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Peyronie’s Disease

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Todays blog is about a poorly understood problem called Peyronies Disease. The cause is unknown. The treatment options are only marginally successful. It is likely more prevalent than we in the medical community realize. And it can be the cause of erectile dysfunction which is our overall topic in the upcoming set of blogs. Peyronies disease (PD) was written about as early as 1678, but was first described by Francois Gigot de la Peyronie. in 1743. He was the personal surgeon to King Louis XIV of France. Peyronies is a benign disorder of wound healing. It is characterized by the presence of excess collagen laid down in the corpora cavernosum which are the erectile bodies of the penis. The penis when cut in cross section is a series of three tubular structures. The two on the top are the… read more

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