Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Peru Farmer Undergoes Emergency Surgery After Eight-day Erection | |
|
| |
A Peruvian farmer underwent an operation after complaining of severe pain from an eight-day erection, a doctor at a hospital in the northern city of Sullana said.
"The patient arrived at the hospital in great pain because of the erection," surgeon Nelson Carrasco told AFP, adding that the 53-year-old had not taken a sexual stimulant or alcohol.
He said the patient, whose identity was withheld, suffers from priapism, a persistent erection of the penis often due to a blood clot in the erectile tissue.
Carrasco said the man underwent surgery at the Sullana hopsital, about 1000 kilometers (600 miles) north of Lima.
But he added, "We are looking for the cause of the priapism because if we don't find a solution it could reappear again."
Source-AFP
SRM
| |
|
|
More News on: Emergency, Alarming Facts about Road Traffic Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents and Road Safety, Women More Prone to Road Rage
 Comment & Contribute
|
Related Links
Priapism - Causes - Diagnosis - Treatment - FAQs
Priapism is persistent painful erection that lasts for more than four hours and is unrelated to sexual ...
New Study Could Offer Relief to Priapism Sufferers
Scientists have provided relief to thousands of men who suffer from priapism, or the condition that causes prolonged erection even without an ...
Health Drink Blamed for Persistent Penile Erection
On June 5, 2004, Christopher Woods, a 29-year old resident in New York, drank Boost Plus, a vitamin enriched beverage, made by the Swiss-based ...
General News
Practice Changes to Improve Value and Quality of GI Procedures Identified By New Research
According to research presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW), there are significant cost and risk factors associated with two procedures commonly ...
Fish Therapy to Treat Skin Disease in Gaza Strip
Fish therapy has found its way to the Gaza Strip with Fouad Yahya, who learnt about it on the internet, becoming one of the first patients to be ...
Recent Malaria Test Kit Gives a Thrust to Elimination Efforts
A recent and highly sensitive blood test is capable of spotting even the lowest levels of malaria parasites in the body. In two studies ...
Patient Consent is the Backbone of Patient Care
The backbone of patient care is informed consent. Genetic testing has long required patient consent and patients have had a "right not to know" the ...
People With Treatment-Resistant Depression Benefit Significantly With Ketamine
The largest ketamine clinical trial to-date led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has revealed that patients with ...
Money can Now be Sent as 'Attachment' Via Gmail
Google has announced a major addition to its emailing service at its annual developer conference. The internet behemoth said users can now send money ...
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
 | News Central | | Health Watch | |
| Latest Health News | | Health In Focus | |
| News Category (500+) | | Breaking Health News | |
| Popular News | | Celebrating Life | |
| Health News and Press Release | | Medindia - Exclusive | |
| News Photo Gallery | | India Special | |
| News Video Gallery | | Lifestyle and Wellness | |
| News From Other Resources | |||
| News Categories: |
| » | Health Care Costs can be Reduced by ER Docs |
| » | Hospital Use and Costs Not Increased by Massachusetts' Health Care Reform |
| » | Preparation on for Health Care Revamping |
| » | Federal Spending to Treat Chronic Pain Should be a Top Healthcare Priority |
| » | Obama Campaigns to Advance Health Care Program |
| More Insurance News | |
|
Ask an Expert
