Peyronie’s Symptoms
Peyronie’s Disease Symptoms
Peyronie’s disease symptoms can be extremely variable. In fact, one of the things that make Peyronies symptoms so difficult to put together into a diagnosis is the different presentation of this problem from one man to another. For this reason, Peyronie’s disease treatment is difficult. Even pictures of Peyronie’s disease that show what the condition can look like, are also variable.
This is why the Peyronie’s Disease Institute has worked for almost a decade to determine the best possible way to diagnose and treat this problem that often eludes effective care.
Because of the wide variety of Peyronie’s symptoms, Peyronies treatment can be variable when using Alternative medicine.
Peyronie’s symptoms of importance
The onset of Peyronies disease symptoms can be sudden or slow, but most often will appear in less than a month after direct injury, sometimes taking just a few days to appear when injury is found to be the cause of onset.
The severity of Peyronie’s symptoms can also be variable. Some men do not even know they have the problem because their Peyronie’s symptoms are so mild, while other men experience alarming Peyronie’s symptoms that they are unavoidable and shocking.
Two most typical Peyronie’s symptoms:
Distorted or curved penis
When the penis is erect, it is very common to have the Peyronie’s symptoms of deformity or distortion caused by the presence of internal fibrous or “scar’ tissue within the tunica albuginea of the penis. The penis may be:
- Bent, or curved, upward, the most common deformity, or bent down or to one side; not often in will bend down
- Distorted into an “hourglass” appearance, with a narrow band around the erect shaft that is complete or partial
- Distorted into an “bottleneck” appearance, in which the base of the penis remains fairly well erect and normal for the individual, but the area above and away from the base remains small and non-erect
- Distorted into a “hinge,” “dent,” “ding,” “niche” effect, in which the penis when erect has a small but distinct area of non-filling making it appear to have a small portion that remains soft and non-erect.
Any of these Peyronies symptoms of curvature or other deformity may gradually worsen during the first six to 18 months. After a certain point, which is variable from man to man, the distortion will no longer worsen.
Pain as a Peyronie’s symptom
Pain most often occurs with an erection during the first six to 18 months after onset. However, pain associated with Peyronie’s disease may present itself in many ways:
- Only during an erection
- Only when not erect (flaccid)
- Only during an orgasm
- Only when the penis is touched
Some men do not have any distortion or bend of the penis, or pain, making these two common Peyronie’s symptoms not totally reliable as a way to diagnose Peyronie’s disease.
Other common Peyronie’s disease symptoms
Scar tissue under the skin surface
The scar tissue, also known as a plaque, associated with Peyronie’s disease can be felt below the surface of the skin of the penis as small elevated or flat beads, lumps, bands of slightly to greatly dense and hard tissue. Some of these are smooth or rough, with even or irregular edges. Some men can easily find their Peyronies scar and with other men it is never located even by a doctor.
Less common Peyronie’s disease symptoms
- Distortion or bending while flaccid
- Difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection (erectile dysfunction)
- Loss of penile size by either shortening of the penis, or loss of girth or circumference, or both
For a more comprehensive discussion of Peyronie’s disease symptoms to the PDI website at http://peyronies-disease-help.com/peyroniesintroduction.html
Peyronie’s Breakthrough
Non-drug Peyronie’s breakthrough
When someone thinks of a Peyronie’s breakthrough most commonly a miracle drug for Peyronie’s disease – like Xiaflex – comes to mind. Yet, the Peyronie’s Disease Institute has brought several key ideas and therapies to the Peyronies community in the last few years, any one of which could be called a Peyronie’s breakthrough.
Peyronies breakthrough treatment concepts
Several different and new Peyronies treatment ideas and products developed by the Peyronie’s Disease Institute since 2002, in addition to improvements over existing concepts known to the medical community.
A genuine Peyronies breakthrough is the Peyronie’s Disease Institute Manual Penis Stretching Method© The basic idea of stretching the Peyronie’s scar to straighten the bent and contracted tissue is not new. Because there is considerable profit in this devices, the idea has been overrun by copycats who use a mechanical penis stretching device to make the penis straighter in spite of the Peyronie’s plaque. After talking to many men who were injured by these ineffective and dangerous mechanical penis stretching devices, the Peyronie’s Disease Institute investigated the subject. After a two year research project, PDI developed a safe, effective and affordable technique that is very effective when combined with a traditional aggressively designed PD therapy plan.
