Boys' sexual organs do not always function properly after birth. Usually, time is the best cure for testicular hydrocephalus, cryptorchidism, phimosis, wandering testicle or hypospadias, but there are times when a surgeon's help is required.
When the parents find out that something is happening to the boy's intimate organs, they immediately get scared. Fortunately, usually quite unnecessarily. Therefore, before you start to worry, check when you need to rush to the doctor and when it is enough to just wait it out.
Water excess baggage, or hydrocele of the testicle
In utero, the testicles move from the abdomen to the scrotum (the sac that holds them outside the body). Their path does not always close at the right time. Then, apart from the testicles, the fluid from the abdominal cavity flows into the scrotum. The scrotum is enlarged and appears to be swollen. You can see for yourself if there is liquid in it. Shine the flashlight from below: the light should shine through. Despite the scary sounding name,testicular hydroceleis not usually a problem. Every twentieth boy is born with him.
We advise you: The doctor should check the size of the hydrocele at each visit to the clinic. It must not be squeezed, punctured, smeared with anything or worn tightly in diapers or panties to push fluid out of the scrotum. The boat will gradually decrease by itself. If it doesn't disappear by 2-3. years of age or will not appear until then, surgery will be needed to prevent damage to theof the kernel . However, it does happen sporadically.
You must do itMom, go to the doctor with me when:
not in my scrotum
- one or both testicles
- my pee is red and swollen
- its tip blows up like a balloon when you pee
- I have a lumpy scrotum that feels distended and swollen to you.
To exercise the skin or not?
Parents have many doubts about caring for a pee. Do you have to pull the foreskin back or not? The foreskin, i.e. the fold of skin that covers the tip of the pea, is glued to the glans (i.e. the tip of the penis) in infants.
Mismatched, i.e. cryptorchidism
Every boy should havetwo testicles in the scrotum. However, on average, in every 30th full term baby and every fifth premature baby the testes stop on the way from the abdomen. This state of affairs is calledcryptic . During a visit to the clinic, the doctor should always check the presence of the testicles in the scrotum, as they are too warm in the abdomen (which is why nature has placed them outside the body). One or both testicles can be affected. Abdominal ultrasound helps to locate the "lost" testicle and any obstacles on its path. We advise you: Don't panic. Have to wait. Most problems resolve on their own and the testicles gradually descend into the scrotum. It is important that this occurs no later than the boy's second year of life. If the testicle remains outside the scrotum for more than two years, it may lead to its atrophy and, in the future, lack of sperm. Even the testicle, which is correctly located in the scrotum, may be at risk. If the testicle still does not descend into the scrotum in the second year of life, you should see your doctor. If hormonal treatment fails (and in most cases it is very effective and leaves no negative traces in the little man's body), surgery is likely to be necessary.
Too narrow foreskin, i.e. phimosis
Many parents consider phimosis a condition that is not phimosis! It is not possible to talk about phimosis when the foreskin is glued, but the opening of the urethra is visible and the child has no complaints. Phimosis is such a narrow foreskin that you cannot see the opening of the urethra at all. Urine outflow can be difficult during peeing, so the foreskin blows up like a balloon. Then the remains of urine accumulate under the foreskin, in which - in the warmth of the diaper - germs quickly multiply, causing inflammation. Our advice: Surgeon's advice is essential, especially if the urethra is inflamed. The doctor will decide on the treatment: widening of the foreskin opening or its partial excision.
Is it or not, or the wandering nucleus
Sometimes the testicle (or testicles) behaves a bit unruly, sometimes in the scrotum and sometimes not. The cause of such wandering is usually an overdeveloped muscle that supports the testicle. It contracts in the cold and relaxes in the warmth, so the testicle is usually in the scrotum when the baby is bathing, and disappears when the boy is cool. Advice: The wandering testicle does not require treatment. However, if it is absent more often than it is in the scrotum, it is worth consulting a surgeon. Probably the testicle will stop wandering without treatment, but the decision is up to a specialist.
Red pee, or inflammation
Redness, swelling of the tip of the penis, and a baby crying when he pee indicates his conditioninflammatory. It is worth considering what could have caused the inflammation. The reason may be too infrequent change of nappies, improper toilet (rubbing the poop after a pile only with wet wipes), irritation caused by soap. We advise you: It's best to show the baby to the doctor. The pediatrician will look at the pee and decide if a urine test, topical antibiotic, or other medications are needed. Before you go to the doctor, you can apply rival compresses. Before applying the poultice to the pee, pour the rivanol into a glass and put it in a cup with warm water - this will make the rivanol warm and the poultice will not be unpleasant for the child.
Peeing differently, or nature's error
If the opening of the urethra is not on the tip of the penis, but on its back, then this condition is called "epiphysis" (the pee is usually small and bent upwards). Hypophagia, on the other hand, occurs when the urethra is on the ventral side of the penis. We advise you: Do not refuse surgery if your doctor urges you to do so. This is the only method of treating topography. Its purpose is to achieve urinary continence and to reconstruct the urethra and the urine.
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