In the United States, a man is presenting with a strange medical condition. At 65, he headed to New York with severe pain in his left knee, but received an alarming and unusual diagnosis. He is suffering from ossification of the penis.
As you read it, This man’s penis is turning to bone. Doctors diagnosed it when they took an X-ray of her pelvis to check for any injuries or fractures. Instead, they found a calcification in the penis of the man.
In addition to slight pain, which the man attributed to his age, he did not present any other type of symptoms of this condition. The man had accumulated calcium salts in his soft tissue, which then hardened into an extensive plaque along his entire length. penis.
“The treatment of ossification of the penis it depends on the extent of body ossification and the patient’s symptoms. People with bothersome acute pain or mild chronic pain can be treated with oral analgesics, topical agents, intralesional injections, mechanical stretching or vacuum devices, and extracorporeal shock wave therapy. Severe cases of chronic pain or erectile dysfunction are usually managed surgically.” explained Dr. Georges El Hasbani of the American University of Beirut.
