SEX AND HEALTH: SOME THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG FOR MEN-PRIAPISM AND PHIMOSIS
There is some hard evidence that sex promotes health but it has to be admitted that some people seem to manage perfectly well and live healthy and happy lives without it. Possibly they find satisfaction in displacing, or sublimating as it is called, their sexual energies into other activities. Others are unable to do this and become miserable without a regular sex life.
Priapism-This is the medical name given to an erection which is painful and will not subside. It is rare and needs medical attention urgently. More common (but not commonplace) is the man who is repeatedly woken at night by a painful erection if he has already had intercourse or has masturbated. Repeated intercourse or masturbation does not seem to help. Time is the healer and no other cures are needed.
Phimosis-This is a condition in which the foreskin is very tight in an uncircumcised boy or man. It can be caused by parents forcibly retracting and tearing their baby’s foreskin, which then rejoins, with the formation of scar tissue, so tightening up the whole area. Infection behind such a foreskin can cause troublesome balanitis. Anything other than a moderate degree of phimosis needs treating (by circumcision) because intercourse can be painful.
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