The baby's foreskin looks a little red, and the existing yellow and white things that look like pustules are developed. What is this? Do you want to check? Will it affect future growth and development? How to carry out daily care and cleaning of male treasure's private parts?
The private parts of male babies and smegma are concerned by many parents. Today I would like to share with you a I founded the Youmiao platform on Junjie Sun . I am very grateful to the parents for their enthusiastic authorization. In addition, at the end of the article, Dr. Sun sorted out the relevant science information about male baby smegma for everyone.
Hello doctor, my boy is 13 months old. I found some red on the foreskin these days. I opened it yesterday and saw that there was a yellowish white underneath his chicken that looked like a pustule. thing. Close to the foreskin of the little chicken is a ring of red. When changing his diapers, he would grab the little dick every time, not knowing whether it was because of itching or discomfort. However, his urination is normal.
Excuse me, what kind of care is needed next, or what inspections should I take? Will this situation affect his future growth and development?
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Thank you for your trust and paid consultation.
According to your picture, the white lump seen under the foreskin is not pus, but smegma. Smoke smegma exists between the foreskin and the glans, and is formed by substances secreted by some exfoliated epithelial cells and glands. It is mainly seen in children with phimosis and under the foreskin that has not been opened and cleaned for a long time. This was not formed in a day, it was just occasionally discovered by you recently.
Little boys are in phimosis at first, and now the child is 1 year old, and the foreskin opening can be seen in the picture to reveal the urethral opening, which is good for this age. It can be seen that the foreskin and the glans are attached to each other. The white smegma is sealed by these adhesions, and if you open the adhesion, you can see the white smegma. Until the child can completely open the foreskin, the smegma inside can be thoroughly cleaned.
The simple smegma problem does not need to be dealt with in a hurry . The smegma can exist under the foreskin all year round, and generally there will be no problems. Occasionally, smegma may be combined with infection. If there are cases of co-infection, smegma needs to be treated, but this situation is still relatively rare.
Care advice
Don’t worry about the white smegma for the time being. The focus is on the adhesion between the foreskin and the glans. Clean it every day, try to move the foreskin back and wait until it reaches the smegma. The smegma can be cleared out naturally.
That’s it for nursing care. If the foreskin is red and swollen in two or three days, you don’t need to go to the hospital. If it gets worse, you can go to the hospital.
smegma will not affect the child’s future growth and development, please don’t worry.
Back when washing the foreskin, and then gently wipe it with a towel? Or wash it with your hands in clean water?
If there is no redness and swelling on the glans, there is no need to rub erythromycin ointment ? In the case of redness and swelling,Do you wipe it once a day? Thank you doctor for answering.
If you want to remove the smegma, you must let the foreskin back. If it is necessary to remove smegma, specialist doctors have a way. But now that there are no symptoms of smegma, there is no need to actively deal with it. Pushing backwards forcefully may make the child feel pain and discomfort.
Therefore, when taking a bath every day, gently open the foreskin and wash it with clean water. The smegma will not be treated for the time being. When the foreskin can be opened in the future, the smegma will be removed naturally.
If the foreskin is not inflamed, red, or swollen, just wash it with clean water, no antibiotic ointment is required. If there is redness, swelling and purulent discharge in the foreskin, you can apply antibiotic ointment 2-3 times a day. The eye ointment is generally not irritating, so there is no need to worry about causing discomfort to the child. Of course, any prescription drugs should be used rationally in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
(the user has no follow-up question)Just like the mother who is enthusiastic about sharing the authorization case today, because she accidentally found a white lump under the foreskin of the baby, or white tofu-like things in the foreskin, she was very nervous, worried about whether it was a tumor, whether it was suppuration, whether it would affect future development, etc. .
In fact, the things that parents find occasionally are probably just smegma .
Scale means dirty. Smegma, how to listen to it is not a good word. If you go online to search for smegma, you will be surprised if you don’t know if you don’t search! For example:
smegma has the following hazards: 1. Inducing penile cancer . 2. Inducing spouse cervical cancer. 3. Cause foreskin balanitis. 4. Pyelonephritis and even renal failure.
sounds terrible, Is it really dangerous for the child to have smegma? What should I do with smegma?
