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Priapism: How to avoid or prevent night time erections?

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MagnusMessi
MagnusMessi

hey all,

I have been living with priapism for over 5 years now and although it has settled down, but not completely.

My main issue right now is I am getting continuous erections at night daily with most days resulting in a wet dream. These erections are not due to sexual thoughts but because of priapism. I have no symptoms during the day.

Do you know if there is anything I can do to prevent these daily erections? Like eating any specific food or performing any particular stretching or exercise before sleep?

Any kind of help would be much appreciated.

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  • indiske
    indiske MagnusMessi

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    try eating stuff with anti oxidants. like blueberries.

    also eat lean meat instead of red meat. like bacon and ham.

    this are ways to keep stress low. but I hope it helps u as well

    • MagnusMessi
      MagnusMessi indiske

      Edited

      Thank you indiske for looking into my post and replying. I will surely focus on anti oxidants and reducing stress. In terms of meat, I am vegetarian so that won't apply to me.

  • MagnusMessi
    MagnusMessi

    Edited

    Apologies all, as I forgot to add in my post that by night time I meant during sleep. It seems I cannot edit the post so posting the edit here.

  • jamestower
    jamestower MagnusMessi

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    Hi there, erections at night time are important for the health of your penis. Have you had an erecting lasting longer than 4 hours, If that is not your case; why are you worried?

    • MagnusMessi
      MagnusMessi jamestower

      Edited

      My night time erections are mainly due to settled/inactive priapism. When I had priapism 5 years back, I didn't know what it was and I was going through a very difficult period. Because I only saw GPs and doctors after priapism settled, I haven't got any help I am looking for.

      It would be great to know if there is a way to completely avoid sleep erections.

      I understand that sleep erections are healthy but for me they do not go down, have to wake up and disturbs my sleep. And then falling back to sleep again is difficult for me.

      Any kind of help from anyone would be greatly appreciated.

  • nick55077
    nick55077 MagnusMessi

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    Do you know what caused the priapism originally? Do you have any other health issues? Are you taking any medication? And finally have you consulted a urologist and an endocrinologist more recently?

    Sorry it's questions rather than answers but depending on whether there are any other related or otherwise issues maybe someone else will have some suggestions.

    • MagnusMessi
      MagnusMessi nick55077

      Edited

      Thank you for your reply mate, sorry I did not see your reply before.

      I think my priapism is caused by panic attacks I had in 2018, which lasted 4 months or so.

      To answer your other questions, no I do not take any medications.

      I recently saw a urologist and he recommended flow rate and residue test, however I am sure that it won't help, as there is blood trapped somewhere at the base of the penis. My active bladder just triggers it, however it is not the cause.

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