Care of intact, foreskinned boys: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref> The disintegration usually occurs in childhood but will persist into adolescence in a few cases.
}}</ref> The disintegration usually occurs in childhood but will persist into adolescence in a few cases.


When a young boy urinates, the [[foreskin]] may [[Ballooning of the foreskin| balloon]] slightly and the pressure will tend to lift the [[foreskin]] away from the [[glans penis]].
When a young boy urinates, the [[foreskin]] may [[Ballooning of the foreskin| balloon]] slightly and the pressure will tend to lift the [[foreskin]] away from the [[glans penis]].<ref name="milos2022-03-21">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-let-the-balloon-go/
|title=Ask Marilyn – Let the Balloon Go!
|last=Milos
|first=
|init=MF
|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-03-21
|accessdate=2024-10-24
}}</ref>


Some [[intact]] boys will report pain when they urinate during the period in which separation is occurring. The condition is temporary and will end when separation is complete.<ref>{{REFweb
Some [[intact]] boys will report pain when they urinate during the period in which separation is occurring.<ref name="milos2022-09-26">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-kiddo-is-having-painful-erections/
|title=Ask Marilyn—Kiddo Is Having Painful Erections
|last=Milos
|first=
|init=MF
|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-09-26
|accessdate=2024-10-24
}}</ref> The condition is temporary and will end when separation is complete.<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/penis_and_foreskin_care/#foreskin-separation
  |url=https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/penis_and_foreskin_care/#foreskin-separation
  |title=Foreskin separation
  |title=Foreskin separation