1. Where does the baby's smegma come from? Is it dangerous?
For infants and young children,Smegma is not a scourge. Ignoring the difference between children and adults, to give children the harmful routines of adult smegma is "playing hooliganism."
The English name of smegma is: Smegma, which is derived from the Greek word . It is a very neutral term that basically means something like soap or ointment. Smegma is just a normal physiological phenomenon of the human body. Although there is a word "dirty" in smegma, it is not synonymous with dirty in infants and young children.
After a little boy is born, 96% of children have phimosis, which means that the foreskin is difficult to open to expose the glans. This is normal. Don't envy the other 4% of children who were born without phimosis. It is very likely that they are abnormal. There may be hypospadias, epispadias, or the foreskin is not well developed.
Normal boy phimosis, not only is the foreskin mouth small, but the inner surface of the foreskin and the surface of the glans are also closely attached, so there is a relatively closed potential gap between the foreskin and the glans.
Like the skin on the surface of the body, the epidermal cells on the surface of the glans and the inner layer of the foreskin will also continue to renew and fall off. Because of the phimosis, these shed epidermal cells will be enclosed in the foreskin and the glans. At the same time, after mixing with some light yellow oily substances secreted by the subcutaneous sebaceous glands, smegma is formed. This is the source of smegma.
Second, smegma is not only harmless but also beneficial?
These smegma accumulate in this closed gap,It will show up as a visible lumps under the foreskin, and the child does not show any discomfort. The smegma at this time is not only harmless, but also beneficial.
is said to be harmless because these enclosed smegma can exist peacefully throughout the year. It is said to be beneficial because these smegma will gradually separate the inner surface of the foreskin from the surface of the glans, preparing for the opening of the foreskin in the future. For children under three years old, if there is no recurring phimosis, there is no need to care about the phimosis and smegma of the child.
As children grow older, about 3 to 10 years old, more and more young boys’ foreskins will open on their own. The following three aspects have contributed to the self-opening of the foreskin:
1. The erection of the penis works, and it will often pull the foreskin
2. The foreskin will loosen naturally. Makes the foreskin opening larger
3. The accumulation of smegma causes the separation of the adhesion between the foreskin and the glans
, which is close to the foreskin under occasional conditions Under the above action, it was the first to break through the blockade of the foreskin and be released. The manifestation is that some okara-like substances are accidentally discharged from the foreskin of the child. It's no big deal, just wash it clean.
3. What's wrong with foreskin balanitis? How to do?
In some cases,Bacteria infiltrate the gap between the foreskin and the glans and enter the smegma to multiply. As a result, the foreskin balanitis is caused. The foreskin is red and swollen, and purulent secretions are discharged from the foreskin. Children with repeated foreskin balanitis, regardless of age, require active medical intervention, such as taking some measures to open the foreskin, remove smegma, and avoid inflammation.
And more children, after being able to open the foreskin naturally, the smegma is exposed and removed. This age is almost 3 to 10 years old.
4. After the foreskin is opened naturally, how to clean and take care of it?
For children (including adults) who have been able to completely open the foreskin, if they do not pay attention to personal hygiene and do not open the foreskin for one to two weeks for washing, it will be visible to the naked eye Smegma. Because the smegma at this time is not completely closed like the previous phimosis, the bacteria from the outside can easily enter this nutrient-rich, warm and moist soil to multiply, so there will be peculiar smells, inflammation and other manifestations.
From the day the foreskin can be opened, you need to open the foreskin every day for cleaning. If there is still smegma gathering at this time, it is really a bit "dirty". Under today's sanitary conditions, that is really unreasonable. At that time, it would be logical to talk about the dangers of smegma.
5. Can the foreskin be cut once and for all?
Is it right that the foreskin is cut once and for all?Away from smegma?
is not true either. The renewal and shedding of the epithelial cells of the glans and remaining foreskin and the secretion of sebaceous glands still exist. Because of the exposure of the glans, most of these smegma-forming substances will be rubbed off by clothes. However, in the coronal sulcus, there may still be skin folds. If you do not insist on washing, smegma will still accumulate.
In short, smegma is a normal physiological phenomenon of the human body. For infants and young children, smegma is not a scourge, it needs to be treated differently based on the age of the child and the state of the foreskin. If children with foreskin balanitis often occur, active medical intervention must be required. Men who can open the foreskin should remember to open it every day and clean it thoroughly.
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