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Re: is it phimosis?

Written by Ralesk at 05 Mar 2004 11:36:24:

As an answer to: is it phimosis? written by John at 05 Mar 2004 09:47:14:

>here is my situation: I am not circuncised and never had a problem retracting the skin until last year (28 y.o.) And it happened gradually during the last 10 months or so, but now it doesn't seem to be getting any worse anymore. Now I can only pull it back a little. It doesn't hurt (unless I try to pull it back), doesnt stop me from peeing, masturbating, having sex, anything, but I just cannot pull the skin back anymore as I much as I could before. Now, I thought this was supposed to happen when we were kids, but not at 28 years old. It does look like there is a tight ring in there. Is this phimosis? What is the treatment? What could cause it at my age?
>Thanks

Since it has appeared rather than just be present, I'd suggest you go to your doctor with it. It could be anything, the most common assumption being a fungal infection. You might want to see a dermatologist with it (they deal with skin problems all the time afterall), although GPs usually refer to people to urologists the moment you say 'penis' (regardless of what kind of problem is there).

I would ask whether you see a discolouration on the skin, whether it feels unusual (drier than normal or not, things like that), whether you have diabetes (just to be safe, if you don't know, do yourself a favour and have it checked!), and so on.

Good luck...


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