For every mother the birth of a baby - an important and responsible event. Boy or girl - it does not matter, as long as a little miracle grow strong and healthy. However, it is no secret that along with the joys and cares about pleasing a tiny lump, often new parents are faced with a number of quite unpleasant problems. Let's talk today about one of them.
As a rule, immediately after birth the baby is fully examined by a doctor, since (ironically) in children of either sex from birth there can be problems of an intimate nature. That is why since the early days parents have the most attentive and responsible attitude to hygiene of genitals of their children.
Many people think that in this sense, with the boys less of a problem, because it is the girls a special daily ritual, but no - the future of the men also need delicate care. Unfortunately, to date in practice pediatricians often emerge such diseases of the genital organs in boys as congenital phimosis, cryptorchidism, hydrocele, balanoposthitis. Today let's talk about phimosis.
Phimosis - a condition in which the foreskin (skin), so strongly bonded to the penis head, which remains stationary and the head can not be laid bare. In medicine, there are two types of phimosis: congenital (physiological) and acquired (pathological).
Congenital phimosis - the most common type. It develops in children due to a violation of formation of sexual organs and occurs in 90% of boys at an early age from 1 year to 3 years. In most cases, children under 1 year of the penis head is not laid bare due to the fact that it tightly covers the skin, and it is considered commonplace. Experience is not necessary, because "most valuable" is protected by various types of bacteria and germs.
Often, aged 1 to 3 years head opens (50% of 100), and the problem is solved by itself naturally. In this case, it is sufficient to follow the special care baby hygiene to avoid infections, inflammatory processes and different types of bacteria.
To this day, the doctors did not come to a common denominator as to what time to "congenital phimosis" can be considered a disease and the age at which it is necessary to sound the alarm for its removal. Experts are unanimous in only one opinion: all individually. Someone problem is solved by 2 to 3 years, with the other 5-7 years, some with 7do 10, and it happens that from 14 - 17 years.
How to recognize a phimosis?
Typically, in the initial stage pronounced symptoms such as reddening of the foreskin, itching and swelling. Young children will once parents know about the problem, because the will to complain of pain associated with urination. They will strain to behave unusually, often crying. It is necessary to immediately pay attention to the problem and appeared to draw conclusions. First of all, refer to the profile expert as phimosis can cause diseases of the urinary system: cystitis, urethritis, urinary incontinence.
How to treat it?
There are two ways of treatment of phimosis: conservative and surgical (operation). In identifying congenital phimosis in the initial stage, in addition to performing physician a clear regulations also require certain procedures:
• conduct thorough daily hygiene of the genital organs, especially after using the toilet - each !;
• make crumbs warm bath with the addition of chamomile and succession, and then gently pull the foreskin to mild pain. Then the head of the penis should be lubricated with vaseline oil;
In many cases, this "home" treatment works 100%, but there are exceptions, when you have to use more drastic methods. In any case, the detection of problems in the first place, contact a professional: doctor carefully examine the baby, put the correct diagnosis and prescribe the appropriate treatment. Be healthy!
