Peyronie's Disease: The Curved Penis

What causes a curved penis is pretty much speculation. For reasons that are not clear, a thick scar develops in the penis, which prevents blood flow into the spaces (small openings within the smooth muscle) in that area of the penis. With no blood flowing into the spaces, the organ cannot expand. Thus, causing it to curve or bend toward the scar.

Three of every hundred men suffer from peyronie's disease, and experience penile pain during normal sexual intercourse, or when the curved penis becomes erect. One percent of all men with peyronie's disease develop scars on their hands. There are also men with scars on the hands who don't have peyronie's disease. Learn more about peyronie's disease: the curved penis.

Causes of Curved Penis

Injury to the organ is primarily the cause of a curved penis. Rough sex can easily tear the penile tissue resulting in scaring. Sexual positions that hurts the penis can result in curvature of the penis. Masturbation can cause injury to the penis as well, which may curve the penis. Right handed masturbation causes the penis to curve left, while a left hander has a bent penis to the right.

There is also a congenital curvature of the penis, with no known cause. The scars are usually about mid-penis, so the bent penis angles either up or down. Take a look at a curved penis.

Treatments for Curved Penis

Cortisone-type injections into the scar or plaque has been made to reduced the angle without much success. Some believed super doses of vitamin E can reduce penile angulation, but real results are still pending. Surgery seems to be a better fix for the bent penis. After the scar is removed, a graft of tissue from somewhere on the body is used to repair the affected area.

The famous Nesbit procedure has been proven successful for many peyronies sufferers who elected to have surgery. 50-60% were able to have normal sexual intercourse again. Surgery should only be a last resort. Other treatments for peyronie's should be considered before undertaking this big step.

Normally, peyronie's disease requires no treatment. The scar disappears all by itself within five years. Only when painful erections prevent one from having intercourse should treatment be sought. Most treatments fail to straighten the bent penis, so waiting it out may be your best bet. Here's another treatment for the bent penis

Related Links

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