damn sounds like a second year medical student question.......no pathologists will know this answer lol
actually, I'm a patient with an undiagnosed penile corpus cavernosum swelling. It started less than an hour after I scratched the meatus with my fingernail, 4 years ago. It interferes with normal sexual function.
I'm trying to understand the nature of the problem, by understanding possible swelling mechanisms, and eliminating what can be eliminated.
My thinking is that edema can be eliminated, as it's not seen in US and MRI tests my penis has undergo.
As for hypertrophy, as I understand, it's a gradual process that takes time, whereas my swelling occurred instantly after the minor scratch to the meatus. Also, it usually affects muscles.
My conclusion is that the swelling in my case cannot be anything else other than intracellular swelling, which is reversible when the cause is eliminated. Possible causes are hypoxia, ischemia, chemicals, radiation, heat, cold, and infection. My penis has never been exposed to any of this, other than infection, caused by the scratch with the dirty fingernail. This leads me to the conclusion that a local chronic infection, probably in the form of a biofilm, is the cause of the swelling. Once the infection would be eliminated, the swelling will disappear.
What's your thoughts?
