Why is the glans purple?

Phimosis is a common phenomenon among men. When it occurs, the patient will experience swollen foreskin, severe local pain, edema of the foreskin, and redness and swelling of the glans penis. The cause of foreskin incarceration is generally due to improper foreskin cleaning, so you should pay attention to personal hygiene in your life. If the foreskin is too long, it is best to undergo surgical treatment.

The purple color of the glans is most likely related to obstructed blood circulation in the glans. This situation may be caused by inflammation or by incarceration of the foreskin, which can cause the glans to turn purple. It is recommended to go to the hospital to find out what the cause is. It can be completely cured with symptomatic treatment.

Symptoms of foreskin incarceration

Phimosis often occurs in people with small foreskin opening. When the foreskin is turned up, it fails to return in time and becomes ring-shaped and narrowed. When the narrow foreskin opening is tightly clamped on the upper end of the coronal sulcus of the penis, it causes foreskin edema, affecting venous and lymphatic return, causing swelling of the glans penis and foreskin, and phimosis occurs. When the incarceration time is long, the local blood and lymph return is blocked, which may cause congestion, edema and pain in the foreskin and glans penis, and even ulcers and extensive necrosis, with serious consequences.

Dietary taboos for patients with phimosis

1. After circumcision, patients should eat more vegetables and fruits. The postoperative diet should be light, and they should drink about 2 liters of water every day. However, there is a method to drinking water. Drink more water during the day and less water at night. Otherwise, it will be very torturous to always get up to urinate at night. Of course, you can also drink some cool and refreshing herbal tea. Herbal tea can suppress sexual impulses, reduce desire, and help wound healing.

2. Do not drink alcohol. Those who like to drink should be careful and must resist the temptation of alcohol during the recovery period of surgery, because alcohol will dilate blood vessels and may cause the penis to become erect after drinking, which will cause the circumcision wound to rupture and bleed.

3. During the one month period after the circumcision, it is best not to eat hot pot, chili peppers, etc., and you should also avoid eating fishy things such as beef, mutton and seafood. Seafood and spicy foods are very irritating. If you consume too much of them, the wounds that have just been operated on will be constantly irritated and may cause inflammation, causing pain to the patient.

4. Before and after circumcision, men should avoid or reduce the intake of seafood and raw, cold, spicy foods. Animal livers must be fully cooked and should never be eaten cold. In daily life, you should try to avoid eating spicy and irritating foods and keep your diet as light as possible.