Hey guys,
I’m going on Wednesday to a specialist urologist and i’m going to request the ultrasound to be done, either erect or flacid. I don’t have insurance so i’m spending a total of over £500. This is why i need to get this right. (I am going for potential peyronies/thinning of the penis etc and erectile issues i have faced now for over 6 years, a month ago i feel like i Re-did something and have pain when flacid ETC).
IS A PENILE INJECTION TO INDUCE ERECTION TO COMPLETE THE ULTRASOUND TEST ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO DIAGNOSE PEYRONIES/PENILE ISSUES? OR IS FLACID OKAY? JUST NOT AS 100% accurate? Not sure what they use but the common ingredient seems to be called prostaglandins E1, brand names: Caverject, sildenafil etc..
Now this injection scares the crap out of me (Not because i’m scared of injections) but i’m scared of the side effects, Possible side effects actually include ‘Peyronies disease’ or penile fibrosis etc.. I just cannot take that risk no matter how rare it may be.. Also Priapism does not sound fun and then someones got to drain blood out of your penis or inject more needles! I really don’t want to do it! And i’m happy with the results of the flacid test from the below study, which is not massively different to an erect test. I may not have any peyronies based on my symptoms so i would hate to create an issue that i don't have.
I have seen this study which shows that erections will make it more accurate but this study also shows flacid ultrasound is accurate and is not far off the erect test: Ultrasound on Erect Penis Improves Plaque Identification in Patients With Peyronie’s Disease
Please could you help me out here guys.
(Also, it's only been one month since i 'did' something, theres nothing palatable to feel, would ultrasound show anything?)
I’m going on Wednesday to a specialist urologist and i’m going to request the ultrasound to be done, either erect or flacid. I don’t have insurance so i’m spending a total of over £500. This is why i need to get this right. (I am going for potential peyronies/thinning of the penis etc and erectile issues i have faced now for over 6 years, a month ago i feel like i Re-did something and have pain when flacid ETC).
IS A PENILE INJECTION TO INDUCE ERECTION TO COMPLETE THE ULTRASOUND TEST ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO DIAGNOSE PEYRONIES/PENILE ISSUES? OR IS FLACID OKAY? JUST NOT AS 100% accurate? Not sure what they use but the common ingredient seems to be called prostaglandins E1, brand names: Caverject, sildenafil etc..
Now this injection scares the crap out of me (Not because i’m scared of injections) but i’m scared of the side effects, Possible side effects actually include ‘Peyronies disease’ or penile fibrosis etc.. I just cannot take that risk no matter how rare it may be.. Also Priapism does not sound fun and then someones got to drain blood out of your penis or inject more needles! I really don’t want to do it! And i’m happy with the results of the flacid test from the below study, which is not massively different to an erect test. I may not have any peyronies based on my symptoms so i would hate to create an issue that i don't have.
I have seen this study which shows that erections will make it more accurate but this study also shows flacid ultrasound is accurate and is not far off the erect test: Ultrasound on Erect Penis Improves Plaque Identification in Patients With Peyronie’s Disease
Please could you help me out here guys.
(Also, it's only been one month since i 'did' something, theres nothing palatable to feel, would ultrasound show anything?)
