Difficult, intractable, tortu(r)ous.

The most disturbing paragraph I've read this week is as follows:

The first treatment for ischemic priapism is "therapeutic aspiration." The urologist sticks a needle into the side of the penis and draws blood directly from the cavernosa. The same needle is sometimes used to inject saline solution into the penis, which can help flush out the remaining blood. Aspiration and irrigation work around 25 percent to 30 percent of the time. Doctors can also inject drugs that constrict the arteries and cut off penile blood flow. Injections are given every few minutes for about an hour.

So it looks like your "minor complications" from Viagra and the like include blindness and sharp steel. The male wang is a delicate thing; I think I'll take my chances with nature. If the issue ever, erm, fails to arise, that is.

Posted by Johno Johno on   |   § 3

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And to think, that undoubtedly painful procedure works at least one time out of four. The other three times... Yeesh.

2

Yeesh indeed. Sharp needles to the wang is a nightmarish possibility. Although I have to say the most nightmarish thing I can imagine, medically speaking, is rabies. Do they still do all those shots to the belly with a gigantic needle while you writhe in agony, halfway to panic that it's too late and your brain is swiss cheese?

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