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Penis pain:

Definition:

Penis pain is any pain or discomfort in the penis.

Alternative Names:

Pain - penis; Priapism

Common Causes:

• Injury (such as that due to too much manipulation)

• Bites, either human or insect

• Pimples

• Genital herpes

• Inflammation of the prostate gland (prostatitis)

• Syphilis

• Nonspecific urethritis caused by chlamydia or gonorrhea

• Infection under the foreskin of uncircumcised men (balanitis)

• Reiter syndrome

• Priapism (persistent erection that does not go away)

• Peyronie's disease

• Cancer of the penis

• Infected penile prosthesis

• Sickle cell anemia