Tina Amanda
A consultant Urologist at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital UPTH has advised men to avoid forceful penetration and taking performance-enhancing drugs for sex as it causes fractures of the penis.
The Deputy Provost, College of Health Sciences University of Port Harcourt Professor Onyeanunam Ekeke, who disclosed this during Hospital Grand Rounds, by the Urology Division, Department of Surgery UPTH, said penial fracture is a common condition people are not aware of.
According to him, a man’s sex organ can break if it hits the wrong target, or by forceful penetration. He said the condition is treatable if early medical care is sought.
“We have come to tell the people that this condition occurs when a man has his organ erected if it’s bent forcefully it can lead to breakage. That breakage or burst in a man’s organ is what is called a fracture of the penis.
“Many things can cause it, but in the studies, we have carried out over eighty per cent of such condition is related to somebody having an affair with another. We have seen it in cases of rape, a man having a disagreement with his spouse, if the organ is standing and you bend it forcefully no matter what causes it, it can break.
“We have noticed that there are certain position’s that are predisposed to it though not the position per se, for example, if a man is penetrating and misses his target by pressing the wall of his spouse it will forcefully bend it, anytime there is forceful engagement.
“Anytime the bending occurs, suddenly there will be swelling, when the swelling occurs the organ will be deformed. If there is injury also to where urine passes it will lead to blood in the urine. If it happens it is easily treatable if the patient comes to the hospital early.
“Those who do not come early may lead to other serious conditions. People should avoid taking performance-enhancing drugs, people should stick to their partners and avoid rigorous thrusting, they should also be careful of positions they stay in having sex”.
Also, the Head of the Department Urology UPTH, Dr John Raphael, said studies have shown that most men with erectile fractures were engaged in extramarital activity by trying to please their partners, adding that about six patients have been successfully treated for the condition.
“Periodically the hospital has a program to increase awareness of different conditions, the urology division of the surgery department decided to create awareness of penial fracture because of its rarity and the complications that may arise from such cases.
“Most of the patients who suffered from penial fractures were trying to impress someone somewhere by engaging in an extramarital affair, though it can still happen with one spouse or when a man misses fire. There is so much pressure on men harder and faster demands from their partners.
“Even though the men are the ones that suffer from penial fracture, the women contribute too. In all of these, there is no awareness of this condition.
“I know someone who had a penial fracture instead of presenting himself to the hospital he went to see a native doctor because he was embarrassed and there is more privacy with the native doctor than the hospital, three years later he had erectile dysfunction, some of its complications also affect the kidney”.
Our correspondent report that the theme of the Hospital Grand Rounds is, “From Pleasure to pain: The Travail of man in the Other Room”