The CD for this new Peyronies breakthrough treatment clearly demonstrates how to gently stretch the thickened fibrous tissue inside the shaft of the bent penis – something totally new in the world of Peyronie’s disease treatment – to improve the six basic types of PD deformities:
1. Twist
2. Curve
3. Bend
4. Dent (also called a ding, depression, or hinge)
5. Hourglass
6. Bottleneck
Further, additional information is included that explains how to successfully stretch a combination of distortions, since very often two or more penis distortions appear together.
Peyronie’s breakthrough research
The PDI research group to develop the idea of a safe and effective manual stretching technique consisted of 10 men, all of whom:
1. Were 40 to 72 years of age,
2. Had PD four to eight years,
3. Had penile curvature from 40° to100°, that had not changed in over six months,
4. Stayed under medical supervision during the project,
5. Failed with at least two different medical therapies without help (POTABA, verapamil, cholchicine, cortisone, etc.),
Within six months, of the 10 research participants:
8 – saw moderate to significant improvement of curvature,
2 – saw no progress with their curvature, and
10 – (100%) saw moderate to marked improvement of sexual ability.
Those eight participants who earned moderate to significant correction of their Peyronies distortion, also used an aggressive PD therapy plan of vitamins, minerals, herbs, PDI Massage and Exercise program or Genesen Acutouch Pointers during the penis stretching research. None just stretched the penis; that would only result in penis enlargement, and that is not the PDI goal. All men added the Peyronie’s Disease Institute Manual Penis Stretching Method© into an already large and actively pursued Alternative Medicine therapy plan designed to reverse and eliminate their PD scar. As a result, eight of 10 men noticed an abrupt and significant objective and subjective improvement of their symptoms.
For those interested in learning about a true Peyronie’s breakthrough treatment, go to Peyronie’s Disease Institute Manual Penis Stretching Method©
Peyronie’s Disease Self Treatment
PDI – the leader in Peyronies disease self treatment
Every now and then I get an email from someone wanting to know if I know anything about Peyronie’s disease self treatment.
This is always surprising to me since it is so obvious to me that the major topic of the entire Peyronie’s Disease Institute web site is all about using Peyronies natural treatments that every man can manage for himself.
The way that PDI helps someone learn about and work with Peyronies disease self treatment is by first explaining about the different therapies, then offering detailed information about putting together an effective Peyronies treatment plan, and lastly by being available to answer questions and make suggestions if problems arise during care.
The general topics of discussion and product availability that are part of a larger Peyronies disease self treatment plan include:
1. Natural supplements taken internally (vitamin E, vitamin C, PAGA, acetyl-L-carnitine, enzymes, herbs, etc.)
2. Homeopathic medicine (Scar-X)
3. Natural supplements taken externally (vitamin E, copper peptides, DMSO)
4. Energetic medicine (professional grade non-invasive acupuncture therapy equipment, a video about gentle manual stretching of the PD scar, or an additional educational program that is a video about a gentle massage and exercise program)
5. Books (“Peyronie’s Disease Handbook” and “Peyronie’s Disease & Sex”)
For anyone who is interested in Peyronies disease self treatment, it is safe to think that PDI has what you need. PDI has provided help to those who want to help themselves get over their Peyronies since 2002. If you have any questions about this topic, please contact Dr. Herazy at info@peyronies-disease-hlep.com
New Peyronies Treatment
Many New Peyronie’s Treatment Available
There are several totally different and new Peyronies treatment concepts recently developed by the Peyronie’s Disease Institute. These Peyronie’s disease treatment concepts are improvements over existing ideas and information known within the medical community.
The first new Peyronies treatment is the most exciting, and this has to do with the professionally produced CD video that presents the Peyronie’s Disease Institute Manual Penis Stretching Method©. After talking to so many men who were injured by those ineffective and dangerous mechanical penis stretching devices, I decided to investigate the subject. The basic idea of stretching the Peyronie’s scar to reduce the tight and contracted tissue is interesting. So much so, that after a two year research project, PDI developed a safe, sensible, effective and affordable method that actually works and is safe. With this new Peyronies treatment it is possible to manually stretch the scar material because it goes about it in a way that is different from the mechanical penis stretchers.
