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Painful Erection

Painful erections, also known as priapism, can cause significant side effects like erectile dysfunction and infertility if left untreated. When the blood flow to and from the penis is disrupted, painful erections happen. Certain drugs or surgical procedures under local or general anesthesia treat painful erections.

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I have penile tenderness and a painful erection after sex. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, I have been undergoing regular vigorous sexual intercourse and frequent masturbation. A few weeks ago, I felt symptoms like a painful erection, tender penis, erectile dysfunction not sustained, slight discoloration of the penis, and abnormal blood flow. The doctor advised giving up ma...  Read Full »


Dr. Priyadarshini Tripathy

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Do you have any history of medicine intake in the past two to three weeks? Thank you.  Read Full »

I have slight pain in my penis during erection. Why so?

Query: Hello doctor, I have a slight pain in my penis during erection and I have no idea where the pain is coming from. Kindly help.  Read Full »


Dr. Madhav Tiwari

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for your query. I understand your concern. I have a few questions for you. How long have you had this pain? Do you have this pain every day or only on some occasions? Do you have any pain after ejaculation? Is the quality of your erection okay? Do you have ...  Read Full »

I had oral sex which resulted in painful issues. Please help.

Query: Hi doctor, I am 30 years old and had oral sex six days ago. Today morning I was having trouble as there was an erection, and I was sleeping on my stomach, and there was mild pain. I have also been applying a lot of soap there. And today, when I was urinating, there was a weird sensation and pain. Th...  Read Full »


Dr. Madhav Tiwari

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your query and understood your concern. However, I need a few details. So, Kindly answer few questions; Are you diabetic? Do you have any trouble retracing your penile skin? Do you have any discharge from your penis? Was this oral sex with your regular pa...  Read Full »

I Am Concerns About Painful Erection and Soreness After Increasing Trazodone Dose. Kindly Help Me.

Query: Hi doctor,I increased my dose to 50 milligrams of Trazodone for sleep. During the night, I had a mild painful erection that I ignored. Then when I woke up, I still had a painful erection. However, the erection went away. My penis just felt a little sore. I have been worried for the whole day, becaus...  Read Full »


Dr. Tuljapure Samit Prabhakarrao

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. Primarily it seems to be tablet Trazodone-induced priapism (painful erections). How are you now, is still a painful erection present, if it is more than four hours you need to be concerned about it. You can stop taking Traz...  Read Full »

I have paraphimosis. How can I cure it?

Query: Hello doctor, I think I have paraphimosis. Some pain while urinating and the urine color are yellow. This happened after 15 hours of my sexual intercourse. I consulted a general physician. I have been prescribed the tablet Alprazolam. I was instructed to take a Celebrex Blood test and computed tomog...  Read Full »


Dr. Vaibhav Vishal

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Paraphimosis is swelling of prepuce skin and unable to return it to normal position. If your diagnosis of paraphimosis is correct, you should immediately visit a urologist because the skin needs to be manually brought back to normal position as early as possible. Oth...  Read Full »

Does taking Trimix post-nerve-sparing prostatectomy cause a painful erection for a long duration?

Query: Hi doctor,I am 63-year-old. Five months post nerve spearing robotic radical prostatectomy, and I was prescribed 5 mg Cialis daily to maintain blood flow. After meeting with my penis rehabilitation therapist, I was prescribed Trimix. The initial dose was 20 mg. After 15 minutes, I got an erection, b...  Read Full »


Dr. Samer Sameer Juma Ali Altawil

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. After nerve-sparing surgery for prostate recovery of erection might take up to 18 months. Using intracavernosal injections can cause pain, and that is a side effect of it. In your case does alterations will not resolve the issue, but a change of mode of treatment can res...  Read Full »

I have a displaced foreskin and a foul smell in my penis after sex. What should I do?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 28-year-old male. I had sexual intercourse with my girlfriend a few days back, and my foreskin had come far down the penis head, which is painful. Also, my exposed penis is very sensitive to touch. This is because the foreskin, which has come beyond the penis head, is not return...  Read Full »


Dr. Junaid Nabi

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Phimosis means tight foreskin. In this condition, the foreskin may not be moving freely. There are two ways to treat it. One is medical, and the other is surgical. I will suggest medical treatment. First, pull down the foreskin as down as possible and apply Betameth...  Read Full »

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