Physiological phimosis: Difference between revisions

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[[Phimosis]] is the word derived from Greek that denotes the condition of a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.

==Discussion==

The [[foreskin]] evolved over many thousands of years in men and animals to provide protective functions that enhance survival. It provides protection to the penis from [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. It presence prevents [[meatal stenosis]] and [[keratinization]].

Nature provides two means to retraction of the [[foreskin]] during the developmental period. 1) The inner surface of the foreskin is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common [[synechia]] to prevent retraction. Forcible retraction will tear the synechia so should be avoided. 2) The tip of the immature foreskin is too narrow to pass over the glans penis, so a second method is provided to prevent retraction. The first person to retract a boy's foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal

|last=Wright

|init=JE

|title=Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin"

|journal=Med J Aust

|volume=160

|issue=

|pages=134-135

|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright2/

|quote=

|pubmedID=8295581

|pubmedCID=

|DOI=

|date=1994-02-07

|accessdate=2025-10-22

}}</ref>

* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]

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 [[Phimosis]] is the word derived from Greek that denotes the condition of a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.
+==Discussion==
+The [[foreskin]] evolved over many thousands of years in men and animals to provide protective functions that enhance survival. It provides protection to the penis from [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. It presence prevents [[meatal stenosis]] and [[keratinization]].
+Nature provides two means to retraction of the [[foreskin]] during the developmental period. 1) The inner surface of the foreskin is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common [[synechia]] to prevent retraction. Forcible retraction will tear the synechia so should be avoided. 2) The tip of the immature foreskin is too narrow to pass over the glans penis, so a second method is provided to prevent retraction. The first person to retract a boy's foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Wright
+ |init=JE
+ |title=Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin"
+ |journal=Med J Aust
+ |volume=160
+ |issue=
+ |pages=134-135
+ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright2/
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=8295581
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=
+ |date=1994-02-07
+ |accessdate=2025-10-22
+}}</ref>
 {{SEEALSO}}
 * [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
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