The CD for this new Peyronies treatment clearly demonstrates how to gently stretch the thickened fibrous tissue inside the shaft of the bent penis – something totally new in the world of Peyronie’s disease – to improve the six basic types of PD deformities:
1. Twist
2. Curve
3. Bend
4. Dent (also called a ding, depression, or hinge)
5. Hourglass
6. Bottleneck
Further, additional information is included that explains how to successfully stretch a combination of distortions, since very often two or more penis distortions appear together.
Synergy as a new Peyronie’s treatment
Another new Peyronies treatment concept first presented by PDI is the concept of using a combination of several Alternative Medicine therapies together at the same time to increase the effectiveness of each one. This is a concept called synergy. This new treatment approach to Peyronie’s treatment is the foundation of the Peyronie’s Disease Institute therapy approach. To read more about this concept, go to synergy.
Diet as a new Peyronie’s treatment
Next in the way of a new Peyronies treatment is the idea of using diet in the management of PD, that developed from the ongoing research project conducted for almost eight years by Peyronie’s Disease Institute. The dietary treatment approach for Peyronies treatment centers on the idea of closely reducing wide swings of the acid and alkaline balance of the blood. This diet is explained in some detail in the book written by Dr. Theodore Herazy, “Peyronie’s Disease Handbook.”
Actually, most of the information presented on the website of the Peyronie’s Disease Institute falls into the category of a new Peyronies treatment because in the past, before PDI came into being, only drugs and surgery were considered a serious Peyronie’s disease treatment. Now, many areas of Alternative Medicine are being successfully applied. PDI has opened wide horizons for new Peyronies treatment.
Peyronies Treatment and the Penis Stretcher
Peyronie’s Curved Penis and the Penis Stretcher
This blog report is about the hot Peyronie’s disease treatment topic of penis stretchers, or as they sometimes call an extender, and the long awaited announcement of our new, one-hour PDI Manual Penis Stretching Method© CD video.
All of this work and the discovery of yet another way to use Alternative Medicine to treat Peyronie’s disease started because I receive so many questions about the penis stretching devices, and the sad fact that I hear so many bad stories about them. I got tired of telling people why these penis stretcher devices cannot work, describing the common potential dangers they create, their mechanical limitations of use, and the many horror stories I hear from men whose PD started after using a penis stretcher. So, I started with a goal to learn if I could safely and effectively stretch the Peyronies penis, and I did.
A few months ago I wrote in the PD Institute Newsletters that I would soon offer a process that would revolutionize the concept of penis stretching as an improved form of Peyronies treatment. Now, the brand new PDI Manual Penis Stretching Method© CD is complete and ready for your review on the PDI website at http://peyronies-disease-help.com/penis-stretching.html
There are several very good reasons I looked into, and then developed, this entirely new concept in Peyronie’s disease treatment. Most of these reasons are well known to a large percent of men who have Peyronies treatment and have tried and failed with the commonly advertised mechanical penis stretcher devices, and should be well known to the rest of you for your personal benefit and safety.
From my experience, those over-priced penis stretcher devices you see advertised so heavily as a Peyronies treatment are not effective, and are potentially dangerous to all men with PD.
One aspect of the problem is the inability to wear the stretcher. Makers of these manual devices do not mention on their websites that you should not wear the device for more than two hours at a time – yet they want you to wear it for eight to nine hours a day to achieve results. If you could actually wear the stretcher for the full two hours, this would mean that you would put it on and take it off four or five times a day, with perhaps an hour or two rest periods between each wearing cycle. Most of your day would be spent tending to the stretcher, and you would have to do this for perhaps a year or more!
However, after talking to many hundreds of men over the years I know that most men cannot wear one for longer than 10-15 minutes at a time because of the pain and injury they cause. The pain is not so much caused by actual stretching of the penis, but by the pinching and compression to the head of the penis (glans) that is needed to forcefully hold the penis while it is stretched. Now, I don’t know about you, but my penis does not have a handle on it, so there is no good or easy way for a mechanical stretcher to grab the penis in order to stretch it. Thus, it is necessary to apply a strong and constant pressure directly around and below the glans while the traction force is applied.
