A man who suffered with a painful erection for an entire week was forced to have half his joystick amputated after doctors discovered an aggressive cancer.

The unnamed patient, 52, waited a full seven days before he visited his doctor , where he explained that his erection began without any sexual stimulation whatsoever.

He told medical professionals that his joystick hurt so much it felt like it was “about to explode”.

Doctor Wang Hung-jen, head of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital’s Urology Department, said the patient’s constantly erect joystick was caused by late-stage bladder cancer, which had metastasised and caused tumours to obstruct blood vessels in his joystick.

A check-up three years ago had actually revealed early stages of the cancer , Doctor Wang noted, saying that he advised the man to have his bladder surgically removed.

He added: ”

But the patient refused because he didn’t want to wear a urine bag for the rest of his life.”

Wang and a team of surgeons operated on the man and cut into his joystick and bladder in order to relieve some of the pressure build-up causing the pain.

However, they found the tumours had spread too far and in the end had no choice but to remove half of the patient’s joystick.

The man, from Kaohsiung City in south-western Taiwan, is now recovering from the operation but will begin courses of chemotherapy as early as possible.

Wang has advised visiting one’s doctor if experiencing an erection that lasts over four hours, saying that a 72-hour erection could cause permanent damage and result in lifelong erectile dysfunction.

On whether his patient was likely ever to have sex again, Wang said: ”

He isn’t married and didn’t request an evaluation of potential sexual function.
“Right now the priority is to save his life.”

Source:- MirorUK