Sitting in the straddle position with pressure on the perineum can cause penile, scrotal, and urethral numbness; there is no evidence at this time that this causes Peyronie’s disease or would exacerbate underlying Peyronie’s disease. It is simply due to a pressure on blood vessels and nerves
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Dr. Levine answers: Any traumatic event to the penis could possibly activate Peyronie’s disease in the susceptible individual. It is not exactly clear to me where your piercing is located on the penis, but usually it is in the area of the urethral opening of the penis
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: The typical injury occurring with biking or any straddle sport is an injury to the vascular or nerve supply to the penis which can result in erectile dysfunction and/or a numb penis. The fact that there is pain may indicate a nerve entrapment. If
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: It appears that the most common cause for triggering Peyronie’s disease is local trauma to the penis, which most commonly occurs during sexual activity when the penis is erect, but a man may develop Peyronie’s disease following a direct trauma to the penis that
Read more →Dr. Mulhall answers: This is an excellent and frequently asked question. There is no indication that ILV causes more trauma and the evidence for this is that many men have stabilization or improvement of the Peyronie’s disease when they have used ILV. Likewise, there is no evidence
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