What does cavernous edema mean?

The corpus cavernosum is one of the important components of the male reproductive organs. If there is a bacterial infection, the corpus cavernosum will edema. This will have a certain impact on the male's sexual life and may even cause erectile dysfunction. Corpus cavernosum edema can be divided into congenital and acquired. If you want to eliminate edema, it is best to go to the hospital for examination and choose medicine for targeted treatment.

The corpus cavernosum, also known as the cavernous body muscle, is the hardest smooth muscle and connective tissue in the human body. The corpus cavernosum is an erectile tissue, which is covered with a thick white membrane on the outside and a sponge-like scaffold composed of connective tissue and smooth muscle inside. Its cavity is connected to blood vessels.

When the cavity is filled with blood, the penis becomes thicker and harder and erects. The skin of the penis is thin and soft, and the subcutaneous tissue is loose and easy to stretch. However, the skin of the glans penis has no subcutaneous tissue and cannot move. The skin of the penis body moves forward from the neck of the penis to form a circular fold that wraps around the glans penis, which is called the foreskin. On the midline of the ventral side of the glans penis, the skin fold connecting the foreskin to the external opening of the urethra is called the frenulum. Be careful not to damage this frenulum during circumcision. It is the hardest smooth muscle and connective tissue in the human body.

There are two types of general penile edema:

The first one is that frequent masturbation in a short period of time or strong sexual stimulation, or long sexual intercourse, can cause venous reflux obstruction, resulting in edema of the penile skin.

The second is due to inflammation, which is the inflammation of the skin of the penis causing redness, swelling, heat and pain. In addition to swelling, the symptoms of this inflammation include obvious flushing and tenderness. This is an infection, and this is general edema.

If it is edema of the cavernous body, it is probably related to penile trauma during sexual intercourse, for example, during sexual intercourse, the cavernous body ruptures, causing blood to rupture in the cavernous body, which can lead to edema. However, this kind of cavernous body edema will result in ecchymosis under the skin of the penis, which means that blood clots are deposited in that area.