The following symptoms and complaints may indicate phimosis:
Pathognomonic (evidencing a disease).
- The prepuce (foreskin) cannot be retracted over the glans penis or can only be retracted to a very limited extent
The following symptoms and complaints may indicate paraphimosis:
Pathognomonic (evidencing a disease).
- The prepuce can no longer be advanced over the glans penis. Acute strangulation occurs, the glans swells edematous
- Cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin due to oxygen deficiency) to necrosis (local tissue death).
- Severe pain
Attention. Paraphimosis is a urological emergency!
