Ouch! You really can break your penis

[cobalt1999]

www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=can-you-really-break-your

The penile condition recently featured on the TV medical drama Grey's Anatomy is real and, sorry guys (and girls), not uncommon

Ever since heartthrob television doctor Mark Sloan had a sexual mishap on last night's episode of TV hit show Grey's Anatomy, bloggers around the globe have been buzzing about a bizarre and horrifying condition called "broken penis syndrome". For those who didn't catch last night's hot and steamy love scene between Sloan (played by actor Eric Dane) and "intern" Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), be advised: it ended painfully—very painfully. At least for Sloan, who suffered a severe injury to his manhood, which prompted a slew of rumors among hospital staff about which woman "broke Sloan's penis," according to ABC's online recap of the episode.

Given that there are no bones in the penis, can it really break? It turns out there is an unfortunate injury termed "penile fracture" that can indeed occur during sexual intercourse.

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Usually there will be a popping sound. If someone has severe pain (in the penis), especially associated with bruising, swelling and loss of erection, he should seek emergency care."




Really?!! He should seek emergency care??!! Geez, what else is he going to do?

[flvegan]

1. What else is he going to do? Scream, cry, curse the planet?

He's probably still going to try to finish though. Guys are funny that way.

[cobalt1999]

4. LOL

Yes, we are.

What cracked me up was the symptom "swelling and loss of erection". Aren't those contradictory?

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Uh, no. They are not. An erection is vastly different anatomically from inflamation.

In penile fracture, the connective tissue that surrounds the part of the penis that allows an erection is violently torn. Hence, the "popping" sound. Needless to say, swelling, bruising, and severe pain follow immediately. Untreated, the man may never again experience any any arousal not accompanied by severe discomfort and pain.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

21. So true.........

That's why it always amused me when those drug warnings showed up on TV - "For an erection lasting four hours or more, seek medical help."

Hell, every man I know would probably call me to tell me he had a four-hour boner. And he'd be drunk with pride.

[flvegan]

28. "Yeah, medical help...from twin nurses. Heeeyooooo!"

[Kat45]

39. That may be true, but a four-hour boner gets painful.

I was once with someone who had one, not because of Viagra but because of stamina and our still being busy, and he suddenly was in serious pain. He wasn't looking to finish, since he was having trouble walking.

[HillWilliam]

41. Four hours??? You didn't stop when you smelled smoke? n/t

[WillieW]

42. Isn't it amazing that they can come up with a pill for men to have a 4 hour erection, but

they can not come up with something to help women with menopause problems. It's still a man's world!

[HillWilliam]

47. Yeah, but who WANTS a 4-hour erection?

Any motivated man with the right vids only needs about four good minutes.

So I've heard.

:rofl:

[LeftyMom]

44. You would.

:eyes:

[racaulk]

61. Ain't that the truth!

:rofl:

[Mz Pip]

2. Lots of ice n/t

[aquart]

3. They can't bandage it, though. Can they?

[cobalt1999]

12. Does this sound like a fun treatment?

What can doctors do to fix the tear?

We put the person on general anesthesia and open up the skin through one or more incisions in the penis. Then we find the edge of the tear and close it up with sutures. Sometimes these tears are extensive and span half the circumference of the penis (usually the tears are crosswise), requiring about 10 stitches. Then we close everything up. The operation takes about an hour, and most people go home right after. Most can resume sex in about a month (after the wound has healed).




I think most men would consider the month without sex a bigger problem than the stitches.

[Maru Kitteh]

20. I think most men would consider a lifetime of inability to have sex, or even be aroused without pain

a bigger problem than one month without sex. This can be the consequence of untreated penile fracture. YMMV.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

27. I knew a man

who had to be circumcised when he developed balanitis.

He decided to get frisky on the second day after the procedure, still on painkillers but his usual horny self.

Needless to say, the mood was absolutely shattered when his penis started bleeding around the stitches. He was furious at his own body, angry at its betrayal, as he perceived it.

A bleeding dick is just not an aphrodisiac. Trust me on this one.

[DKRC]

35. Here ya go!

:evilgrin:

[Garbo 2004]

5. The things I learn here are amazing. LOL. :-) n/t

[WillyT]

6. Hey Man... A Broken Heart Is Bad Enough...

now you tell me there's something WORSE???

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[whistle]

7. Now we know what is really bothering Rush Limbaugh

[B o d i]

8. The ads in this thread are cracking me up.

No, I don't need a vacuum therapy system, and no, I'm not interested in meeting single goth women, but thanks for asking, google.