I have met a few men who could wear a manual stretcher for up to an hour at a time, but not much more than that. If you are one of the men tough enough to wear one for up to an hour, this would mean most of your waking hours would be spent waiting in pain to either put the stretcher on or take it off. I have met men who had so much pain, tissue erosion and broken blood vessels that they never tried to wear it more than once. I have met men whose Peyronies started after a single use of a manual penis stretcher.
The danger of bruising, blisters and tissue erosion are so common that the instructions that come with the stretcher devices discuss what you should do when – not if – these problems occur. If this level of injury happens to the outside of the penis, it can do similar injury to the delicate tunica albuginea where the real injury of Peyronie’s disease occurs. This is how men get into trouble.
There are other practical problems with the stretchers. These involve common issues of daily living like wearing clothes, sitting down, working or urinating that make using a stretcher rather difficult or impossible. I guess these would not be a problem to men who do not wear clothes, do not sit down, do not work, and urinate wherever and whenever they wish. For the rest of us, the mechanical stretchers pose a real problem in the real world.
There are other considerations about the stretcher devices. Have you ever wondered why most of the penis stretcher companies that advertise so heavily are located outside the U.S.? It could be that it is better for them to be located outside the bounds of U.S. law when it comes to customer complaints, product returns and refunds.
Over the years I have been approached by many major manufacturers of these stretching devices, asking me to sell their products on the PDI website. When I ask a few specific questions of these people, something interesting always happens. I find that the person I am speaking to suddenly is not the correct person to answer my kind of question, and I am told that someone else will get back to me with an answer. When I do not get called back by the second person, for fun and curiosity, I call back to speak to the second person. The second person is never available, or is never in the office, and never calls me back. Never, in all the times and all the situations this has happened over the years, has anyone ever answered one of my questions. Remember, these are the people who want me to sell their product, yet this is the kind of help and service I receive. Can you imagine the help and service you would receive if you called with a problem after you spent your money?
Did you ever wonder, if the stretchers worked as quickly and easily as the advertising says they do, why do they have to advertise constantly everywhere you go when you read about PD? There is a reason they are advertised so heavily, and it is not because of effectiveness.
Yet, the concept of stretching soft tissue is interesting since Peyronie’s disease is a soft tissue problem.
So, I recently completed this experimental trial that lasted a little less than two years, in which I worked with 10 men who were customers of PDI and NCMP. From this effort I was able to devise a totally new concept in manually stretching the Peyronies plaque or scar. Our results showed that 80% had moderate to marked reduction of curvature and/or scar formation, with each and every man experiencing an improvement of sexual function.
I encourage you to visit the PDI website to learn more about this method to safely, painlessly, comfortably, and effectively reduce your PD scar, reduce your PD curvature, and improve your sexual ability in 80% of the cases. I ask that you understand that the same concepts of Alternative Medicine, logic and common sense you see throughout the PDI website also applies to the strategy and methods taught in the new PDI one-hour stretching CD.
If, after watching the brief demonstration video, you still have questions about the procedure then just send me an email at info@peyronies-disease-help.com You know I will answer your questions.
Bear in mind that the primary principle behind all PDI treatment concepts has always been synergy, and it always will be. Therefore, you need to understand that the PDI Manual Penis Stretching Method© is not a stand alone method.
Manual penis stretching was used in our tests in conjunction with standard Peyronie’s Disease Institute treatment plans as an additional method to increase synergy of care. No one used just this gentle manual penis stretching technique. In each case, greater progress occurred after using the Peyronie’s Disease Manual Penis Stretching Method© than without it; each man who followed the system saw better progress from his PDI therapy plan after adding the stretching technique. It seems that the PDI Manual Penis Stretching Method© increased effectiveness of our current treatment concept in eight out of 10 in our little study group.
Yes, Peyronies is a lousy problem and I wish I could tell you that this is a magical cure – just like the people who make the mechanical penis stretchers or the herbal products, but I can’t. Effectively treating Peyronie’s disease is still work.
While I can report that 80% of the group saw improvement, that means that 20% did not. I came to learn that those who did not do well with the manual stretching method were those who used very small therapy plans or did not follow their plans faithfully. So, there is room for improvement with this manual Peyronies treatment method. I would hope so. We are just learning how to apply this concept, so it will be necessary to share our insights, experiences and ideas with each other.
Please check it out. I believe you will be impressed and intrigued with the PDI Manual Penis Stretching Method©. Go to http://peyronies-disease-help.com/penis-stretching.html and let me know what you think.
