Indian man fractured his penis after child 'fell over' his erection trying to wake him up

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The bizarre accident has been published in a prestigious medical journal by doctors in India, who revealed the man had taken Viagra.

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The 36-year-old, who has not been named, sought help from medics two days after the excruciating injury.

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He complained about his 'deformed' penis, which was also swollen and causing him lots of pain.

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The patient, from Uttar Pradesh, admitted to taking 100mg of sildenafil - branded as Viagra - the night before the injury.

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His erection persisted after sex, forcing him to resort to 'vigorous masturbation' - but it failed to combat his priapism.

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But while he was sleeping, his child 'mistakenly fell over his erect penis', according to the team at King George’s Medical University.

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After this eye-watering injury 'he developed sudden severe pain in his penis and lost tumescence', or the build-up of blood in his penis,

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Surgeons found a tear in his right corpora cavernosa - sponge-like tissue that stores the blood during an erection - which they repaired.

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Dr Deepanshu Sharma, who dealt with the patient, revealed the man was able to get erections again six weeks after treatment.

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And he had been left with no permanent deformity, despite him complaining about his penis being eggplant-shaped after the injury.

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