Care of intact, foreskinned boys
Discussion
The foreskin has protective and immunological functions that work best when the foreskin is left alone.
The preputial mucosa of the foreskin is fused with the glans penis by the synechia in infancy and childhood so the foreskin cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is harmful. Wright (1994) advises that the first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.[1]
Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of 4,000 boys in Denmark. They reported that the mean age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years in Denmark.[2] Øster (1968) reported that a few boys may not retract until after puberty.[3]
See also
- Ballooning of the foreskin
- Forced foreskin retraction
- Immunological and protective function of the foreskin
- Development of retractable foreskin
- Synechia
- Uncircumcised versus Circumcised Baby Care
External links
Wallerstein, Edward: When Your Baby Boy is Not Circumcised (Four-page pamphlet), Pennypress (Seattle). (February 1982). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
Fleiss, Paul M. (March 1989). Care of the intact male
, NOCIRC. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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Simpson ET, Baraclough P. The management of the paediatric foreskin. Aust Fam Physician. 1998; 27(5): 381-3. PMID.- Milos, Marilyn (September 2007).
Answers To Your Questions About Your Young Son's Intact Penis
, NOCIRC. Retrieved 8 December 2019. - Milos, Marilyn (September 2007).
Answers To Your Questions About Premature (Forcible) Retraction of Your Young Son's Foreskin
, NOCIRC. Retrieved 8 December 2019. - Care of the Intact (Not Circumcised) Penis in the Young Child
, Doctors Opposing Circumcision. (July 2016). Retrieved 8 November 2019. -
https:Basic Care (Intact Penis)
, Your Whole Baby. Retrieved 8 December 2019. - (July 2018).
The penis and foreskin
, The Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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References
- ↑ Wright JE. Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin". Med J Aust. 7 February 1994; 160: 134-135. PMID. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ↑ Thorvaldsen MA, Meyhoff H. Patologisk eller fysiologisk fimose? [Pathological or physiological phimosis?] (Danish). Ugeskr Læger. 2005; 167(17): 1858-1862. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ↑ Øster J. Further fate of the foreskin: incidence of preputial adhesions, phimosis, and smegma among Danish schoolboys. Arch Dis Child. 1 April 1968; 43: 200-3. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.