{"id":549,"date":"2020-10-13T01:04:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T01:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=549"},"modified":"2020-10-13T01:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T01:04:42","slug":"what-is-priapism","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-is-priapism\/","title":{"rendered":"What is priapism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-load_more ewd-ufaq-faq-category-title-accordion\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='desc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/549' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-549-OWrIrqcTyn' data-post_id='549'>\n\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title '>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-is-priapism\/' >\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is priapism?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body ' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t\n<p>Priapism is one of the emergencies of urology. It is a prolonged erection, of such duration that reduction of bloodflow to the tissues of the penis can cause oxygen starvation and permanent injury. Most urologists consider four hours too long to maintain an erection without injury. It can be painful, but isn\u2019t always. Priapus was a Greek mythological figure and you can\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priapus\">read more about it at Wikipedia<\/a>. It can be caused by medications (Trazodone, Cialis, Viagra, Levitra), sickle cell crisis, penile artery injury, overstimulation with erectile aids (Triple-mix, Caverject, MUSE), and other causes. If you think you have a priapism, find an emergency room for immediate evaluation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-custom-fields'>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-categories'>\n\t\n\tCategory:\n\t\n\t\tPenile Disease\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-is-priapism\/' ><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tA<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tWhat is priapism?\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Priapism is one of the emergencies of urology. It is a prolonged erection, of such duration that reduction of bloodflow to the tissues of the penis can cause oxygen starvation and permanent injury. Most urologists consider four hours too long to maintain an erection without injury. It can be [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-is-priapism\/\">read more&#8230;<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[130],"ufaq-tag":[],"class_list":["post-549","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","hentry","ufaq-category-penile-disease-cat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is priapism? &#060; J. Dudley Atkinson IV, MD - Urologist in Fargo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Priapism is one of the emergencies of urology. 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