Dr. Levine answers: Peyronie’s disease is a disorder of wound healing with unclear cause. Typically when it occurs, it will be associated with a lump, occasionally pain and deformity. Natural history studies have suggested that about 50% of men who come to see a physician will worsen
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Dr. Levine answers: This is a good question. For the man who develops acute onset of PD, the typical findings are pain in the penis, either followed by or preceded by the presence of a palpable nodule or lump, which is then followed by a shape deformity
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: Loss of sensation is an unusual complaint for men with Peyronie’s disease. But your situation may be because the deformity interferes with stimulation of the area on your penis which is important for sexual arousal. If indeed the curvature is responsible for the diminished
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: I am not familiar with Peyronie’s disease causing any changes in CPK. This is usually due to muscle related injury, which is not considered a sequalae of Peyronie’s disease.
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: These are not symptoms of PD. A change in the sensation of the glans may be due to underlying medical problems such as diabetes which can affect the sensory nerves of the penis. Change in the color or pigmentation of the glans is usually
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: If you can obtain collagenase, which to my knowledge is not at all available, it would be absolutely contraindicated to place this agent on the skin as it could cause a significant injury in that area. Injectable collagenase, in time will hopefully be available
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: If you have severe PD which is compromising your sexual function and you have not responded to these topical or oral therapies, I would suggest that you speak to an authority in the treatment to Peyronie’s disease. There is a list of suggested physicians
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: This problem sounds more like primary erectile dysfunction, which may have a physical basis, but oftentimes could have a psychodynamic one as well. You might consider stopping masturbation and see if there is spontaneous recovery, but if not evaluation by an Urologist with a
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: This question will be answered in 2 parts. One pertains to the severity of curvature which at 90 degrees is certainly a severe curve and the other is the duration of disease and whether the scarring process is stable or still active. Published studies
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