Overcome Difficulties Fimosis Penis Circumcision in Children

One of the problems that can occur on the penis boys are experiencing fimosis (phimosis). Children who experience fimosis always feel pain when urinating. This condition is generally treated by circumcision or circumcision.

Fimosis is the condition of the foreskin (the skin that covers one end of the penis) can not be withdrawn so that the skin covering the hole or the urinary tract that cause children to feel pain when urinating. As quoted from Menshealth.about.com, Tuesday (18/05/2010) fimosis can be caused by:

1. The failure of foreskin to loose during the growth process
2. Infections such as balinitis
3. Defects caused by trauma
4. Diseases of the genitalia.

Infection occurred possibilities arising from the inability to do an effective cleanup so that causes swelling, redness and pain in the area.

In addition to pain and pain during urination, fimosis is also often accompanied by symptoms:

1. The front of the penis which inflates
2. Children cry when urinating because of pain arising
3. Urine not pass out
4. Sometimes accompanied by high fever or irritation of the penis.

Fimosis this can happen because of congenital (congenital since the baby was born) or can be caused by recurrent inflammation that occurs in the front skin of the penis (foreskin).

Children are often difficult to express what he experiences, so that the parent should be carefully watched and saw what happened with her son.

Some medical experts have different opinions regarding the treatment of this condition, including one prohibiting conduct a surgical treatment till the child reaches puberty. But if this was the cause of fimosis xeroticia obliterans Balanitis due to infection, then the only treatment is to perform a surgical circumcision.

Nevertheless there are some medications that can be done to overcome fimosis, namely:

1. Using tropical creams, steroids and non-steroid topical at the foreskin.
2. Stretching gradually to open the foreskin so it is more lax.
3. Surgery to reshape the foreskin and make it more broadly.


Generally if fimosis not go away after treatment is given in the form of creams and stretch, then the doctor will recommend circumcision performed to remove the foreskins.

Until now, circumcision or circumcision remains an effective treatment for fimosis, and the circumcision itself is not going to disrupt the reproductive function of these children later. After the circumcision, parents and children must keep clean to prevent infection of the urinary tract that can inhibit the return.

Also try to always clean the penis head slowly each time the child finished urination. It is important to maintain cleanliness and prevent urinary tract obstruction by dirt.