COVID-19 And Erectile Dysfunction: Researchers Find Virus In Penile Tissue
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The COVID-19 virus was found in penile tissue months after the initial infection
This suggests endothelial dysfunction from COVID-19 can lead to erectile dysfunction
Can COVID-19 lead to erectile dysfunction? A team of researchers has found traces of the virus in penile tissue long after the patients have recovered.
For their
study, published in the World Journal of Men s Health, the researchers collected penile tissues from four men who got penile prosthesis surgery for erectile dysfunction (ED). Two of them had been infected with COVID-19 while the two others were not. Among the infected men, one had been hospitalized but the other had only developed mild symptoms.
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Coronavirus can infect tissue in the penis and potentially lead to erectile dysfunction, according to a study. x
A scientific research paper published in the World Journal of Men’s Health observed the difference in tissue composition between men who had contracted the disease and men who had not.
Coronavirus can cause damage to blood vessels, which in turn can damage parts of the body the vessels supply, including the sponge-like tissue in the penis.
Ranjith Ramasamy, associate professor and director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s reproductive urology programme, led the study.
He said that erectile dysfunction “could be an adverse effect of the virus”.
Miami University scientists scanned the penises of two men suffering from erectile dysfunction after recovering from Covid and found the virus was still detectable after six to eight months.
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The research by scientists from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine stated that the virus can remain in the penile tissue long after the male survivors make a recovery. Extensive endothelial dysfunction (blood vessel impairment) a result of the viral infection could eventually give rise to erectile dysfunction (ED) in men who had no prior history of the condition, the study asserted.