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PRIAPISMO

The priapismo name comes from the Latin Priapus that was the name of the God fertile man and in classic mythology.

During a normal erection and like result of an excitation or sexual stimulation, an increase in the sanguineous flow of the penis takes place and the stagnation in its structure, once finished the erection, the blood is gotten up again to the sanguineous torrent clearing the veins of the penis and this it retakes its size and thickness, being flácido and smooth.

Any factor that alters east normal mechanism and that it prevents the return of the blood towards the general circulation will trigger the priapismo, problem that is characterized by the persistence of the erection, sometimes painful and that does not happen by sexual stimulation, nor it is accompanied by sexual desire or a eyaculación.

This suffering can appear to any age, from the childhood to the oldness and although in many cases its origin is not known, has been related to him to nervous problems, of the spinal marrow, with cancer in vejiga, prostate or rectum, with leukemia, medicine infections, use certain corticoids, traumatismos or with upheavals in the coagulation.

In the priapismo, the penis appears signs because full of blood like in a normal erection, but the head of the penis or glande is soft and the erection does not disappear nor after a stimulus or sexual activity, unlike which it happens in a normal erection.

The priapismo I could be of two types.

- primary Priapismo: he mainly affects children and young people and do not know the causes and origin completely. He occupies between 45 and 60% of the cases.

- secondary Priapismo, that is identified with mechanical and nervous problems that take part in the erection as they can be certain psychic upheavals, diseases of the nervous system, alcoholism or exaggerated ingestion of spirits or by the use of some medicines like the corticoids. Also it can be caused by traumatismos in pelvis or suffers, infections, tumors in vejiga, prostate or rectum or by upheavals in the coagulation.

Although one does not know what unties east mechanism, generally the acute attacks appear when the person is sleeping or after to have had sexual relations.

The priapismo can appear of several ways:

- It can appear with repeated, painful erections and reversible, it is to say during many hours, the penis is put turgid, normal, turgid, normal, which knows as "tartamudeante" priapismo and this form do not have repercussions in the sexual life although she is very annoying.

- Another form is the prolonged and painful erection that lasts several hours. This type of priapismo requires immediate medical attention to avoid the impotence, that appears in a high percentage of those who suffers it of this form.

- the other form is the engrandecimiento or hardening of the penis that can last weeks, months and until years. Although generally noncause pain, is developed after several episodes of priapismo that suitably were not treated and generally causes impotence.

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