Did you guys know that there are times where we see people in the emergency room that have put
things on their penis and gotten them stuck? Well, it does happen i'm Dr Rena Malik urologist and
pelvic surgeon i'm going to tell you a little bit about what's called penile strangulation
so penis strangulation is the act of putting objects on the penis that then gets stuck
and you'd be surprised at the number of types of things that people have gotten stuck
on their penis that can include wedding rings plastic bottles nuts bolts pieces of pipe all
sorts of things does this really happen how often does it happen well it's been reported in the
literature as case reports there's been about 60 reports of this in the literature since the 1700s
of course there's more than that because not every case is reported but why would people
even do this well a lot of the times people will do this because they are trying to experiment with
the sensation of different types of objects so for sexual interest or because they're trying to
get a firmer erection or more firm erection for intercourse and there are actually devices out
there that are meant for this specific desire so if you are trying to do something like this
i would encourage you to look for vacuum erection devices that are medical grade that actually come
with constrictions bands that go at the base of the penis as well as a vacuum device that helps
you create an erection and this is a much safer way to go about it what happens when you use these
devices is that they actually constrict the penis and the causes swelling of the penis beyond where
you got that device stuck so you'll get swelling which will slowly cause decreased blood flow to
the penis so over the course of several hours you will get more and more swelling which will make
it harder and harder to remove that device over the course of several days that can become loss
of blood flow it can even actually constrict the urethra tube where you pee from and make it hard
for you to urinate so this is actually a really dangerous problem and i've actually seen this
twice in my career so far and the really scary part is that a lot of times people will do this
when they're under the influence so they'll pass out they'll fall asleep they'll forget that they
have this device on their penis and by the time they are more awake they can't get it off and of
course it's super embarrassing so people wait to come to the emergency room but the longer you wait
the more damage that you can create to the penis so i encourage you guys if you do find yourself in
this horrible situation please don't wait come to the emergency room as soon as possible because it
will make it easier for us to get the device off and actually get blood flow back into your penis
interestingly this does happen in children as well and the reason it happens in children is because
they get hair stuck around their penis so it can be hair from yourself if you're changing the
diaper or a thread from some clothing that they're wearing that gets wrapped around the penis so make
sure you check that out when you're changing little boys diapers as well so what happens once
you come to the emergency room with this sort of problem well we have a few tricks up our sleeve to
help reduce the swelling sometimes we have to use different types of wraps to reduce the swelling
and then we can pull the device off sometimes we have to use something like a Gigli saw
if it's a metal device or something that is really stuck on to get the device off and that can be
rather uncomfortable and rather scary ultimately i haven't heard of any real dangerous outcomes
after removing the device typically people will recover over the course of 24 to 48 hours however
there have been a couple reports of full penile necrosis meaning the entire penis becomes black
past where you put that device and then there's no way to recover that tissue
so super scary if that happens don't wait please come to the emergency room
and really don't put things on your penis that don't belong there make sure using devices
that are made for the penis elastic constriction bands that can come off easily can be pulled off
not things that really don't have any give to them so once they get stuck they are stuck because you
really don't want to be in this situation all right that's all i have for today thank
you guys so much for watching and always remember to take care of yourself because you're worth it