Erection that doesnt leave - Sexual Health - Men Message Board

narcissistic9 · 02-02-2005, 11:57 PM

Hello, I need an answer or direction. Most men complain about erections not lasting, I have the opposite problem lately. Ive been having erections during my sleep that wake me up as I move around in bed. Ill notice it, go to sleep, wake up later, still there, go to sleep, wake up again... still there... it stays in the attack mode most of the night and only goes away when I finally get out of bed. Slight pain when its finally relaxing, around the groin area..

This has only begun to happen for the last month or so. I had epididymitis, out of the blue last month, not due to sexual contact, I was put on a powerful antibiotic , saw a urologyst, did a urine sample test and he did an ultrasound of the groin, all ok.. the med was called something like.. (Cip..) 500mgs every 12hrs and the erections seemed to ease up. Now Im done with the meds and the erections are back again.

Anyone have this issue before and if so, is this something to worry about? Im concerned about damage to the tissues, particularly due to the lenght of time these things last... maybe they are different ones but it seems like its just one drawn out erection. Not sure if its a valve problem, although it goes away in the cold, and they dont happen during the day. Help... Oh yeah, healthy, early 30's, no known medical issues....Thanks ....

wood650 · 02-03-2005, 06:25 AM

If you think that the erections are infection related you need to see the doctor again to see if you need more medication. I would rather guess that you are just very horny and are having several different erections at night. Have you tried masturbating and seen a decrease in the number of erections? Good luck.

pcantona · 02-03-2005, 07:08 AM

It is natural to have erections during sleep for men, most men do from time to time. How ever, if you have a medical condition, to where you have abnormal errections, yes it can be harmful. For instance, there are some men that play around with these rings or things they put on their penis in order to make the blood stay put, thus getting erections for a long period of time. That destroy their tissue inside. The tissue inside your penis is like small tiny baloons, that expand and can be deflated with normal blood pressure. If you have it for too long or abnormally expand this tissue you can "pop" some of the small tissue glands inside and over time, more and more die out and you end up with no erections at all one day or the tissue can be dying out unevenly and you get a bent one. No I am not joking or trying to scare you here. I am just telling you to keep an eye on this because you do not want it to happen.