Peyronie’s disease treatment with Genesen Acutouch Pointers
Genesen Acutouch pens for Peyronie’s treatment
So many readers of the Peyronie’s Disease Treatment Blog use the Genesen Acutouch therapy pens and report good tissue changes after PD treatment with them. For this reason this blog commentary will focus on basic techniques and concepts for their correct use.
Many people ask about treating the Peyronies scar with them, wanting to know if it is better to use the holders that come with the pens or to just hold both pens manually.
The answer is that either methods will work for Peyronies treatment, depending upon each person’s particular response to the therapy. While there is a lot of research behind the development and use of the Genesen Acutouch Pointers by the Korean manufacturer, I would start out closely following their guidelines. Most men find using the Genesen pen holders is more comfortable and convenient, although some say the rigid distance that the holders mandate is not as effective for them as a slightly greater/lesser distance. Each user must feel free to experiment with the Genesen Acutouch instruments or pens – be creative – and use the approach that delivers the greatest “reaction” that is described on the PDI website.
Some men get confused about pen tip placement around the Peyronies scar. It is important to remember to keep the pen tips 1/8 to ¼” from the edges of scar. If a scar is ¼” in size, that means your pointers are rather close to each other, and if a scar is 3” in size your pointers are considerably farther apart. The idea is to get the pens to deliver the current through the substance of the scar – whatever its size. Since the manufacturer’s holder keeps them 1 1/2 inches apart, I would work with that distance too, especially if the scar is smaller than 1¼” in size. Even if it is pea-size, try keeping the pens in the holder and stay farther away than the 1/8 to ¼” distance from the edges that I just mentioned. You see, there are no rules, just guidelines that should eventually result in greater reactivity. Break most any rule I give you about the Genesen pens, to see if you can generate a stronger or more dependable reaction. Stand on your head in the corner, if it seems to give you the greatest response.
The Genesen pens are extremely popular for good reason; they are effective, easy to use, inexpensive compared to going to an acupuncturist at $90-$125 a visit, and very convenient to use in the privacy of your own home.
Each set of Genesen pens comes with my own 10 pages of notes that I created for the treatment of Peyronie’s disease. These outline some very common and popular treatment protocols. Any of these could be used by an acupuncturist who might easily needle these for you. The big advantage of the Genesen pens is that you can treat yourself in this very same manner, any time of the day or night, and several times a week, as you wish. You can really concentrate your treatment with frequent care for best results, without going broke.
Consider adding the Genesen Acutouch pens to your therapy lineup if you are not seeing the kind of results you want.
Peyronie’s disease treatment to bring back lost length and girth
Here is a very brief but informative email exchange about Peyronie’s disease treatment I had just today with a man who I know has a fairly advanced case of PD.
From: XXXXX, XXXXXXXX [mailto:XXXXXXX@XXXX]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 10:52 AM
To: herazy@sbcglobal.net
Subject: QUESTION
Hi Dr. Herazy,
I have noticed decrease in length and girth. Can this be brought back to original size? Can the remedies you recommend help change this back?
What do you suggest in terms of remedies or therapies? I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
XXXXXXXXX
Greetings XXXXXX,
Men note partial or complete recovery from lost dimensions when using:
1. General Peyronies treatment from the PDI when applied in an aggressive and faithful way often brings back a good part of lost dimensions, sometimes complete.
2. PDI Gentle Manual Penis Stretching Technique© video. This is a very direct way to stretch the Peyronies plaque material and reduce the contraction that causes lost length especially.
3. The Erektor external penile support device when used with some regularity during intercourse. See the link at http://peyronies-disease-help.com/impotence-erectiledysfunction-erektor.html
Regards,
Theodore Herazy, DC, LAc
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Tricks for successful Peyronies treatment
Hints for better results with Peyronie’s treatment
Here are a few little tricks that I developed and discovered when I was actively treating my own Peyronie’s disease. While none of these are earth-shaking or terribly ingenious, these ideas can make your life easier and your Peyronie’s treatment plan just a little more effective in the long run.
See if these strategies fit into your way of doing things:
1. Keep a bottle of enzymes on your bathroom sink. When you get up to urinate in the middle of the night, it is a good time to take an extra 1 or 2 or 3 Neprinol pills or other enzymes. This will keep your blood level saturated while there is no additional food in your system for several more hours. Night time is a good time for enzyme therapy.
