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COVID-19: ‘Penis Pain’ could be a RARE side effect – experts weigh in
The 41-year-old man had tested positive for COVID-19 three weeks prior when he experienced pain in his penis during intercourse
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Having lived under the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly two years, the side effects of the respiratory illness have become common knowledge – coughing, fever, fatigue and chest pain, but one man experienced a rather unique symptom that is being flagged by doctors – excruciating pain in his penis.
A team of doctors in Iran had their work cut out for them when attending to a 41-year-old unnamed man who had been experiencing penile pain for three days before deciding to seek help.
According to the Clinical Case Reports journal, the Iranian man told the doctors the pain started when he got an erection while having sex. The doctors say he hadn’t experienced any trauma to his pelvic area that might explain his symptom, but had tested positive for COVID-19 just three weeks before.
“The patient did not have any other urologic symptoms such as discharge, haematuria, or dysuria. He denied any trauma to the penis, previous pelvic tumour, pelvic surgery and history of recent immobilization. He did not use vasoconstrictive drugs,”
Clinical Case Reports
FINDING THE SOURCE OF IRANIAN MAN’S ‘PENIS PAIN’
According to the doctors, the man had some of the common COVID-19 symptoms like muscle pain, fever, cough, and fatigue. A look at his medical history showed that he didn’t have any significant underlying disease and any risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Tests conducted on the man showed that his penile vein was dilated and contained “thrombosis of deep dorsal penile vein” – blood clotting in a vein that runs along the top of the shaft. The penile vein makes sure there is a supply of oxygenated blood to the organ, but doctors found that there was ‘no flow in the vein’.
He was given Rivaroxaban, a blood thinning medication used to treat and prevent blood clots, twice a day.
The study concluded: “Two months after starting the treatment, patient’s symptoms were completely disappeared and he had no penile pain during erection and sexual disturbances anymore. Ultrasound evaluation revealed no evidence of acute deep dorsal penile vein thrombosis. Old partial thrombosis at the proximal part of the vein was seen. A little pain at the site of the partial thrombosis with the pressure of the ultrasound probe was noted.”
