Mild hypospadias often has no long-term effects, but serious cases can impact your son’s ability to urinate normally. Adult males may also have trouble delivering sperm and getting a woman pregnant. Surgery is helpful in most cases.
Hypospadias
Hypospadias is a congenital condition that can occur in young boys, causing the opening to his urethra, the tube that carries urine out of his body, to be located on the underside of the penis, near the scrotum, instead of at the head of the penis. Your son’s penis may also curve downward or have foreskin that doesn’t cover the glans. Physician will diagnose this at the time of your son’s birth.
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If your son’s condition is not serious, he may not need any correction. In moderate to severe cases, however, surgery may be performed to correct the appearance of the penis. If your son has hypospadias, he may not be circumcised as a newborn so physicians can use the foreskin to repair the urethra in the future. The repair is done with surgery when your child is six to 18 months old, at which time his penis can also be straightened.
