What causes the penis to bend during erection?

In our subconscious, the penis is straight when erect, so does it mean it is abnormal if it is bent? There are many situations when the penis is erect, some are bent, some are straight, but it cannot be said that the straight one is definitely normal, so the bend does not mean it is abnormal. In fact, it depends on how your bend is.

What causes the penis to bend during erection?

The first situation

Due to erotic stimulation, the corpus cavernosum of the male penis becomes engorged and hard. However, due to the influence of the amount of engorgement of the corpus cavernosum, the angle of erection and the vertical position of the penis will show various angles, the most common of which is 70° to 120°; and due to the influence of the sensitivity of the peripheral nerves of the glans penis, the penis may be extremely hard, but the glans penis may be too soft; or the penis may tilt slightly to the left or right after erection. These situations are all normal.

The second situation

Abnormal erection of the male genitals. It is a long-term lack of sexual desire, in which the corpus cavernosum of the penis becomes painfully hard, and the erection lasts for hours, days, or even months. It is characterized by rapid onset and easy to cause permanent impotence complications. It is called "yang yang" in traditional Chinese medicine. The cause may be obstruction of venous return in the male genitals, thrombosis, arterial vascular obstruction, etc. If this kind of pathological condition recurs for a long time, it will inevitably cause the fibrosis of the corpus cavernosum and eventually the loss of erectile function.

There is also a situation where men suffer from penile induration, which is characterized by the formation of one or more chemofibril lumps in the loose connective tissue between the corpus cavernosum and the tunica albuginea of ​​the penis. This type of disease is mainly manifested by the fact that the male genitals are generally asymptomatic when they are flaccid, but they will prevent them from getting hard, causing pain during erection, and the genitals will bend dorsally or laterally when erect. In more serious cases, it will affect the normal development of the couple's life.

The third situation

In addition, there are some unique erectile forms. For example, dipenis is a rare male reproductive organ abnormality, estimated to occur in only 1 case of dipenis per 5.5 million births. In a typical dipenis patient, only one penis has erectile function, but both penises have urethral openings, and the corpus cavernosum of one penis is damaged.

When the urethral sponge is severely damaged but the cavernous body is normal, the penis often rises when erect, hiding the penis, and the penis is small and underdeveloped. If the fat around the penis is thick and tightly surrounds the penis, the penis will be hidden and invisible, and it will be painful to erect and unable to have sex.