Clitoral Adhesions

女性性生理问题

阴蒂粘连

包皮垢能够导致从阴蒂包皮到阴蒂头的炎症和疼痛,甚至导致它们的粘连:
1.累积的包皮垢;2.阴蒂包皮;3.阴蒂头;4.小阴唇
Smegma can cause irritatation and pain, and even the adhesion of the clitoral hood to the glans:
1 Accumulated smegma
2 clitoral hood  3 clitoral glans
4 minor lips

象阴茎一样,阴蒂也有产生油性润滑液的遮盖物或包皮。这种液体可以让包皮在光滑与健康的阴蒂头上滑动。可是,如果性器官没有适当地清洁干净,也就是说如果这种液体没有经常地清洗掉,它会蓄积起来并变成一种象干酪样的物质,称为包皮垢(smegma)。包皮垢可能变得干燥并刺激阴蒂。包皮垢的刺激可能相对轻微,也可能导致持续的炎症并产生阴蒂疼痛。确实,随着时间推移,阴蒂包皮垢可能导致包皮粘连在阴蒂头和阴蒂体上。正因为这些粘连,阴蒂包皮不能再在阴蒂头上滑动,这将进而可能导致性行为中阴蒂疼痛。这种病症也可能是某些妇女缺乏性高潮的原因。


 
通过良好的个人卫生,通常能够避免发生阴蒂粘连,也就是说仔细地清洗阴户,包括清洗阴蒂头和阴蒂包皮。为了彻底地清洗阴蒂和阴蒂包皮,少女因此应该熟悉自己的性器官和能够确定阴蒂头和阴蒂包皮的位置。如果因为某种原因,如果未能做到阴蒂与阴蒂包皮的充分清洁而且它们持续地发炎,就可能不得不去请教妇科医生了。仔细的检查可能会发现阴蒂包皮的开口变得过于狭窄并需要扩展。医生可能必须剔除累积的阴蒂包皮垢,并且可能不得不在局麻下松解粘连。另一方面,一些妇女从不知道她们的阴蒂发生了粘连,而且即使有粘连存在,也有着充分的性反应。

 

Physical Problems in Females

Clitoral Adhesions

The clitoris, like the penis, has a hood or foreskin that produces a oily, lubricating fluid. This fluid allows the foreskin to move back and forth over the smooth and healthy glans. However, if the sex organs are not properly cleaned, i.e. if the fluid is not washed away regularly, it will accumulate and turn into a cheese-like substance called smegma. This smegma can dry out and irritate the clitoris. The irritation can be relatively mild or lead to a persistent inflammaton and cause severe pain. Indeed, over time, an accumulation of smegma may cause the foreskin to adhere to the glans and body of the clitoris. Because of these adhesions, the foreskin can no longer be moved back and forth over the glans, and this, in turn, can make sexual activity painful. The condition may also be responsible for a lack of orgasm in some women.


Treatment
Clitoral adhesions can usually be avoided by good personal hygiene, i.e. regular careful washing of the vulva, including the glans and foreskin of the clitoris. Young girls should therefore become familiar with their sex organs and be able to locate the clitoris and its foreskin in order to clean them thoroughly. If, for some reason, this should not prove to be sufficient and the irritation persists, a gynecologist may have to be consulted. A careful examination may show that the opening of the foreskin is too narrow and needs to be stretched. The accumulated smegma may have to be removed by a doctor, and the adhesions may have to be released under local anesthesia. On the other hand, some women never become aware of their clitoral adhesions and are sexually fully responsive in spite of them.
 

[Course 3] [Description] [How to use it] [Introduction] [Problems in Females] [Clitoral Adhesions] [PMS] [Lower Abdominal Pain] [Problems in Males] [Intersexuality] [Additional Reading] [Examination]