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Old 02-01-2005, 08:30 PM
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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
It's called a priapism (after Priapus, the Roman god of fertility, almost always shown in classical Roman art with a hard-on the size of a Louisville Slugger ). It's extremely painful and sometimes merits a trip to the ER.

More info: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/3/1680_50136.htm .

sidenote: you should ALWAYS go to the doctor if you have anything even resembling priapism . . . you could lose it, although the treatments aren't exactly lovely either. It can be quite serious.
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