@pleonasm - Not that women don't often draw the short end of the stick when it comes to this kind of thing but it sounds like phimosis of the penis has more potential consequences than it would in women. I mean, if you can't retract the foreskin properly, that could lead to infectio...
For instance, in non-specific infections, lack of personal hygiene is an important predisposing factor, especially if phimosis is present if the orifice in the foreskin is too small to allow for its normal retraction. At times, the infection may be chronic, and there may be fibrosis of the ...
An association found between adult MC and penile cancer could be due to the fact that MC when performed in adulthood is frequently to remove cancerous lesions or to treat conditions such as phimosis and recurring balanoposthitis that themselves are associated with predisposition to penile cancer. ...
Phimosis 100 1++ 10d Morris,28 2007 High-risk HPV infection 1.5 (1.1-2.0) 1++ 6d Tobian et al,29 2009; Auvert et al,30 2009 2.7 (1.2-6.3) 1+ 10d Morris et al,26 2012; Castellsagué et al,31 2002; Miralles-Guri et al,32 2009; Albero et al,33 2012 Herpes simplex virus type...