Penile curvature

It’s common for the penis to curve slightly to the left or right when it’s erect. But if you have a more significant bend in your penis, which may cause you pain or difficulty having sex, see your urologist. These can sometimes be symptoms of Peyronie’s disease.

A penile curvature of fewer than 30 degrees is not something to worry about unless it causes you symptoms. However, if your curve is greater than this, you may have a condition called Peyronie’s disease.

Types of penile curvature include:

• Congenital penile curvature. A chordee is penile curvature that’s present at birth. Most people don’t notice they have congenital penile curvature until they go through puberty.
• Peyronie’s disease. Peyronie’s disease is when scar tissue causes your penis to bend later in life.

Your treatment options may include:

• Traction therapy. Traction therapy uses an external device — such as a vacuum erection device or traction device to gently stretch your penis or bend it in the opposite direction of the curve. You may need to use the device for several months.
• Medications. Your urologist may inject a medication directly into your penis that helps break down scar tissue. They may also prescribe oral medications that you take by mouth that help improve blood flow to your penis.
• Surgery. A surgeon may remove scar tissue or use stitches to reduce the curve.

The main symptom of penile curvature is a curve or bend in your penis.

Other symptoms may include:

• Your penis appears to twist or rotate.
• Lumps in your penis.
• A loss of length in your erect penis.
• Loss of girth in your penis shaft. Your shaft may look like it has an indent or an hourglass shape.
• Difficulty getting or keeping an erection.
• Your erection is not as hard as it used to be.
• Pain when you have an erection.
• Pain or difficulty while having sexual intercourse.

The most popular theory today is that Peyronie’s disease is induced by trauma. The trauma may be acute and distinct such as a penile fracture, but more often it is chronic and low grade, such as repeated attempts of sexual intercourse with weak or incomplete erections.

There are no guaranteed suggestions for how to prevent Peyronie’s disease. We actually do not have a clear insight on what exactly causes it.

• Acute Peyronie’s disease. The acute stage lasts between six and 12 months. During this period, a scar forms under the skin of your penis, causing it to curve or change its shape.
• Chronic Peyronie’s disease. The scar is no longer growing during the chronic stage.

No, penile curvature won’t affect your ability to have a biological child.

A curved penis has a short and a long side. If an attempt is made to straighten it by shortening the longer side, this may occasionally not be satisfactory, because a decrease in final penile length may result. This decrease is proportional to the degree of penile curvature.

If Peyronie’s disease is left untreated, the reality is that 10-12% of men will have some spontaneous improvement in their condition, while the remaining 80-90% patients are divided in half: either experiencing no change or experiencing worsened symptoms.It can also cause long-term problems when it comes to sexual satisfaction, stress, anxiety and penile pain.

In most people with the condition, it will remain as it is or may get slightly worse early on. Early treatment soon after you get the condition may keep it from getting worse or even improve symptoms. Even if you’ve had Peyronie disease for some time, treatment may help ease symptoms such as pain, curving and shortening.

Stretching and massage also play a crucial role in the treatment of Peyronie’s disease. These techniques can help reduce the curvature of the penis and soften the plaque. Stretching exercises, specifically, have shown promising results.

Surgery has been shown to be the most effective treatment for Peyronie’s disease in correcting the curvature of the penis when the condition is in its chronic phase.During the acute phase attempts are initially towards stabilising the curvature and when possible to improve it. In any case the earlier the patient seeks medical advice ,the more likely it is to achieve a good result.