Man claims COVID-19 made his penis shrink

Fox News ^ | 1/13/22 | Paul Best

[MikeSteelBe]

An anonymous man in his 30s who had to be hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 last July now claims that the disease left him with a shrunken penis and erectile dysfunction. "When I got out of the hospital, I had some erectile dysfunction issues. Those gradually got better with some medical attention, but I seem to be left with a lasting problem. My penis has shrunk," the man wrote in a letter to Slate's "How To Do It" podcast. "Before I got sick, I was above average, not huge, but definitely bigger than normal. Now I've lost about an inch and a half and become decidedly less than average." Dr. Ashley Winter, a urologist in Oregon, confirmed to the podcast hosts that "COVID d--- is like a real thing." A man in his 30s claims his penis shrank by 1.5 inches after he contracted COVID-19 last July. A man in his 30s claims his penis shrank by 1.5 inches after he contracted COVID-19 last July. Multiple studies have linked COVID-19 to erectile dysfunction and other reproductive health issues. An Italian study last year found that 28% of men who contracted COVID-19 experienced issues with erectile dysfunction, while only 9.33% of men who hadn't contracted COVID-19 experienced the same issue. Urologists United for Vaccination Education put out a PSA claiming that men with COVID-19 are six times more likely to develop erectile dysfunction. Urologists United for Vaccination Education put out a PSA claiming that men with COVID-19 are six times more likely to develop erectile dysfunction. Researchers at the University of Miami found that the "widespread blood vessel dysfunction, or endothelial dysfunction, that results from the COVID-19 infection could then contribute to erectile dysfunction."

[Pelham]

Looks like they are still available at Amazon. Kindle and paperbacks. I loaned mine out and they are still circulating I suppose.

https://www.amazon.com/Florence-King/e/B000AQ6WQU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

[Jamestown1630]

Thanks. Her book ‘Southern Ladies & Gentlemen’ sounds like fun.

My Grandmother was typical of many old Southern women, and I guess I picked up a lot of it from her.

But one of the most succinct explanations of Southern culture that I’ve heard was from some journalist who wrote that in the South, you could be a murderer and still be accepted in polite society as long as you always remembered to say ‘Ma’am’ and ‘Sir’ :-)

[2111USMC]

If I catch covid I hope it's “long” covid.

[Yaelle]

So get our vaccines NOW or your pee pee will fall off.

[alexander_busek]

I think the French have an excellent word for that. Popular culture and the media are turning things that used to be somewhat interesting into things thoroughly *banal*.

I'd reverse that: The media are taking things that are thoroughly banal and dressing them up and presenting them to us as though they should be "interesting."

Regards,

[Jamestown1630]

I thought it was ‘interesting’ when it was personal to individuals.

But it got really boring when they made it into ‘social movement’ and ‘cause celebre’, and lumped ‘unusual’ people into an ‘identity’ - as if they were all cookie-cutter products.