SERAMBINEWS.COM, WASHINGTON DC – A male Covid-19 patient died after experiencing a painful 3-hour erection, a rare side effect of complications from his disease.
This case was reported by The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, which referred to Covid-19 data in the US, which was not fully identified.
Launching World of Buzz on Saturday (13/3/2021), a 69-year-old man with obesity must be treated in the emergency room after experiencing shortness of breath on January 1, 2021.
The man took the medicine for shortness of breath that the doctor had prescribed him, but that did not help.
Meanwhile, it was reported that he did not immediately take a Covid-19 test, even though his condition characterized these symptoms. Until his condition worsened, accompanied by cough and fever for a week.
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When carrying out a Covid-19 test in the emergency room, the doctors got a positive diagnosis for the corona virus.
The patient was then hospitalized, but within 10 days his condition worsened and he needed steroids and a ventilator to help his breathing.
At that time, the patient is facedown to stimulate the flow of air throughout the body.
After that, the man developed a rare condition, priapism, a condition in which a patient experiences painful erections for hours.
This complication occurs when blood is unable to leave the penis or flows inappropriately into the male’s private parts. This condition is more common in people with blood disorders, such as anemia and leukemia.
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