G'Day there everybody. About 6 months ago I developed pain in the tip and in the last inch on the left hand side of my penis when erect. Obviously I headed off to the docs who referred me to a urologist. He was a bit stumped, thought it was prostatitus at first then kidney stones when my prostate came up all ok. He had an inkling it might be peyronies but the symptoms didnt seem to fit. However.....lately I noticed my penis bending to the left with a marked indentation on the side (like and hour glass) about an inch up from the base. I had a good feel around the area when flaccid and indeed can feel some scar tissue in there. I am relieved to at least finally have an answer. Should the pain settle down in 12 to 18 months as they say. It seems way better than it was 6 months ago so I am hoping this is the case. Does anybody else have the same symptom where it bends to the side (every pic seems to be it bending up ?) Anyway some help would be great. I'm on vitamin e as well. Please feel free to email me. Cheers.
You need a definite diagnosis, not a "I think it might be" if the Uro you're seeing doesn't have the knowledge ( very common amongst Uro's, I assure you ) find another one who does. Ask for an Ultrasound scan. Vitamin E won't hurt you, but it won't do much for Peyronies, if that's what it is.
If it IS Peyronies, you need to act fast! Waiting is the worst thing you can do. Spontaneous resolution of this disease is very rare!
Read all you can on this site. There is a wealth of information here about the disease and the most used and well regarded treatments.
I've done that already, do not you. It is true, I'll get it, do not you think it.
See a peyronies specialist.
Pentoxăcoq10, VED therapy and traction.
Hello, welcome to the boards. If you can find a Peyronies Disease specialist within travel range to check you out and treat you you'll have an advantage over the disease (presuming that Peyronies Disease is the diagnosis). Try to get seen as quick as possible, because non-surgical treatment appears to be most effective at the onset of the disease.
I do have bends to the side, but I'm not about to post my dick online - I'll leave that to the more confident fellas. If you have a look in the before-and-after sub-board in the surgical board you'll find some images of such bends, although most do appear to be dorsal:
https://www.peyroniesforum.net/index.php/board,47.0.html
Dorsal seems to be most common, followed by sideways (lateral) curves.
Downwards (ventral) curves seem least common, but, oddly, in some of the clinical trials, these are the types of curvature that respond most strongly to therapy!
Vulpes,
I have a bend to the left, so you're not the only one. Read up on the different treatment options and start trying things as soon as you can. Also see a specialist if you can.
Cal30
I haven't heard that Ursus, mine is ventral hourglassing and narrowing and it has gotten much much better.
In the Iranian Pentox study, only about 4% of the patients had ventral curvature. But the improvements for that group was a 40% decrease in curvature, as opposed to 20-22% decrease for folks with dorsal or lateral bends.
The same applies to the CoQ10 study: Ventral curvature improved by 50%, dorsal and lateral by about 37%.
So it seems to me that ventral curvature is possibly easier to fix.
That said, the numbers have to be treated with some caution, because 1) so many fewer of the patients had ventral curvature, and 2) the ventral bends were generally far smaller in degrees from straight.
Dang Ursus, good find on those studies. That is certainly an important highlight and thing to note.
I also have ventral indentations and curvature which seems to be under the urethra, maybe that's why I've improved so well, though I have never stayed on Pentox... Still working on the logistics to get it in Tokyo.