Phimosis Treatment for Children in Ahmedabad — Expert Paediatric Care by Dr. Prarthan Joshi
Phimosis — the inability to retract the foreskin — is completely normal in newborns and young children. The foreskin is naturally non-retractile in infancy and gradually becomes retractile as a child grows, completing in most boys by age 10 to 12. When phimosis persists beyond this age, causes symptoms, or leads to recurrent infections, it requires clinical evaluation. At Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad, Dr. Prarthan Joshi — M.S., M.Ch. (Urology) — provides expert, child-centred phimosis treatment.
When Does Phimosis Need Treatment?
- Ballooning of the foreskin during urination
- Recurrent foreskin infections (balanitis)
- Recurrent urinary tract infections related to foreskin
- Pain during erection in older boys and adolescents
- White scarring of the foreskin tip (BXO)
- Truly narrow opening causing urinary stream problems
Treatment Options
- Topical steroid cream — first-line treatment. Applied twice daily for 4 to 6 weeks, achieves foreskin loosening in 70 to 80% of boys with simple phimosis.
- Preputioplasty — minor surgery widening the foreskin opening while preserving the foreskin. Suitable for boys with a small tight opening but otherwise healthy foreskin.
- Circumcision — complete foreskin removal. Indicated for BXO, failed steroid therapy, or recurrent infection. See our dedicated pediatric circumcision clinic in Ahmedabad.
What Parents Must Never Do
Forcible retraction of a child’s foreskin is a common and well-intentioned mistake — but it causes microtears and scarring that can convert simple physiological phimosis into true pathological phimosis. Dr. Joshi counsels every family on this clearly at the first consultation.
Related Services
Comprehensive paediatric urology in Ahmedabad — undescended testicle, hypospadias, and neonatal urological abnormalities.
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