Penile congestion does not need to be treated if it lasts for a short period of time or if it is within the normal range and there is no special discomfort. If the penile congestion exceeds 4 hours, medication and surgery can be taken.
Penile congestion is usually due to correlative stimulation, resulting in penile corpus cavernosum congestion, usually lasting from a few minutes to half an hour. The above situation, mostly belongs to the normal physiological phenomenon, no special discomfort symptoms, generally do not take drugs, or other therapeutic measures. However, some men with penile congestion lasting more than 4 hours, accompanied by obvious pain and other symptoms, need to take medication and surgical treatment.
For abnormal penile congestion patients, you can follow the doctor’s advice to take bicalutamide, flutamide and other drugs; part of the drug treatment is not effective patients, you can follow the doctor’s advice to choose surgical treatment, such as distal shunt, proximal shunt, cavernous prosthesis implantation surgery, selective arterial embolization and so on.
The causes of penile congestion are many and need to be analyzed with the specific situation, and it is recommended that patients go to regular hospitals in time for treatment. Patients taking medication need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.