2. Get in the habit of watching TV at night with a hot water bottle on top of your scar. Make your TV time productive so you can d some simple Peyronie’s treatment while you are relaxing.
3. Get in the habit of watching TV at night while you are doing some of the soft tissue massage you learned from the “Massage and Exercise” video. Make your TV time productive.
4. Keep your vitamins and enzymes away from heat and sunlight. Don’t keep them in the car when it is warm outside. Even a few hours of exposure can reduce potency.
5. A large “X” written on top of the therapy bottles you take with food will help you to quickly pick them out from the others. A large “0” written on top of the therapies you take on an empty stomach will do the same for your enzymes.
6. Place your vitamin case or your bag of enzymes out in the open, on top of your desk at work, or in a place where you will easily see it, to keep you from forgetting to take them as you should.
7. Sort and divide up all of your vitamins and enzymes once a day, in different containers or small plastic bags you can take with you. It is more efficient than opening and closing all those bottles two or three times a day.
8. If you find that you have a difficult time swallowing a large number of pills at a time, or that your throat is getting irritated by the frequent swallowing of pills over a period of time, try this. Instead of using cold water to wash the pills down, try using warm water. It seems to be more relaxing to the muscles of the throat and does not cause a tightening of the esophagus the way cold water does. Try it.
9. Incorporate the use of a water-based lubricant (like KY) into your sexual activity, even if you do not think it is absolutely necessary. This will protect you from possible friction injury.
10. In the missionary position, place a pillow below her hips/pelvis to raise her up a little. This changes the angle of entry if you have a curvature problem. It can sometimes make a significant difference. If you are having a lot of sexual problems, go to http://www.peyronies-sex-education.com/sex-and-peyronies-disease.html to learn about improving your love life.
11. Go to the PDI website to learn about the Erektor external penile support device. If you have ED or erectile dysfunction because of your Peyronie’s disease, or if your curvature or distortion is so bad that you are afraid to try intercourse because it might injure your penis again if you penis bends or buckles during insertion, then you definitely need the help and support of an Erektor device. Learn more about the Erektor at www.NaturalEDSollutions.com These are wonderful custom-made supports that will open up a whole new world of sexual activity for you if you find yourself denied by the limits of Peyronie’s disease.
Peyronie’s disease and women
Peyronie’s disease affects more than one person at a time
Any woman who lives with a man who has Peyronie’s disease knows that her life is affected – drastically and to the core.
Shortly after starting Peyronie’s Disease Institute in 2002 I noticed an interesting phenomenon that was very much a surprise to me. Initially, I never imagined I would deal with women in relation to any direct aspect of Peyronie’s disease, even though I knew that women are greatly and adversely affected by it in so many ways. Knowing how my own wife had to struggle with my initial bad behavior and personal weakness that was brought to the surface by Peyronies, I knew full well how a woman’s life could be stressed deeply in this way. But, yet, I initially thought that women would stay in the background in regard to designing a Peyronie’s treatment plan and dealing with the many questions that come up during actual therapy. I thought it would be rare that I would come into contact with these ladies. How wrong I was.
Consistently, around 5-15% of orders placed for various Peyronie’s treatment products are placed by a woman. As I began to offer online answers to Peyronies questions, I soon found that about 5-10% of first-time emails asking basic questions or ordering information was being sent by women. This is the way it has started, and continues to today.
It is my first impression that there were a few possible reasons for the large percent of women who communicate with me about a totally male health problem:
- The man with Peyronie’s disease does not have access to, or does not know how to operate, a computer. Fair enough, he is computer illiterate and she helps him out because he cannot do it. That makes sense.
- The man is on the road so often, as with a truck driver, or his work is so intense, demanding of his time or so fatiguing that she again simply helps him out by communicating instead of him. That is easily understood.
- The woman’s work involves computers and she is far more comfortable than him, so she does it because she is just better at it. Perhaps her schedule is far more flexible also, in her career, so once again she pitches in and this also is easy to understand her involvement is one of simple convenience and ease.
