Symptoms of Peyronie’s Disease

Penile pain during erection because of Peyronie's Disease

Peyronie’s Disease is a rare form of penile condition, which causes progressive penile deformity and leads to erectile dysfunction. This is due to the growth and accumulation of fibrous plaques in the tunica albuginea surrounding the corpora cavernosa following a trauma or an injury inside the soft tissues of the penis which caused an internal localized bleeding. Overtime, these fibrous plaques can either prevent someone from achieving erection or can cause painful erection. It is therefore best to diagnose the presence of the disease and seek treatment as early as possible.

Here are the symptoms of Peyronie’s Disease:

• Hard area in the penis. The primary symptom of Peyronie’s Disease is the formation of scar tissues referred herein as fibrous plaques. This could be felt as a hard area under the skin. Normally, this hard area is found at the upper side but could also occur at the bottom or side.

• Curved or deformed penis. During erection, this hardened area of the penis (or the location of the fibrous plaques) shortens, thereby causing the penis to bend. The direction at which the penis is bent is determined by the location of the hardened area. If it is at the upper part of the penis, the penis bends upward. If it is at the bottom or at the side, it bends towards the bottom or towards the particular side at which the plaque is located, consequently. The presence of more than one hardened area causes complex curvature of the penis. 

• Penile pain. Pain in the penis occurs during inflammation. However, it can also occur during penetration as the fibrous plaque and the curvature of the penis makes penile penetration difficult. 

• Erectile dysfunction. The disease could either cause flaccidity of the tip of the penis (or the end), or it could make achieving erection difficult. It is estimated that 41-55% of patients with the disease experience erectile dysfunction. 

Although the above indicated symptoms could, by themselves, determine the presence of the disease, there are also other tests, which could further verify their presence. The best way is to consult your doctor as soon as possible in order to decide for the best possible course of treatment before everything turns awry.

Why Patients Hide Peyronie Disease

As a medical professional, I have come across several individuals who would be quite reluctant to tell or discuss about even the most trivial of skin disease they may be suffering from. When it comes to sex organ deformity or disability to indulge in normal intimacy with partner, it becomes tougher for the effected person to bring it to healthcare provider’s knowledge. That it should be examined and investigated in detail is another issue.

Why any kind of health problem do you think should invoke embarrassment? The answer is simple; to avoid becoming some kind of laughing stock. Another view would be misconceptions spread about so many illnesses that you may get scarred to report to your doctor at the earliest.

Your healthcare provider or doctor is the person you can share everything related to health and well being. Even, those personal health matters which you may not discuss with your life partner or a close friend. In case of peyronie disease, patients may lead to anxiety and then depression if they remain reluctant to discuss it with a doctor.

Like all other conflicts and traumas, a problem with sexual organ remain a critical matter for most of the people. If a fear is developed that "how people will think about me". But unlike other people around us, doctors have the rules of keeping privacy of their patients completely confidential. So, be confident and discuss it with your healthcare provider and save your health.

What are the signs and symptoms of Peyronie's disease?

Peyronie disease picture

While almost everyone may suffer symptoms of Peyronie's disease differently, the most typical symptoms of Peyronie's disease may include:

• Plaque: that usually (if present on the top of the surface) causes the penis to fold upwards. In the same way, that plaque (if present on the underside of the penis) causes the penis to fold downwards.
• Reducing of penis size: In circumstances where the plaque grows on both top and bottom, indent and reducing of the penis size.
• Pain, folding, and psychological stress can easily restrict sexual activity
• Painful erections may possibly appear.

It should also be noticed your symptoms of Peyronie's disease may resemble some other conditions or medical-related issues. Which means, it is strongly suggested to always talk to a physician for the analysis.

Wikipedia:

A certain degree of curvature of the penis is considered normal, as many men are born with this benign condition, commonly referred to as congenital curvature. The disease may cause pain, hardened, big, cord-like lesions (scar tissue known as "plaques"), or abnormal curvature of the penis when erect due to chronic inflammation of the tunica albuginea (CITA). Although the popular conception of Peyronie's Disease is that it always involves curvature of the penis, the scar tissue sometimes causes divots or indentations rather than curvature.

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