Peru farmer hospitalized with eight-day erection

Agence France-Presse via Hindustan Times ^ | April 03, 2009

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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 Thursday.

"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."

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We can safely assume he isn't a coca farmer.

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But he added, "We are looking for the cause of the priapism because if we don't find a solution it could reappear again."

They have to get to the root of the problem.

[Paleo Conservative]

I guess he didn’t read the warnings.

[tet68]

He had a hardening of the artery.

[Eye of Unk]

“And in further news his wife is meeting with plastic surgeons to correct a huge permanent grin”

[1066AD]

I hope it’s Smilin’ Bob.

[armymarinemom]

You guys go ahead and laugh. If you have ever seen the surgery for this condition you would cross your legs just thinking about it.

[Vaquero]

[max americana]

> But he added, “We are looking for the cause of the priapism because if we don’t find a solution it could reappear again.”

I don’t see the problem.

[swain_forkbeard]

“...if we don’t find a solution it could reappear again.”

Promise?

[peeps36]

A naked picture of Helen Thomas would have cured him much faster then the surgery.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Farm animals can do that to some people.

[earlJam]

I remember when I was seventeen.

[machogirl]

no picture please :)

[Krankor]

Love you ev'ry day girl,
Always on my mind.
One thing i can say girl,
Love you all the time.
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me.
Ain't got nothin'but love babe,
Eight days a week.

[Mr. Mojo]

A naked picture of Helen Thomas would have cured him much faster then the surgery.

It might have cured his condition, but it would have left incurable psychological scars.

[ladyjane]

After six hours aren’t you supposed to call a nurse?

[stylin19a]

Nurses try night and day to make that thing go down.

[Goldsborough]

The farmer is taking this problem in hand. He has been hard up for too long with no prospects for relief.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This reminds me of an episode of “Tru Blood” on HBO. The guy drinks vampire blood and has a permanent erection. The doctor had to drain that thingy. I guess it’s the male equivalent of giving birth.