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Pain in the penis
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Pain in the penis in the first place can be caused by trauma. Even minor damage can provoke a very severe pain syndrome. With bruises of the penis, there is a hemorrhage in the skin and subcutaneous tissue, there is swelling and blackening. If a fracture occurred in the cavernous bodies (they enter the structure of the erectile tissue of the penis), then the blood accumulated in the subcutaneous tissues extends to the area of the scrotum, the surface of the thighs.
[What causes pain in the penis?
In all kinds of injuries of the penis, surgical intervention is indicated. The risk of injury to the penis and scrotum occurs when excessive sports loads, careless cycling.
Herpes of the penis is another important reason that causes discomfort in the penis. Before the onset of the disease develops, burning and itching appear, then painful vesicles appear. After their disappearance, the pain disappears. Than to treat: in such cases antiviral agents are used for treatment. Such drugs as valtrex, zovirax, herpevir, aciclovir are able to influence the frequency of repetition of the disease, reducing the risk of relapses. Infection occurs sexually. This kind of herpes can be accompanied by fever, headache, sometimes - an increase in lymph nodes in the groin. Recurrent disease can be associated with a decrease in the protective functions of the immune system, stress, colds. Complications in this situation can be prostatitis, vesiculitis, urethritis.
Pain in the penis with prostatitis is a fairly common phenomenon. An infection can be an infection or excessive irritation of the penis. If you ignore the rules of intimate hygiene, the infection enters the prostate gland. As a result of supercooling of the pelvis, an inflammatory process in the prostate gland can also occur.
With non-infectious prostatitis, a stagnant blood in the pelvis and the prostate gland plays an important role in the development of the disease. By stagnation of blood can lead to prolonged sexual abstinence, constipation, interruption of sexual intercourse.
Pain in the penis may appear under the influence of urethritis, in which inflammation of the urethra occurs. Specific urethritis occurs when you get into the body of sexually transmitted infections. Non-infectious urethritis may result from an allergic reaction to any medication or food. The provoking factors for the occurrence of urethritis are excessive physical overload, irregular sexual life, or excessive sexual activity. In the treatment of urethritis, antibiotics are mainly prescribed, as well as drugs that increase immunity.
Priapism is the next cause that causes pain in the penis. This pathology is characterized by the appearance of a prolonged erection due to the stagnation of the blood that forms in the penis, appears mainly at night. After the sexual certificate or act the erection does not pass or take place, the pain extends at the basis of a member. If these symptoms occur, it is recommended that you urgently call your doctor, right up to calling an ambulance.
Peyronie's disease can be the result of urethral diseases. Significant curvatures of the penis occur infrequently, and minor ones are often considered the norm. The curvature of the penis, or Peyronie's disease, is characterized by such symptoms: pain, contortion of the penis, erection problems. Treatment is usually prescribed only if the disease significantly reduces the patient's quality of life.
Pain in the penis can occur as a result of stretching the foreskin due to the lack of vaginal lubrication in the woman.
Pain in the penis also makes itself felt in the presence of such an ailment as colliculitis (inflammation of the seminal tubercle), pain can increase with sexual intercourse.
Pain in the penis in diabetic patients can arise as a result of circulatory disorders. Regardless of the symptoms and type of pain, do not neglect your doctor's advice. Only a qualified urologist or venereologist will be able to understand the problem in detail.