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phimosis

Written by IA at 01 Jan 2004 00:59:56:

Hello,
My 5-year old son has been diagnosed with phimosis. I believe that he does not have the phimotic ring that I've learned about. He has a tight foreskin opening (not pinhole, but small). The opening covers the glans completely he can retract the foreskin a little but the glans is never exposed. His foreskin has always ballooned while urinating. Recently someone noticed the ballooning and brought it to my attention. I had his GP examine him and another doctor and they said it was normal; his urine stream is strong enough. Since the ballooning has persisted I was referred to a urologist. She gave me some hormone cream to apply. While applying it to his foreskin I was retracting the skin and it became stuck behind the glans (paraphimos, caused by me). I had to rush him to the emergency room and it was 10 minutes of torture for my son. The urologist contacted me the next day and scheduled a circumcision. My son had a minor cough and the surgery was cancelled by the anasthesiologist. Since then, I've been doing a lot of research and am frankly reallllly confused. Some of the research I've done indicates that the tight foreskin opening could possibly stretch and open by puberty. My son has never had a urinary infection and does not complain of any sort of pain. I don't know whether to have him circumsized now, to prevent future painful sexual problems or whether to wait until he's older in hopes that the foreskin opening stretches on it's own. Any ideas, recommendations or thoughts would really help. I just want to do what's best for him. I really want him to be happy.
Thanks


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