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A DUBLIN HOSPITAL has successfully treated a man who had an erection which lasted for seven weeks.
The Irish Medical Journal reports that the erection began when the 22-year-old suffered “a blow to the perineum when he fell on to the crossbar of his mountain bike”.
The man was in pain and discomfort for a number of days, but when the pain subsided, he had an ongoing rigid erection.
Five weeks later the man presented to the urology department at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Tallaght.
Doctors there found no signs of injury but the penis remained erect. The condition is known as a priapsim and there are only two reports of this ever occurring following a bicycle fall.
Hospital doctors found that the erection stopped when the penis was compressed but noted that “the penis rapidly refilled with blood to full tumescence”.
For two more weeks the condition was managed by a pressure dressing.
A penile angiograph was then taken and the number of catheters and four platinum coils were inserted to cure the condition.
Thankfully, the unwanted erection was resolved immediately and the patient had a uneventful recovery.
After one month, he reported satisfactory erection and intercourse. A happy ending for all involved.
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Ok advertising works cos I am getting me one of those babies ASAP.
This must have every peeping Tom drooling!
Can it see through curtains?
only shower curtains
I want it…
I went and checked and for some strange reason there is a shortage. Berminghams say 6 weeks wait and camera.ie have 10 on backorder and you have to pay full price €650 up front. Oh well.
Excellent, thank you Journal.
That’s crazy stuff, holy mother of Devine Julie’s Caesar’s àrses bloody banana….
Must get me one of them.
A Nikon D3200 or a Sony A58 would cost €450 including a 18-55mm kit lens. Either camera is far superior to the Nikon Coolpix p900. The D3200 is a DSLR, the the A58 is an SLT and the Coolpix is a bridge camera. The Coolpix is quite good up to 83x but it cannot be compared to a DSLR.
Wow
Tap, all very true but “Bridge” cameras sell very well for a reason. Most people see them them as being a very acceptable compromise answering all their needs in one piece of reasonably priced kit. Modern bridge cameras are really quite superb…within their operational parameters.
Very impressive, WoW!.
Tony and Joseph comparing their cox…
My Uncle visited last week toting one of these. Totally in awe. Well worth the money I reckon.
My Canon Powershot SX60 does the same shot of the moon, if not better.
Paparazzi wet dream.
So does my Canon 18x zoom SX600hs.
eh..I dunno…..I’d like the zoom to go a little closer….. This just doesn’t try hard enough…….. (awesome actually)
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