Hi there guys,
I hope you are all very well.
I have been very thoughtful today of where I was and where I ended up being today.
A venous leak check, just to justify softer erections, back in 2014, which was done with a doppler ultrasound with an injection being administered to me - left me with permanent damage to my penis, because of a 6 hour erection.
-The doctor that gave me the injection handed me a leaflet saying that if I have an erection of 4:30 hours I should go back to the hospital or call him, and otherwise I could do whatever I wanted even go back to my work. And so I did. I went to my work, which was not near the hospital and he knew that, and waited there without doing anything to bring it down for 4 hours. At 4 hours I tried ice as the leaflet was saying, ( in the toilets of work) which didn't help at all, and at about 6 hours - maybe a bit less, while I was already on my way to the hospital, in panic, it went down by itself.
-I blame myself for not doing my research before, but sometimes I wonder how irresponsible is what he did? How did he dare? Just leaving me to go away, without any instructions on how to bring it down, like physical exercise with going up & down stairs, running, cycling).
How did he agree, when I asked him, to let me go to an office and sit there just waiting for the erection to go down, with all that chemical poison in my penis?
He was aware of how possible
priapism is to people that are first injected and how dangerous it is. I wasn't !
I have seen, (afterwards) instructions from other hospital/practices that describe in detail what can happen to you from
priapism, and give you a list of various tips on how to bring your member down including physical exercise, pills etc...And most importantly they suggest to act using these tips within 2 hours to make it come down asap, not just wait for the 4-hour mark when the damage begins.
My leaflet/instructions was saying, "You have been given an androskat injection. If in 4 hours you still have an erection try to use icepacks to make your erection go down. If after half an hour you still have an erection call your urologist or visit the emergency department. Follow the rules to avoid problems ".
I followed their rules, but didn't avoid the problems!
My obvious symptoms the last 5 years include:
1. almost constant
inflammation and pain even when
flaccid.
2. A scar tissue, at about the point of the injection. This has developed into indentation with time and goes around the penis. However it has not become a
plaque, it is still relatively soft but painful and not very elastic.
3. My erections without
Erectile Dysfunction pills cannot even stand anymore. The irony is that I had the impression before I had the injection that I had softer erections than previously, (this was the reason I did the doppler test in the first place) and was feeling continuously insecure about it. Now I really know what is too have soft-non-existent erections that cannot even stand!
I have some questions for you if you can help me with:
1. Is there any test that can justify the damage caused to my penis? Diagnostic ultrasound (without injections - as I am not having an injection ever again), only sees plaques and I don't have any
plaque. I am at the beginning of a legal battle against the hospital and the doctor, but scientifically I don't have the evidence to prove my physical damage.
2. Has any of you been in a similar position before, in terms of legal battle for medical negligence. If yes, what is your advice and experience ?
3. Has any of you experienced
priapism before. If yes, what is your personal experience, how long was the duration, what were the consequences /damages after if any?
4. Most scientific papers speak about permanent and irreversible damage after priapisms of 12 hours or even more. There very few papers explaining or talking about the consequences and damages of priapisms of smaller durations (4-7 hours). If you know of any that do that can you please forward a link or a title to me?
A recent study of 2018, that I read says:
"Histologically, as
priapism continues, the
corpus cavernosumundergoes progressive changes. In cases where
priapism is of a
short duration (less than 12 hours), the tissue consists of minor
endothelial defects with occasional lymphocytic infiltration but the
smooth muscle cells remain intact. It is only after 12 to 14 hours
of ischaemic
priapism that the trabecular smooth muscle cells
show the beginning of focal cytoplasmic transformation, with the
perinuclear cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, and
Golgi apparatus exhibiting an increase in size. "
Another says:
"Irreversible corporal damage occurs after 4 to 6 hours of ischemia [6].", but not more details of what changes or is damaged into your penis.
Other papers say:
"Priapisms of insignificant duration <7 hours" - meaning that any damage can be reversed.
Most websites say:
"Tissue damage can begin 4-6 hours after onset", They use words such as may or can begin after 4-6 hours, but they are not specific about it.
It is quite ambiguous scientifically! Even when I visited and asked in person different doctors after this event, most of them speak about irreversible damages mostly at about 12 hours - they don't speak with certainty about smaller duration - most of them speaking generally that prognosis is good for duration of lower than 12 hours.
What I know from my personal experience is that a 6 hour erection has caused me permanent damages from which i really suffer!
I am looking forward for your responses.
Thank you in advance and sorry for the long text.
Many regards,
Andreas
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Topic: Priapism of about 6 hours in July 2014 (Read 4661 times)
July 14, 2012, 10:53:28 PM