Priapism 4 hour erections and implants

[mike123]

Given that many men are sent home from surgery inflated and remain that way for a week or two or longer am I safe in assuming that maintaining an erection for more than four hours is a non-issue for members of the bionic brotherhood?

[Waynetho]

I don't believe priapism is an issue with the erectile bodies being inflated too long but rather with the bloodflow being restricted to long, causing stale unoxygenated blood to stay in the penis too long. I believe it is also about the damage caused to the venous valves due to excessive pressure.

Other than the risk of erosion, I don't think having the implant pumped too long would have similar risks to priapism.

[hopeful_future]

I concur with Waynetho. I'm not a doctor, but my understanding of the mechanisms at play in priapism that cause tissue damage is similar...Blood stuck in the penis cannot be reoxygenated, and that causes hypoxia and cell death in surrounding tissues. That's for ischemic priapism, btw, which is the commonly destructive kind.

Unless an implant is significantly oversized, it seems unlikely you would cause tissue damage by leaving an implant inflated for any length of time. If you did leave it inflated 24x7 for months, you could start to run into the issue of erosion...Malleable implants tend to be slightly undersized to avoid this issue, since they cannot be deflated to relieve pressure.

My doc told me erosion or damage is highly unlikely, even cycling multiple times per day, because there's so much more time in between where it's deflated.

Hope that helps!

[mike123]

Thanks guys. I was thinking along similar lines, but wanted to get some other opinions. I don't have any 4+ hour erections planned, but, I was curious.

[Lost Sheep]

I agree with the foregoing comments.

Priapism in an unimplanted penis traps blood in the tissues, so oxygen-deprived tissues begin to die (necrosis, and eventually gangrene and amputation in the worst case scenario).

What I will call, pseudo-priapism (extended erection time by leaving an implant inflated or a malleable implant) tends not to trap blood in the tissues (the implantation operation typically removes some of the corpus cavernosum) too badly. Though compressing the tissues will restrict blood flow, so there is some danger of oxygen/nutrient deprivation.

Hopeful-future's Doctor assumed periodic deflation, which would allow flushing fresh blood through those tissues. I wonder if the opinion would change if the question posed were to specify extended 100% inflation.

I note that I can stand 100% inflation for about 90- minutes before my penis, especially inside the glans, starts to ache - enough to wake me up and prevent going back to sleep.

In summary, I must conclude that psuedo-priapsm as I described is a danger, so periodic deflation should be the rule. For my particular penis, that would be about 5 minutes for each 90 minute inflation period. That would be one hour (in small increments) out of every 24 if I did the math correctly. So, if one were to be tasked with fucking constantly for days at a time, deflating for hydration, meals and bathroom breaks should be sufficient.

[SW0110]

I have had mine up for longer than 4 hours several times. No problems that I can tell.

[Lost Sheep]

I have had mine up for longer than 4 hours several times. No problems that I can tell.

I am sure a lot of the dangers of extended erections (if not most or even all of the danger) is due to the trapping of blood in the cavernosum tissues, not the stretching or compression of other tissues.

Might be good for someone to ask their urologist and report back what the medical opinion is.

[hopeful_future]

I am sure a lot of the dangers of extended erections (if not most or even all of the danger) is due to the trapping of blood in the cavernosum tissues, not the stretching or compression of other tissues.

Might be good for someone to ask their urologist and report back what the medical opinion is.

Would agree with this. Damage would primarily come from point pressure in the long run, which could cause some minor tissue weakening or damage...basically erosion. But we're not talking a few hours, we're talking over the course of months at 100% inflated. Basically a very unlikely issue, I think.