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Priapism (Pathological Persistent Erection)

Pietro_Mercurios

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Rather a sad story of excess.

Man’s penis amputated after Viagra overdose

Colombian farmer’s attempt to impress girlfriend ends in tragedy

The Independent. Nick Renaud-Komiya. 23 September 2013


A Colombian man has had his penis amputated by doctors after he “intentionally” took too much Viagra, reportedly in an attempt to impress his new girlfriend with his sexual prowess.

Gentil Ramírez Polanía then suffered an erection for several days, going to a nearby hospital after complaining about the pain, local newspaper La Nacion reports.

Doctors found the 66-year-old farmer’s penis to be inflamed, fractured and showing signs of gangrene.

In an effort to stop the gangrene from spreading to the rest of the man’s body, doctors say they had no option but to remove the man’s penis.

“The patient showed bruising on the testicles and penis, was treated and is recovering well,” Dr Antonio Correa told the newspaper.

Medical professionals from the Naiva hospital, where the man was treated, warned locals to not use penis-enhancing drugs without prescription to avoid incidents like this.

The man claims to be a former member of the municipal council in his unfortunately-named home town of Gigante, in the south western region of Huila.

Overdosing on Viagra, or other brands of the drug sildenafil, can cause prolonged erections, known as priapism, nausea, chest pains and irregular heartbeat.

If priapism is not treated within 24 hours the penis may become permanently damaged, leading to difficulties achieving an erection in future.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-amputated-after-viagra-overdose-8835146.html

Ouch! :(
 
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Man hospitalised with permanent erection

A man in Wales has been hospitalised for more than two weeks with an awkward condition that has left him with a permanent erection. Danny Polaris tried an erection-enhancing drug which was injected into his penis. “I thought, why not, what could possibly go wrong?” he said. “It's one of the worst decisions of my life.”
 
A little research shows Mr. Polaris is a Welshman living in Berlin, not a "man in Wales" as reported in that first story. I also see that a GoFundMe has been set up to aid in his recovery, raising €743 of a €5,000 goal so far.

I guess he's hard up for cash.
 
This newly reported case study involves priapism induced by smoking marijuana. It would seem this condition had affected the patient for years.
Man Sustains Erection For 12 Hours After Smoking Cannabis, Case Study Reveals

Priapism, a painful erection that just won't go away – sometimes for hours - can occur due to various causes. The most common is medication, especially if it's something like sildenafil (better known as Viagra). It can also be a side effect of sickle cell disease or leukaemia, or a result of nerve damage.

Marijuana, on the other hand, has a reputation for potentially contributing to erectile dysfunction... but not for the one unlucky guy detailed in a new medical case report.

The 32-year-old suffered from priapism on multiple occasions, and each time it happened after he'd been smoking weed. Doctors at the Coliseum Medical Center in Georgia detail the sorry tale of their patient, who showed up at the emergency room twice over two weeks with erections that wouldn't go down for hours.

The first case lasted 12 hours, and the second lasted six before he was given injections of phenylephrine to relieve the swelling.

Having ruled out any underlying health issues or the usual suspect medications, his medical team turned to the man's drug habits.

"He admitted to smoking cannabis several nights per week for the past six months, including within the two-hour period prior to each presenting episode of priapism," the doctors write in the case report.

"During this time, the patient had four or more episodes of a persistent erection lasting close to four hours that were self-resolving."

As far as the doctors could find, this was the lone case where weed use was the only thing that could be causing priapism, so they wanted to find out more.

"He admitted a history of cannabis use at age sixteen and seventeen, during which time he had recurrent priapism lasting less than four hours and never requiring medical treatment," the team writes.

"He quit cannabis use in his twenties, and during this period did not have any episodes of priapism."

But when the man started smoking weed again six months earlier, the unwanted erections returned.

Although the doctors are pretty sure it was indeed cannabis use causing the priapism, they don't really know why. They speculate that it could be due to one of the compounds in weed, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), interacting with the body's cannabinoid receptors, and stopping the penis from returning to flaccid.

But it could also just be the cannabinoids directly affecting the vascular system and increasing blood flow.

Or, the doctors suggest, it could be that the continued smoking of cannabis caused increased activation of platelets, possibly causing clots and stopping blood from exiting the penis.

More research will need to be done to find out the exact causes, but at this stage it might not come from the 32-year-old.

After his issue was resolved, the doctors lost contact when trying to follow up.

The case report has been published in the Journal of Cannabis Research.
SOURCE: https://www.sciencealert.com/case-s...tting-hours-long-erections-after-smoking-weed
 
Here are the bibliographic particulars and abstract for the published report.

Recurrent priapism in the setting of cannabis use
Sebastian Montgomery, Kristal Sirju, Joseph Bear, Latha Ganti & John Shivdat
Journal of Cannabis Research
Volume 2, Article number: 7 (2020)

Abstract

Priapism (persistent and painful erection of the penis) is a notable urological emergency, with over 90% of those remaining erect for 24 h losing sexual function. Drug-induced priapism is common in the adult population, with intracavernosal injectables for erectile dysfunction topping the list. A variety of illicit drugs associated with priapism have been described; however, we are not aware of any other case reports showing cannabis alone as the inciting factor. Here, we present a case of a healthy 32-year-old African American man with a history of stuttering (recurrent) priapism secondary to mild cannabis substance use without comorbid substance use, licit or illicit.

SOURCE & FULL ARTICLE:
https://www.sciencealert.com/case-s...tting-hours-long-erections-after-smoking-weed
 
I need to find some of that cannabis.
 
Or 'penile oxidisation', where it goes rusty from lack of use.
 
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