[Skittles]

40. ADMIT IT

YOU REALLY DO NEED A VACUUMING SINGLE GOTH GAL, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW IT

[Lilith Velkor]

58. I should put an ad in the paper with those exact words.

:think:

[Skittles]

63. I WILL KICK BODI'S ASS

AND MAKE HIM RESPOND TO YOUR AD

[B o d i]

64. Honestly, I don't need a goth vacuum therapist lady, but thanks for asking.

I've never really been into that 'goth' thing, but whatever floats your boat.

[BreweryYardRat]

51. Okay, how are you getting the "meet single goth women" ad?

I 8> goth girls.

There should actually be another ASCII symbol there as well, but out of respect for our female DUers...

[Why Syzygy]

9. Take it to the Lounge, plz. nt

[qwertyMike]

10. Mine is curved

Maybe it's just fractured.

"It's not very big but me and Liz have a lot of fun with it" - Richard Burton

[Skittles]

11. a lot of 'em are curved

I.....er.......read that

[qwertyMike]

14. I've never seen an erect penis

Except in porn.
And those ones always leave me, well, deflated :(

[Skittles]

37. they would leave me sore

I've......er.......read that :7

[WillyT]

16. LOL !!!

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:hide:

:hi:

Back in the 70's there was a male pornstar named Tony "The Hook" Perez.

He was not a former boxer.

[DeepBlueC]

30. It's called Peyroni's Syndrome

[Skittles]

38. yes

I think perhaps the slight curve is common but the more severe curve is the syndrome

[DeepBlueC]

15. Peyroni's syndrome

Check the Google.

[givemebackmycountry]

22. Isn't that a beer?

I've had it with pizza.

mmmmmm Peroni and pepperoni.

[DeepBlueC]

26. If that's what you like to eat....

indulge.

[Beetwasher]

48. Like A Scythe?

n/t

[Lilith Velkor]

59. More like a scimitar. n/t

[undergroundpanther]

13. You oughta look up

what the treatment is when guys have priapism,(you know an erection lasting longer than 4 hours...) :scared:

[qwertyMike]

17. I have a lady friend who says

"If you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours call Mama!"

[givemebackmycountry]

23. You don't know my mom....

She'd laugh her ass off and then yell at me to lose weight.

[originalpckelly]

19. I've come to suck your...

blood!

[Harry Monroe]

24. Put it to good use??

[Lilith Velkor]

60. Only if you want to torture the guy

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

25. I thought most people were aware of this.

[cobalt1999]

31. I'm glad I wasn't aware of this when I was young & single.

I might have passed on some "interesting" experiences.

[Jack Sprat]

29. Which raises the question: Circumcision vs non circumcision

Let the threads begin.....

It was high time for another circumcision debate of DU.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

32. The last one was 2 days ago.

[Redstone]

33. Yes, it happened to a friend of mine. Hearing about it, and the treatment, made me

walk funny for several weeks.

Redstone

[KG]

34. never broken, but some called me Benedict

[elocs]

36. When Dr. Oz was on Oprah with an all-male audience to ask him any questions they liked,

this one came up and there actually was a doctor in the audience who had this happen.

[LeftyMom]

43. Happened to a coworker while he was out screwing around on his wife.

Serves him right. Anyhow, while it heals up he's in terrible pain every time he gets a kickstand going, and his wife, who must have figured out what was up and apparently had a mile-wide evil streak, suddenly had the enthusiasm of a teenager and the creativity of a porn star.

I heard all this from the woman who had caused the injury. She was married too, and his superior to boot. That was the most dysfunctional workplace I've ever encountered, let me tell you.

[sendero]

45. As someone who has had a few near misses...

... let me be openly thankful right here and now. :)

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[Arugula Latte]

49. Meh -- I'll bet it doesn't hurt very much.

Men always overstate pain. What a bunch of whiners.





:P

[Bake]

53. It hurts like a mother!@#$#@!

Trust me.

Like somebody in steel-toed combat boots just did the falmenco dance on the boyz.

Bake

[Haole Girl]

50. I'm still trying to imagine this:

"We had this patient who suffered penile fracture after running across the room and trying to penetrate his wife with a flying leap."

:rofl:

[hunter]

56. They must not have paid attention to the warning...

The porn star gymnasts in this video are professionals with over thirty years experience. Don't try this at home.

[madokie]

52. So there is something to broke dick after all

:rofl: who would'a thunk't

splchk

[ourbluenation]

54. " suffered fracture after running across the room & trying to penetrate his wife with a flying leap"

from the link you provided.


wow.

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. You'd be shocked to know how many people don't

pride, false pride, but that's the truth

[ghostsofgiants]

57. A song to mark this glorious thread...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Dfy49yZ8A (Probably NSFW)

[foxfeet]

62. Paging Doctor Bennett!

"Bent it? Hell, I broke it!" (OLD joke)