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4 year old son has a penile adhesion--advice?
by glad2bamom, Dec 29, 2006 12:00AM
My 4 year old son had a completely unremarkable circumcision. We have never ever missed a checkup, and has always gotten an "all clear" at each dr. Appt. I'm a little frustrated that my pediatrician missed this--he had a large fat pad after he was born, partially due to hydrocele. Well the hydrocele cleared up, and we didn't have to do surgery. However, now my son has a penile adhesion, I would say about 40% of the glans is attached from the adhesion. I was referred to a pediatric urologist, and they (of course) want to do surgery. I'm noticing, though that the more I research, the more some folks don't recommend the surgery, and that it will "clear up" on it's own. Does anyone have any experience with this? We've tried retracting it on our own, but with no luck. Help!
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Most males around the ages of newborn to 6 years old cannot or not completely retract the foreskin. This is normal and in some males it can take up to their teens befre the foreskin can be retracted completely past the corona of the glans.
One should consider circumcision for males 6 and older who can not retract the foreskin, not even part ways and who have not birth defects to the penis.
If only part of the foreskin is removed and there is now separation of the skin from the glans, then this poses a problem. A circumsision surgery might than be needed to solve this problem.
It is better to leave your sons intact and only treat possible problem requiring circumcision should they be presented at a later age. The skill of the doctor also plays a major role in the outcome of circumcision.
All the best,
Ron