Kudos for your good work in the Tribune. I am a final year medical student. I just read one of the articles published today in your health and fitness section on the Tribune newspaper; “my penis is bent” and I’m concerned that the initial complaint only mentions the penis geometry without any note of pain or painful erections (which is hardly a downplayed symptom as associated with Peyronie’s disease.) I’m curious as to why the complainant was not reassured to a great extent that bent penises are common and sometimes ‘anatomically normal’ as a degree of curve is not necessarily pathological. I felt the article dwelt more on Peyronie’s disease as a preferred differential diagnosis instead. I would really appreciate if you replied my mail. Thank you very much Sir.
Brown (by SMS)
Many thanks for your observation. Since the patient indicated in his question that he had ‘a problem’ with the geometry of his Penis, I knew that his condition was not a normal one. Also note that in my response, I mentioned that the angular position of a Penis could be normal ‘’A bent penis generally occurs when the spaces between the muscles of the Penis do not expand evenly during erection. Most often, this is due to normal differences in penis anatomy’’ I also assured the patient that ‘’Though it may be tempting to request medicine in all cases of Bent Penis, many doctors prefer the “watchful waiting” approach if the symptoms aren’t severe’’. With the above explanations, I believe that I had sufficiently answered the question. Nevertheless, your point is well taken and I will endeavour to be more ‘reassuring’ in my future responses.
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