Low urinal hole

Low urinal hole's disease overview

What is

What is low urinary holes?

Low urine hole is a congenital deformity at the urinary hole of boys , when the urinary hole is lower than the position. Normal. This condition occurs when the urethra is too short, causing the urinary hole to be located far away from the foreskin, instead of the urethra opened the penis, it opened again at the penis body, which is mainly opened in The lower part of the penis. The greater the distance between urinary holes and foreskin, the more severe the disease is, the more difficult treatment.

Low urinary holes in boys are a fairly common defect, accounting for 1/300 boys. If the child is not treated, it can cause infertility later, especially for low urine in the middle of the penis body or the scrotum with the penis curved condition.

Causes of Low urinal hole's disease

Children with low urinary holes are still unknown what the cause is. However, there is a relatively high rate of children born with congenital low urinary holes . Genetic, endocrine or environmental factors are considered to be associated with low urinary incontinence in children.

Symptoms of Low urinal hole's disease

Urinary holes are lower than usual at the tip of the penis. Based on the location of the urinary hole after the penis has been fixed straight, the low urinary hole is divided into 3 forms:

First (light): 50%

Mid (average): 20%

The following (heavy): 30%

The urine rays are not straight ahead but deviate down or back. If the urinary hole is too close to the penis, the patient cannot stand.

Curved penis when erect.

The foreskin is lacking on the abdomen but is redundant on the back.

There may be accompanying diseases in the genital area such as: inguinal hernia, hidden testes, split scrotum, scrotum turning (low penis compared to scrotum), disorders Sexual development.

Psychological disorders: Children may be inferior, inferiority about the abnormalities if not treated early.

People at risk for Low urinal hole's disease

Although the cause of urinary tract defects has not been clearly defined, there are some factors that increase the risk of disease:

Family history of people with low urinary defects.

The child was born when the mother is over 40 years old.

During pregnancy, the child's mother is exposed to toxic substances such as cigarette smoke, pesticide.

However, patients with no risk factors can not rule out the possibility of disease.

Prevention of Low urinal hole's disease

The disease may be somewhat limited if avoiding risk factors such as pregnant women should avoid smoking or inhaling passive cigarette smoke as well as away from toxic chemicals; Women avoid pregnancy after 40 years old; ...

Low urinal holes are a congenital disease, if detected and treated early, it will limit the dangerous complications of the disease. Therefore, mothers need to monitor abnormalities of the child's genitalia as well as abnormalities when children urinate, .. to take the child to the doctor as soon as possible, help to diagnose and treat the disease in time.

Diagnostic measures for Low urinal hole's disease

Clinical examination: Urology - Male Student will ask about the history, history and clinical examination for orientation for diagnosis.

Chromosomal abnormal screening: Heavy low urinary defects are often on the background of a chromosomal abnormal condition, so these cases need to be screening for contamination. Sac to detect is abnormal or not.

Other tests: ultrasound, endocrine, semen can be indicated to evaluate the function of the patient, especially the patient who comes to the examination because of the infertility due to the abnormality Low urinal hole.

Low urinal hole's disease treatments

Low urinary tract surgery

The main treatment of low urinary defects is surgery. The doctor performing this technique must be experienced in the field of treatment, understand the microsurgery as well as capture the psychology of children.

Children with disease should have surgical interventions from 3 to 6 months of age, and should not be surgery late after 18 months of age. This will raise the success rate of treatment as well as avoid guilt for children later. However, for boys with small penis, surgery is later. Surgery is also not contraindicated in adults.

Purpose of surgery: Bringing urinary holes to the top of the foreskin, creating a straight shape for the penis; Avoid being guilt when growing up; Minimize the risk of infertility later.

The number of surgery: Most low urinary defects are edited in just one surgery, except for some severe cases, the patient needs surgery twice.

Complications after surgery: Urethral leaks are the most common complications after surgery to treat low urinary losses (10-20%). In addition, patients may have urethra, excess urethra, ... after surgery.

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