Blood clots occur in many corona patients; especially in the lungs. However, an erection due to the virus has not previously been described.
Doctors have reported the incident in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. They hope that colleagues elsewhere have experienced similar cases; According to physician Myriam Lamamri, everything indicates that the erection is a result of the virus, but other comparable cases could prove that.
“While the arguments suggesting a causal link between Covid-19 and priapism (a long-term erection without sexual arousal, ed.) Are very strong in our case, reports from other cases would strengthen the evidence.”
Erection suddenly discovered
The man (62) was already hospitalized in Le Chesnay and was being treated for Covid-19. He initially had normal symptoms such as fever and breathing problems.
At some point things got worse. The man went to ventilation in intensive care. It was then that the doctors discovered a “previously unnoticed priapism.”
Ice
Ice was placed around the penis. That didn’t help. The erection lasted four hours. Visible blood clots formed. Doctors have those who can be removed by surgery.
Finally, the patient was allowed to go off the ventilator after fourteen days. He has no longer suffered from new blood clots.
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