Peyronies Disease Peyronie's disease is characterized by a plaque, or hard lump, that forms on the penis. The plaque develops on the upper or lower side of the penis in layers containing erectile tissue. It begins as a localized inflammation and can develop into a hardened scar.
Cases of Peyronie's disease range from mild to severe and is equally distributed in those circumcised and un-circumcised. Symptoms may develop slowly or appear overnight. In severe cases, the hardened plaque reduces flexibility, causing pain and forcing the penis to bend or arc during erection. In many cases, the pain decreases over time, but the bend in the penis may remain making sexual intercourse difficult. In a small percentage of patients with the milder form of the disease, inflammation may resolve without causing significant pain or permanent bending.
Causes of Peyronie's Disease
Many researchers believe the plaque of Peyronie's disease develops following trauma (hitting or bending) that causes localized bleeding inside the penis. Two chambers known as the corpora cavernosa run the length of the penis. The inner-surface membrane of the chambers is a sheath of elastic fibers. A connecting tissue, called a septum, runs along the center of each chamber and attaches at the top and bottom. If the penis is abnormally bumped or bent, an area where the septum attaches to the elastic fibers may stretch beyond a limit, injuring the lining of the erectile chamber and, for example, rupturing small blood vessels.
The damaged area might heal slowly or abnormally for two reasons: repeated trauma and a minimal amount of blood flow in the sheath-like fibers. In cases that heal within about a year, the plaque does not advance beyond an initial inflammatory phase. In cases that persist for years, the plaque undergoes fibrosis. In most cases of peyronie's disease, the curvature is to the left or right. We have discovered, the vast majority of the curve takes place towards the dominant hand side. We conclude therefore, peyronie's formation might be secondary to the effects of over-masturbation and the tissue trauma produced in some cases.
Peyronie's Treatment
Because the course of Peyronie's disease is different in each patient and because some patients experience improvement without treatment, medical experts suggest waiting 1 to 2 years or longer before attempting to correct it surgically. During that wait, patients often are willing to undergo treatments whose effectiveness has not been proven such as using verapamil. Peyronie's disease has however been treated surgically with some success. The two most common surgical procedures are removal or expansion of the plaque followed by placement of a patch of skin or artificial material, and removal or pinching of tissue from the side of the penis opposite the plaque, which cancels out the bending effect.
Penis exercise and Peyronie's
Peyronie's is a condition best left to the surgeons. However, it has been our experience that men with mild curvatures, using our exercise program correctly, have noticed a decrease in those curves to varying degrees.
Severe, cases of Peyronie's is not helped by our penis enlargement exercise program. However, given the lack of study and options in the field of Peyronie's correction,
We believe our program should be considered by men as an option who suffer from Peyronie's disease.
Dr.Williams
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