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Q: Genital injury

asked by: DoctorQuestion on March 14th, 2008

i fell on a rail, now i cant get an erection. Will it come back? My penis is now always alittle firm. It is very tender especially when i get an erection (which is not fully hard/firm anymore). When I first fell, the next days I had a permanent full blown erection which were extremly tender, couldnt even wear jeans. Since then it has been going down, now I beleive it is as down as it will go, but yet still alittle firm. Im just scared it wont come back. Also my penis is starting to curve- even more than before. It has been about 3 weeks since the fall.

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on April 3rd, 2008

Sexual Health - Men Answer A3847

You didn’t tell me anything about the injuries during that fall! Trauma can cause erectile dysfunction if nerves or blood vessels involved in the erection-process are damaged. Permanent erection (priapismus) is a serious condition especially if it lasts too long. You should have consulted a urologist when you got that “permanent full blown erection which was extremely tender”. You may want to request a physical examination and vascular examinations of the penis. Curving of the penis can be also due to some injury inside the penis.

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