In the urology clinic, especially during the winter and summer vacations, parents often bring their children to ask the doctor: "Our children are white and fat, and the nutrition is sufficient, but Ding Ding is short and small, is it because of slow physical development or some other reason?" Does this matter? Can it be **? For most parents who have male treasures, this is a careful parent, what is the reason for this? Let's look down:
What is stealth**?
As for the problem described by the parents of the above-mentioned children, we have a special name for the disease, which is called "occultity", which refers to a disease that develops normally, but is hidden in the soft tissues under the phalangeal symphysis, and has a bird's beak-like or pipe-like appearance, resulting in a short appearance.
Phimosis? Long foreskin? Stealth**? It's not clear what to tell the difference
Clinically, occultity** is often mistaken for phimosis or long foreskin, but these three are not all the same.
Phimosis means that the caliber of the foreskin is too small to be turned up, and the foreskin is too long means that the foreskin is covered with the head and cannot be exposed, but it can be flipped by hand, and the insidious **needs to be squeezed inward around the cryptostem to be revealed**, in the natural state, **most of the tissue is still retracted into the subcutaneous fat.
Why do children get hidden**?
Occult ** is mostly congenital, due to the embryonic development period**flesh membrane dysplasia, abnormal attachment to the cavernous body, resulting in *** stretching to the abdominal wall, ** can not develop normally, the cavernous body is also buried in the subcutaneous tissue in front of the pubic bone, thus forming a cryptosis; There is also an acquired pseudo-occultity**, also known as burial**, which is mostly caused by childhood obesity and is buried in the thick subcutaneous fat layer in front of the pubic bone.
What are the dangers of stealth**?
Children with occult ** usually realize that they are different from their peers before puberty, and are prone to inferiority complex and anxiety, if they do not do ** before puberty, it will lead to psychological and physical disorders in adulthood, and in severe cases, it will affect **. Long-term hiding in the skin will affect the development of **, may cause **inflammation, difficulty urinating, erectile dysfunction, **cancer and other diseases, so it is particularly important to be timely and correct.
Insidious**?
l Many "fat" children have a relatively high probability of insidiousness, at this time parents must not rush to the doctor, anxious to operate on the child, as the age increases, it is likely to grow up on their own, the first task of parents is to supervise the child **, strengthen exercise.
l What are the indications for surgery for occult **?
Severe narrowing of the foreskin opening, non-surgical** ineffective;
*Severe absence of body**;
Interfere with standing urination, resulting in recurrent posthitis or urinary tract infections, and difficulty urinating;
It affects the appearance and seriously affects the mental health of children and parents.
It should also be noted that children with occult ** should try not to do circumcision before cryptostem surgery, and many parents have stepped into this misunderstanding, because cryptostem surgery requires the use of foreskin to prevent the foreskin from being "insufficient".
How to choose the timing of surgery?
Before the age of 3, there is a certain possibility of self-healing of occultity**, after that, if the appearance is not improved, surgery should be taken as soon as possible**, generally choose around the school age, that is, around the age of 6, to avoid the stage of psychosexual development, inferiority complex, affecting growth and development.
Precautions after surgery
Parents should supervise their children to do a good job of personal hygiene, pay attention to a light diet, avoid irritating food, drink more water, urinate more, avoid excessive activity, and do regular follow-ups.