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How is Priapism caused? |
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Children with
priapism are typically those who have leukemia. In this
situation, the white blood cells occlude, or block the outflow
of blood from the penis causing priapism.
Children with sickle-cell disease can be afflicted with priapism. In this situation, the penis receives low oxygen,
and therefore, the blood sickles and prevents outflow because
of sludging.
Other rare causes of priapism in
childhood include trauma, either to the penis or to the area
underneath the penis known as the perineum. Additionally,
spinal cord injuries can cause priapism. Extremely rare causes
of priapism include drug side effects, but typically these
drugs are not used in children.
In adults, priapism
either has a known cause or an unknown cause, in which case it
is idiopathic, or has no identifiable cause.
Typical causes in adults include sickle-cell disease, which
accounts for almost a third of all cases. It is reported that
42 percent of all sickle-cell adults and 64 percent of all
sickle-cell children will eventually develop priapism.The most common cause of priapism is
pharmacological injection therapy, which far out shadows all
currently known causes.
Drug-related priapism
includes those drug used to treat psychotic type illness,
including Thorazine and chlorpromazine. Other more uncommon
drugs include those used to treat high-blood pressure such as
prazosin. Rare causes may also be
related to cancers that can infiltrate the penis and prevent
the outflow of blood.
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Posted by:
mohammad51
Posted on: 05/03/2011 well I read there , but let me explain my case, it is something is bitter, my sexual organ still all the night stand, but not desire to do six,and I havn't symptom of prostat or any urinary tract infection, no one has suggested me the treatment, the case is about to 2006 still yet, one doctor advises me to get marriage , but it is not so, my age about 60 years, this had done only thoough the night, and I suffer the pain since that date
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Posted by:
Lissa(Guest)
Posted on: 10/05/2009 my husband fell and landed on his penis, causing priaprism, after 4 flushes and no relief and kidneys failing, he came home scared, that same day i took him back to hospital and was sent back home to call an make an appointment with urologist, days past til appointment time, after seeing the urologist he noticed that the penis had gotten black then referred him to another hospital for surgery in a day or two(his words not mine) After getting there the new urologist saw there was an imediate need for surgery, the end result was he lost his penis due to gaingreen with a penectomy. We never knew how serious this priaprism was and didn't know what it even was..Don't be mistaken this is serious and can be detramental to any man... |
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