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Summary

Problems with the penis can cause pain and affect a man's sexual function and fertility. Penis disorders include:

• Erectile dysfunction - inability to get or keep an erection
• Priapism - a painful erection that does not go away
• Peyronie's disease - bending of the penis during an erection due to a hard lump called a plaque
• Balanitis - inflammation of the skin covering the head of the penis, most often in men and boys who have not been circumcised
• Penile cancer - a rare form of cancer, highly curable when caught early

Start Here

• Penis Health: Identify and Prevent Problems (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

• Genital Problems in Men (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Stages of Penile Cancer (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
• Tests for Penile Cancer (American Cancer Society)

Prevention and Risk Factors

• Can Penile Cancer Be Prevented? (American Cancer Society)
• Risk Factors for Penile Cancer (American Cancer Society)

Treatments and Therapies

• Drugs Approved for Penile Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
• Treatment Option Overview (Penile Cancer) (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish

Living With

• Living as a Penile Cancer Survivor (American Cancer Society)

Related Issues

• Penis-Enlargement Products: Do They Work? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Specifics

• Bent Penis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Differences in Sexual Development (Endocrine Society)
• General Information about Penile Cancer (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
• Hypospadias (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
• Inflammation of the Penis (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
• Penile Curvature (Peyronie's Disease) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) Also in Spanish
• Penis Fracture: Is It Possible? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Priapism: Prolonged Erection (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Yeast Infection in Men: How Can I Tell if I Have One? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Genital Diseases, Male (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Penile Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Penile Induration (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Functional outcome of the one-stage scrotal tunnel + ventral inverted V...
• Article: Surgical treatment and outcomes of acute and chronic ulcers on the...
• Article: Evaluation of Z-plasty versus Heineke-Mikulicz scrotoplasty in the management of penoscrotal...
• Penis Disorders -- see more articles

Children

• Atypical genitalia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• For Boys: Trouble "Down There" (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Hypospadias repair - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

Teenagers

• Is My Penis Normal? (For Teens) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Pearly Penile Papules (Boston Children's Hospital)

Patient Handouts

• Balanitis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Curvature of the penis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Epididymitis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Epispadias (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Erythroplasia of Queyrat (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Hypospadias (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Hypospadias repair (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Hypospadias repair - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Paraphimosis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Penile cancer (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Penis pain (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish