1. Foreskin care in childhood.
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McLarty, Ryan and Kiddoo, Darcie
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CHILDREN , *URINARY tract infections , *LICHEN sclerosus et atrophicus , *CHILD development , *PENIS , *PENIS diseases - Abstract
The article presents on advice on the foreskin care in childhood. It discusses the decrease in the rate of neonatal circumcision with the normal occurrence of physiologic phimosis (nonretractable foreskin), which also decreased with increasing age, how retraction of physiologic phimosis should not be forced as it can cause discomfort or microscopic tearing.
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- 2019
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