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[[File:Phimosis.jpg|thumb|An erect penis with a case of phimosis]] | [[File:Phimosis.jpg|thumb|An erect penis with a case of phimosis]] | ||
'''Phimosis''' (''fɪˈmoʊsɨs'' or ''faɪˈmoʊsɨs'', from the Greek ''phimos'' (φῑμός "muzzle"), is a condition of the [[penis]] where the [[foreskin]] cannot be fully retracted over the [[glans penis]].<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Phimosis|Phimosis|2019-09-25}}</ref> Phimosis is a condition, not a disease. Phimosis may or may not require treatment. Some men live their entire lives with a non-retractile foreskin. They are able to have sexual intercourse and father children. | '''Phimosis''' (''fɪˈmoʊsɨs'' or ''faɪˈmoʊsɨs'', from the Greek ''phimos'' (φῑμός "muzzle"), is a condition of the [[penis]] where the [[foreskin]] cannot be fully retracted over the [[glans penis]].<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Phimosis|Phimosis|2019-09-25}}</ref> Phimosis is a condition, not a disease. Phimosis may or may not require treatment. Some men live their entire lives with a non-retractile foreskin. They are able to have sexual intercourse and father children. | ||
Beaugé (1997) states that adult phimosis is cause by unusual methods of masturbation that fail to stretch the narrow foreskin of childhood.<ref name="beauge1997">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Beaugé | |||
|first=Michel | |||
|author-link= | |||
|title=The causes of adolescent phimosis | |||
|journal=Brit J Sex Med | |||
|date=1997-9 | |||
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|pages=26 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/beauge2/ | |||
|accessdate=2020-04-20 | |||
}}</ref> The condition may be treated by changing one's method of masturbation according to Beaugé. | |||
There are three causes of non-retractile foreskin: | There are three causes of non-retractile foreskin: | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Teen intact boys with a non-retractable foreskin may benefit by manual stretching.<ref | Teen intact boys with a non-retractable foreskin may benefit by manual stretching.<ref name="beauge1997" /> | ||
==Treatment options== | ==Treatment options== | ||