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Peru farmer hospitalized with eight-day erection
Agence France-Presse via Hindustan Times ^
| April 03, 2009
Posted on 04/09/2009 7:36:04 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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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To: anniegetyourgun
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posted on
04/09/2009 9:08:50 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
To: tet68
To: peeps36
You don’t want to KILL the poor guy!!!
43
posted on
04/09/2009 9:50:16 PM PDT
by
LibertyRocks
( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ ANTI-OBAMA STUFF : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
To: peeps36
44
posted on
04/09/2009 10:26:44 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: Goldsborough
But now he’s had a stroke of good luck!
45
posted on
04/10/2009 6:29:39 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: ladyjane
Depends on what she looks like.
46
posted on
04/10/2009 6:30:47 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: Revolting cat!
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.
47
posted on
04/10/2009 8:26:16 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: Migraine
I imagine this whole thing has been hardon his family. I once went to sleep with a hardon but, I woke up with the solution in hand.
To: tet68
He had a hardening of the artery. At my advanced age, I'd be happy with an eight minute erection.
To: armymarinemom
Yeah. I looked it up one time. (shudders)
To: Slings and Arrows
Buddy Hackett used to have a great routine on priapisms that I cannot repeat on this family website.
51
posted on
04/10/2009 5:36:33 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: ladyjane
After six hours arent you supposed to call a nurse?
Yes you need to page the head nurse.
52
posted on
04/10/2009 5:41:06 PM PDT
by
linn37
(a mortgage in every pot)
To: Slings and Arrows
I no longer remember where I found this:
When an erection is abnormally prolonged it is called priapism. It is caused by obstruction of the venous drainage of the penis. Common causes include sickle cell disease in blacks, leukemia in children and papaverine induced erections in patients undergoing treatment for impotence. It can also be drug related (heparin, phenothiazines) or idiopathic. The patient often presents quite late because of embarrassment over his situation. At that time there is usually considerable pain due to the ischemia of the erectile tissue. Permanent damage can be done to the penis. Because impotence occurs in up to 50%, priapism is a urological emergency. The first line of treatment is to inject an alpha agonist (0.1ml of 1:1000 epinephrine) directly into the penis. If this is unsuccessful in ending the erection, old stagnant blood is syringed out with an 18 gauge needle and normal saline with or without an alpha agonist is flushed in. More invasive procedures may be necessary if the penis does not decompress with simple irrigation.
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posted on
04/10/2009 5:44:06 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: George Smiley
All you would have had to do was add the phrase longitudinal incisions and this thread would have, uh, shriveled up.You just made me wish I was a girl, for a minute there.
To: Clemenza
This website was started in response to the Clinton presidency, so how can you call it a family website? :-D
To: Slings and Arrows
This is hugh. I’m series.
56
posted on
04/12/2009 5:36:03 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Funny; that’s what Mrs Peru Farmer said.
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:35:16 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows
They think HE was in pain from an 8-day erection, they should talk to his wife!
58
posted on
04/13/2009 11:50:05 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Slings and Arrows
In fact, according to what I hear, it only takes seven days to make a whole week!
59
posted on
04/13/2009 11:50:41 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Still Thinking
60
posted on
04/13/2009 11:51:56 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
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