Paraphimosis refers to the blockage of the foreskin – the skin covering the glans of the penis – when it is brought backwards.
The foreskin can not then return to its normal position and is blocked behind the glans, which itself can be “strangled”.
All uncircumcised men with a rather tight foreskin are potentially at risk for a paraphimosis.
This is an urgent condition that must be treated without delay and that requires a reduction of the paraphimosis as quickly as possible, by a doctor or in one of the Cliniques Marois.