While all of these are possible reasons, and they do come up, I have come to learn these reasons and explanations are actually the exception. In fact, they are the rare exception. While speaking to or emailing with these women who deal indirectly with Peyronie’s disease I have learned that by far, these women are only taking over because the man with the problem is so devastated by his bent penis, by his penis that has become smaller or impotent because of Peyronie’s disease, or his inability to perform the sexual act, that he refuses to engage in anything related to his Peyronie’s problem. He often will not talk to her about his problem, and will refuse to discuss starting or following a Peyronies treatment plan.
So deep and intense is his withdrawal from a problem he feels so shamed and humiliated, that he is often is not even interested in learning how to help himself. Thus, it is his mate who will step forward to help in whatever way she can. This, of course, exposes her to tirades of anger, bitter refusals, endless arguments and frequent rejections that circle around his idea that she does not leave him alone, that she is bothering him, that she does not understand, that she doesn’t know what she is doing, and endless tactics of self-sabotage and self-hatred. I hear these things often, and I must admit I was guilty of many of these tactics myself when I was at the depth of my dispare with my Peyronies.
Peyronie’s Disease Treatment Forum
Why do I now mention all this on the woman’s side of the Peyronie’s Disease Treatment Forum? All of this background information and insight is mentioned here, so that any woman reading this will know she is not alone. She will know she is not genuinely as much at fault as he claims she is. That she will feel empowered to know she is doing what any good person does when the person she loves is in trouble; she pitches in, she helps in whatever way she can, and she forgives him for being a jerk because she understands he is greatly disturbed by the trouble he is in. She stands by him as best she can, because it is the right thing to do, because her love for him makes her strong to do more than she thought she could do. And, having read this, perhaps she will feel better and her burden will be a little lighter.
There is much more that can be said about this complex and destructive way that Peyronie’s disease affects a man’s behavior. This takes up a large part of the second PD book that I wrote, “Peyronie’s Disease & Sex.” If you want to know more about this very helpful and informative book, go to http://peyronies-disease-help.com/PD-and-sex.html or you could also go to http://www.natural-complementary-medicine.com/index.asp?PageAction= VIEWPROD&ProdID =43
Please accept my invitation to comment on this post, and to ask questions about the way that Peyronie’s disease influences men in strange and powerful ways that are often not pleasant. I stand ready to assist any woman who lives with Peyronie’s disease.
Peyronie’s desease
Peyronie’s disease misspelled commonly – Peyronie’s desease
Peyronies disease is commonly misspelled as Peyronie’s desease. There is so much basic informtion that people lack concerning this problem that even the name is confusing to some. Other than Peyronies desease, the most common way I find people referring to this problem is to shorten the name and avoid the apostrophe and just call it peyronies, without even capitalizing the first letter, and peyronie, by dropping the final letter altogether.
Just as a basic review, it is important to know that Peyronie’s disease is most well known for the Peyronie’s plaque or deposit of fibrous tissue (also called a scar) that develops within the deeper layers of tissue of the penis. This fibrous material often, but not always, will cause distortion of the erect penis and pain.
This Peyronie’s plaque or scar material itself is benign, meaning it is always non-cancerous. It is a common fear among men when first learning they have Peyronies desease to wonder if it could develop later to become something more serious. This is not the case. You can rest assured that Peyronie’s disease will not develop or progress into a worse or life-threatening condition – Peyronie’s disease is bad enough. It does not need any help to make a person’s life miserable all on its own.
Peyronie’s disease typically occurs in men around their mid-50s, but men – even teenagers who are still working through puberty – can develop it. The cause of Peyronie’s disease and its natural progression or development are not well understood because the course of the disease is so variable. In my experience while researching Peyronie’s desease and in discussion with hundred’s of men every years concerning all aspects of this problem, it is rare to find two cases that share a remotely similar history or course; each case is unique in small and large ways. This great variability is what makes this condition so difficult to diagnose, treat, and live with. While many researchers believe the Peyronie’s plaque often develops in response to some type of trauma, either minor or significant, that results in localized bleeding within the internal tissue of the penis.
Sexual problems associated with Peyronie’s desease can also be variable, since there are such physical and emotional differences among couples, to say nothing of the variability of sociological factors that also can disrupt a couple’s physical and emotional relationship. The goal of Alternative Medicine Peyronie’s treatment is to keep a man and woman who deal with this problem as happy and whole as possible. Peyronie’s disease surely affects all the people whose life it enters, even if you happen to spell it Peyronie’s desease.