Priapisme

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Priapism is a painful erection and settled and not associated with arousal or satisfaction seksual.Penyebab Priapism can occur in all age groups, including newborn babies. Priapism in children are usually found in patients with leukemia. White blood cells that obstruct or impede the flow of blood from the penis, causing Priapism.

Children who suffer from sickle cell disease may also experience Priapism.
Other causes of Priapism in children is trauma, either on his own penis and the area under the penis (the perineum) and spinal cord injury. In adult men, the cause could be known Priapism may also not. One possible cause is the sickle cell disease.

But the most common causes of Priapism in adults is a drug-drug injected like; drug psychosis (torazin, klorpromazin), antihypertensive drug (prazosin), marijuana, a drug used to treat impotence, anticoagulants, cocaine, corticosteroids, tolbutamid, trazodon .

Symptoms
The symptoms of this disease be accompanied by painful erection that occurs without sexual stimulation and lasts for 4 hours or more.


Medical
Treatment tailored to the cause. If the cause is drugs, the drugs stop immediately. If the cause is nerve damage, is given by spinal anesthesia. If the cause is a blood clot, surgery to remove a blood clot, or to create a bypass for penile circulation returned to normal.