*UPTH says men now take drugs to achieve harder erection
·But records 100% in surgery approach
By Ignatius Chukwu
Reasons have emerged why penile fracture incidence is on the rise. Surveys have indicated that is more in men that indulge in drugs for higher performance and men to go outside the house for it.
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This is as the authorities of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) have called for caution, saying six persons have received surgery in five months of 2022.
The report came out on Friday, January 27, 2023, at the UPTH Auditorium where monthly Ground Rounds, a programme where one ailment is featured in the form of a medical symposium before all departments for inter-department review and update.
Explaining details, the head of department of Urology of the Centre of Excellence, John Raphael, said such fractures cause death plus penile impairment. He said the topic: ‘From Pleasure to Pains, the Travails of Man in ‘the Other Room’.
He said the situation has become so serious that it is now an emergency which attracts waiver in teaching hospitals.
He said erection is higher during influence of drugs and in extra-marital situations. From lectures by many experts in the department, it was made clear that unusual approached in love-making lead to fractures.
He said the desire to impress seems to be on the rise, saying erectile dysfunction is a serious manifestation.
The experts said much tests are done to decide cause of action, and that surgery remains the best option, while delay may lead to further damages.
In the lead presentation, Ogechi Okerengwo, gave three scenarios and case studies treated recently and isolated the section of the organ known as tunica Albuginea (lower region) which usually gets burst during high turgidity.
She said in most of the cases, the victims used the back entry and suffered fracture when twists occurred. Other cases present themselves as swelling and bending, requiring surgery to treat the affected section.
In the review of the epidemiology of the incidence, experts said it is a global problem and that reports across the world and that some incidents have led to court cases where the female partners were discharged.
Reports have also revealed rising incidence of sudden deaths during copulation caused by intake of performance enhancing drugs.
Lectures delivered at the UPTH’s Ground Rounds showed how one top vein delivers blood to the male organ to boost erection and turgidity, but when this is excessive, it leads to burst of artery and instant death.
