new to Peyronies Disease

[sikkidik]

Hi,

I am 38 and married with children. About 15 days ago, during intercourse with my wife I felt some burning kind of sensation right side under penis head/glans (circumcision area). I observed some swelling on that area following that incidence for a few days. I also have experienced some pain (not sure whether it was real or psychological). After examining the area I felt some small hard lump/node under the skin. After searching the web and posting at  a few places, I though I was experiencing sclerosis lymphangitis (SL). However, I went to see an urologist and he said I have peyronie's with an about 0.5cm X 0.5cm plaque. He put me on vitamin E and 0.6mg colchicine and asked me to come back in a month which I will do. At this point I have no curvature or bending on my penis and erections are normal as usual.

I have a few questions:
1) What is the chance for false positive for Peyronies Disease? Does a plaque on penis under the skin always mean that it is Peyronies Disease?
2) How does Peyronies Disease progress? Should I expect the worse to come? If so, how should I manage it and reduce the impact if possible?
3) Do SL and early Peyronies Disease have similar symptoms that can be confused?
4) Should I do anything else other than takng Vitamin E and colchicine for the next month?

Thanks for your support.

[NeoV]

I think your urologist is likely wrong and he is prescribing old outdated oral therapies. Do you have any bending? It seems a bit sudden to me to have plaque form so quickly. Lay off sex and see if the lump diminishes, since it could very we'll be lymphocele (LS). In the mean time schedule an appointment with an expert, not a regular urologist.

Supplements are drugs that have been shown to prevent / "reverse" Peyronies are CoQ10, ALCAR, Pentox and low dose cialis. Read up as much as you can and try to to worry too much.

[LWillisjr]

I agree it seems quick to me as well. And if there is plaque then it seems to me that there would be some type of deformation in your erection around the plaque area. And yes Vitamin does little if anything for Peyronies.

I would keep a close watch on it for any changes in your erection over the next few weeks. And if it does start to change, find a new urologist.

[sikkidik]

I don't see any bending (flaccid or errected). But I can palp some hard lump myself too. I feel like having some burning sensation in the area. My urologist asked me to use vit E and colchicine for a month and go back to visit him. I started ALCAR today too. If not Peyronies Disease, what else could it be?

[NeoV]

Lymphocele or Mondors / thrombosis. Rest it and see what happens in several days, try to get an appointment with a specialist.

[sikkidik]

well, I guess the second uro I visited who is listed as an expert at APDA webpage was right (first uro said I had Peyronies Disease, the second one said I probably don't have it). I had pretty severe penis pain particularly when flaccid, at some point some palpable lump, but no curvature. Now, I don't have penis pain anymore and things seem to be back to normal. I am not sure yet whether I really don't have Peyronies Disease or have it, but for now I will be cautious and keep an eye on it. Uro said being cautious would not probably help me. I guess what he meant was if I have Peyronies Disease eventually sh.t will happen regardless how cautious I am. He believed I probably never had Peyronies Disease and probably people with resolved Peyronies Disease never had it either. No one knows for sure. I'll see how this will progress from here on.

[james1947]

sikkidik

....probably people with resolved Peyronies Disease never had it

I tend to agree with your doctor.

James