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Understanding and Treating Peyronie’s Disease

 

One of the most important steps in managing and curing any disease is first understanding how that disease affects your body. In the case of Peyronie’s Disease, however, a true understanding of the disease is hard to come by. Though defined and described by a French doctor, Francios de la Peyronie, in 1743 (a time when the inner workings of the penis were not well understood), today we still do not know the causes of Peyronie’s Disease and why it affects some men.

Fortunately, understanding the causes of this disease is not the most important step in curing it. Doctors today have a good understanding of the human penis, and have clear definitions of how Peyronie’s Disease affects it.

The tough outer tissue of the penis is called the Tunica Albuginea, which surrounds the softer tissue of the Corpora Cavernosa. Peyronie’s Disease causes plaque, or scar tissue, to form in this area, keeping the penis from expanding normally during an erection. In time, Peyronie’s causes a bend to form in the penis.

While this disease can be a bit painful at first, it’s fortunate to note that the pain will generally subside over time, eventually disappearing. Most men who suffer from Peyronie’s Disease lead perfectly normal and active sex lives-- the slight bed in the penis is the only sign of the disease. But in men with a more pronounced penile curve, sometimes reaching close to a 90 degree change in angle, sex can become difficult or outright impossible.

Peyronie’s affects men of all ages and races, though it is most commonly seen in white males aged forty and over, and there is no known universal cure. Though the list of Peyronie’s treatment options is quite large, not one of them is generally accepted to be the best cure for any one person. These treatment options include but aren’t limited to:

Penile Implant Surgery

Penile implant surgery uses an implant in the shape of a tube or cylinder to correct the bend caused by Peyronie’s disease. With this method, the tube, either inflatable or solid, in implanted in the soft Corpora Cavernosa. This is done to either a natural penis, or a penis that has been straightened against the hard plaque tissue.

Tissue Graft Surgery

This type of surgery is the most widely used in patients with a severe angle of curvature or a large quantity of plaque tissue. With tissue graft surgery, the patient will have all of the plaque surgically removed from the penis, allowing the penis to be straightened and returned to its original shape.

The Nesbit Procedure

This surgical procedure is the most widely used surgical treatment for Peyronie’s Disease. During this procedure, the penis is filled with a sterile physiologic salt solution to cause a false erection. In order to straighten the penis, the surgeon then gathers the tissue of the penis and clamps it on the outer side of the bend. This forces the Tunica Albuginea tissue to straighten the penis.

Collagenase and Verapamil Injections

One new and promising treatment for Peyronie’s uses injections of a substance called Collagenase. Collagenase injected into the body will help to break down and get rid of hard tissue build up in the penis. Another substance that also performs this kind of function is Verapamil, which helps to prevent plaque from re-forming in the penis.

Vitamin E and Potaba

Because the skin healing abilities of Vitamin E have been know for many years, Vitamin E has been used to treat Peyronie’s Disease since the 1940’s. Vitamin E works on Peyronie’s by helping the skin of the penis to heal and reducing the plaque in the penis. Another substance that works similarly is Potaba, technical name Potassium aminobenzoate. Studies have recently shown that Potaba can provide some relief to Peyronie’s sufferers-- however, it’s not clear yet to what extent.

Traction Devices

One of the best known ways to treat and cure Peyronie’s Disease is the use of traction devices. Because the retraction of tissue in the penis increases the curve caused by Peyronie’s, traction devices do just the opposite. By causing the tissue that makes up the penis to expand, a traction device can both correct the curve and increase the size of the penis.

Though there has been some talk about the effectiveness of novel or alternative Peyronie’s treatment methods, clinical trials have shown regular use of a traction device to reduce penile curvature, as well as maintain or increase penis size. While there are many options available to treat Peyronie’s, the traction device is the only one available that offers the added benefit of increased penis size. For more information about clinically proven traction devices and how they can help cure Peyronie’s, go to SizeGenetics