Sabir Ali
Department of Shalyatantra, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College Hospital and Research Centre, Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
The conceptual review on Nirudhaprakash (Phimosis)
Author(s): Monika Meshram*, Kiran Khandare and Sabir Ali
In Ayurveda Nirudhaprakasha is described as phimosis. Nirudhaprakash (Phimosis) is a Vyadhi (disease), mentioned as one of the Kshudraroga (minor illnesses) in Ayurvedic literature. Phimosis is described as a condition in which the foreskin or prepuce of the glans penis is not retracted backwards, resulting in poor restricted urine flow during urination causing swelling of the foreskin as well as recurrent episodes of balanoposthitis and Urinary Tract Infections (UTI). Most newborn babies have a non-retractable foreskin called physiological phimosis. Physiological phimosis usually does not require any type of treatment because it disappears spontaneously within the first two days. Years which most often takes 3 to 6 years after which measures are considered to correct it surgically? Pathological phimosis is a condition in which the foreskin adheres to the glans as a result of adhesion.. Read More»
DOI: 10.14534/j-pucr.20222675575