He asserted taht it was a hormone issue. Can the WWW help me, please. Dear De Sio, I m sure that you have become very knowledgeable about priapism in your quest for a cure or relief of this condition. As you know, priapism is a prolonged painful erection that does not result from sexual desire and does not subside despite orgasm. Normally, blood enters the erectile tissues of the penis and forms an erection which subsides with an orgasm.
Priapism lets the blood into the penis but won t let it out with an orgasm.
This is refereed to as high flow and low flow state priapism, respectfully. High flow state is usually associated with trauma. Low flow state is more common and is associated with sickle cell disease, and possibly the side effect of various medications. The treatment of priapism is to remove blood from the corporeal bodies. Sometimes medication in the form of injection can be used to achieve this, and some times surgical intervention is required.