. I assume they...
hi i am karthik age 22 ....i am going to get married next year...i so depressed of my small penis....also i have a phimosis condition..hw to grow up my penis.....hw to get cured from this phimosis condition .is circumsion s the oly solution....i...
Hello Sir/Madam, I seek your inputs to treat phimosis. What are the various treatment options aaprt from circumcision. I had this condition since an early age. I was about 8-10 and was treated for it and things were...
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i am shied to tell you that i do masturbation about 2 years when i am in my 9th and 10th standard but than i am unaware about that what is masturbation. I have not a single knowledge...
Hello, for the past couple of weeks, I've had a lot of irritation and itching on my penis glans. I am uncircumsized and have phimosis. Underneath my urethra some pink spots developed. In the past few days, I have...
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User : When my foreskin touches the dress materials its paining a lot from past 2 days..
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Sir, I am umarried single male. My age is 28. I have a problem with my penis foreskin . It does not move up when erect. I came to know its called Phimosis . What is the treatment for that doctor ? Is circumcision the only way ? What are the effects if i do a circumcision ? Please clear my hesitation. My email is kumarkrp@yahoo.com
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hello doctor plz take it a serious case....because i am suffering from it for 2 or 3 years .....i am 15 year old with height of 5 ft. and i am masturbating a lot from 3 or 4 years...from 3 or 4 years i am not growing or increasing and i am not still mature and another problem is that my penis size is very short and it is also not increasing and...
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I have recurrent bacterial infection in the meatus after the surgery of phimosis please give me any prescription and guidance so that infection will be cured. I am not having any sexual relations
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hello doctor .. I m 21 years old male.5.7ft tall,weighing 58kg .i have phimosis .my foreskin is tight. glans is not exposed when my penis is erect or flaccid.only yesterday i discovered the problem.i m worried ,if it ll affect my sex life or the conditions is dangerous.should i have treatment?should i do surgery?please help me.
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I have a slight problem around my penis area. For around 2 weeks now, I have been getting quite a lot of pain around the base of the head of my penis. Before and during sex. Once my foreskin is pulled back where the skin rolls up I have been getting small cuts kind of like paper cuts but a little wider around the outside of my penis. These cuts...
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To Dr. Dilip Raja and dr gaurav patel (note i dnt have problem related to smegma or any other infection as i maintain a very good hygiene ,i just want to retract my foreskin so that it does not hamper my sexual life with pain and micro tears . i want to know whether application of betnovate is advisable along with streching. i live in a very...
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To Dr. Dilip Raja and dr gaurav patel (note i dnt have problem related to smegma or any other infection as i maintain a very good hygiene ,i just want to retract my foreskin so that it does not hamper my sexual life with pain and micro tears . i want to know whether application of betnovate is advisable along with streching. i live in a very...
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sir, i have partial phimosis but i can retract my foreskin when flaccid very easily but have a bit problem in erect stage.....taday when i masterbaded then after some time i noticed swelling omn my foreskin though i have noticed it earlier it subsides in a day or two ...but whenever i masterbade the foreskin swells sir, i wnt to know reason...
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I just learned I have Phimosis is there any thing I can do to have it fixed. With out having a circumcsion as I do not really want to do that.
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sir i am 22 yrs old man working....i have been posted in a remote village in orrissa ,i think i have phimosis as i cant retract my foreskin ......i just wanted to ask you if there is any cure other than surgery and circumcision ...and how much delay can i bear in it as i am in remote place so no doctors here sir i am 22 yrs old man working....i...
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