Penis erection for too long can be harmful

　　Man's genitals erect after taking aphrodisiac for 7 days

　　After Mr. Li, a 38-year-old Guangzhou native, took an unknown "special" aphrodisiac, his genitals continued to erect for 7 days, resulting in continuous congestion of the genitals for a long time and almost necrosis.

　　“During the May Day holiday, when Mr. Li traveled to Guangxi, he was introduced by a local friend and bought a local "special" aphrodisiac. Mr. Li takes some before each sexual intercourse and is said to have "obvious effects." Two weeks later, after taking his medication one night, he woke up the next morning to find he was still erect. At first he was "surprised", but in the afternoon the situation remained the same, and his genitals began to hurt. Because of embarrassment, Mr. Li never went Hospital For treatment, only use ice packs at home. It wasn't until the seventh day that he couldn't bear it anymore and went to the hospital for treatment.

　　“We used irrigation, arterial shunt decompression and other treatments for him, but it had no effect. It (genital) is still 'hard'. ”The doctor said that Mr. Li later underwent arterial embolization under a flat-panel angiography machine, which blocked the arteries leading to the diseased area to prevent arterial blood from flowing to the genitals, and he "softened up" later.

　　Normal erections occur after sexual stimulation and sexual impulse, but if a long-term genital erection occurs without sexual impulse or desire, lasting more than four hours, it is a pathology. Genital erection persists clinical The incidence rate is about one in 100,000. Mr. Li's sustained erection for more than 140 hours has been rarely reported in China.

　　"Overtime" genital erection can cause ED

　　Sustained genital erections can be divided into three categories, namely high-flow type (non-ischemic type), low-flow type (ischemic type) and mixed type. Among them, 30% of patients with ischemic type are related to blood disease factors. The high-flow type generally produces no pain, while the low-flow type produces severe pain.

　　Genitals of high-flow patients skin The color and elasticity are normal, and there is generally no pain. The erection lasts for several days and sexual function can still be maintained after recovery. In patients with the low-flow type, due to severe ischemia, the skin turns blue-grey, the cavernous body is as hard as wood, and walking is inconvenient due to severe pain.

　　Medically, it is generally believed that a normal erection lasts from more than two minutes to about an hour. Experts remind that if an erection lasts longer than normal, patients should go to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid missing the best opportunity for treatment. The longer the erection lasts, the greater the damage to the genitals may be.

　　Early stage patients should be treated conservatively

　　In terms of treatment, the three-step principle of "conservative-minimally invasive-invasive" should be adhered to. Conservative treatment can be used for early-stage patients with a short duration. The vasoconstrictor peptlin (Alfa 1 receptor stimulant) or the like is injected into the cavernous body to shrink the cavernous sinus and quickly drain the blood. If the situation cannot be relieved after the injection, minimally invasive treatment is used. A thicker needle is used to puncture to drain the congestion, and then lavage with liquid containing a vasoconstrictor to weaken the genitals.

　　Invasive surgery is the final step. The blood shunt surgery of the genital cavernous body and glans cavernous body is used to return the congestion of the genital cavernous body to the large veins through the glans cavernous body. However, doctors remind that most patients may develop ED after invasive surgery.