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Fournier gangrene is a urological emergency requiring intravenous antibiotics and debridement (surgical removal) of dead tissue. [2] Formation of a colostomy may be required to divert bowel motions away from the area. [ 9 ]
Other soft-tissue injuries to the penis can be caused by burns, animal bites, and human bites. [5] Animal bites are common in children, and dogs are the most common animals involved. Though typically not severe, animal bites can cause amputation or infection.
Blood can leave the erectile tissue only through a drainage system of veins around the outside wall of the corpus cavernosum. The expanding spongy tissue presses against a surrounding dense tissue (tunica albuginea) constricting these veins, preventing blood from leaving. The penis becomes rigid as a result.
After vasocongestion, the now-engorged erectile tissue presses against and constricts the veins that carry blood away from the penis. More blood enters than leaves the penis until an equilibrium is reached where an equal volume of blood flows into the dilated arteries and out of the constricted veins; a constant erectile size is achieved at ...
Why you have red bumps on your penis, ... “While this is a rare disease, some risk factors for penile cancer include smoking, HPV infection, and being uncircumcised. The typical age of ...
Venous leak is an inability to maintain an erection in the presence of sufficient arterial blood flow through the cavernosal arteries of the penis. [6] The defect lies in the excessive drainage of veins in the cavernosal tissue of the penis, which undermines normal erectile function.
Penile cancer, or penile carcinoma, is a cancer that develops in the skin or tissues of the penis. Symptoms may include abnormal growth, an ulcer or sore on the skin of the penis, and bleeding or foul smelling discharge.
Inflammation has many possible causes, including irritation by environmental substances, certain medications, physical trauma, and infection such as bacterial, viral, or fungal. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Some of these infections are sexually transmitted , however a yeast infection , Candida balanitis , is generally not categorized as such.