Do you have sickle cell anemia?

[diddy]

You wouldn't live longer with SSA, but you would with one copy of the gene for it. Most recessive inherited conditions work like that, with one copy giving you some genetic advantage with the downside of two copies giving you a disease. Cystic fibrosis is similar, but for such a common mutation no-one has worked out what advantage being a CF carrier confers.

interestingly enough, research has shown that being a recessive carrier of CF carries protection against cholera, which was a major scourge in europe and scandanavian countries. which is why it is MUCH more common in whites than blacks.

and, you're correct, having one recessive copy of the sickle-cell gene carries protection against malaria, which is why it is MUCH more common in blacks.

additionally, having the thalassemia trait (common in mediterranean countries) is also protective against malaria, which is why you see a lot of greeks with thalassemia.

"the more you know . . . "

 

[FuzzyKen]

The question is being asked not for reasons of race or national origin but the person is trying to do research into penis enlargement caused by this disease process. I am aware of this and research into this dates back as far as 1977. The problem is that it is very difficult to dig out on the internet and make sense of it.

Sicle Cell disease is found in all races, but is most common in males of African descent. It is however also found in males in the middle-east and Morocco.

For many years people have looked into penis enlargment and tried different methods which have proven to be of limited value. Research into this side effect of sicle cell disease could benefit the entire PE community and the more we learn the better off we will all be.

Time has proven many misconceptions regarding pripism which is a secondary condition common to sicle cell patients. At one time it was thought that all priapism cases were awful. At that time the blood was drained off and the penis was returned to a flaccid state by this "draining" process. It has now been found that there are two different kinds of priapism. In order to avoid big medical words I will explain it more simply. In one kind of priapism the blood in the erectile chambers is trapped and is not being oxygenated. In that kind of priapism medical intervention is necessary. It has also been discovered that a second type of priapism exists. In the second type the blood is oxygenated and in this case one does get enlargement of the penis, but they do not get damage.
Detection over time has been done with doppler devices and it has been found that in many cases medical intervention is not necessary and the condition if the blood is being oxygenated will resolve itself.

One thing not covered is that priapism type erections oxygenated or not can be very painful with the pain level building over a period of time. Remember that the pressure in a case of priapism (called intracavernosal pressure) is much higher than in a normal erection. The same thing that over time causes stretching of the penile structures of course causes pain or discomfort.

A great deal is being learned about not only sicle cell disease, but more recent developments in treatment of the priapism condition as well. There is some research going on which will allow an intracavernosal injection to break up the blockage and thus end the priapic episode.

I have been doing researh into this personally for years. There are also several MD's looking at this as a potential future enlargement avenue.

I have personally suffered from ED for a few years. I use Quadmix injected into the "erectile chambers" to assist me in obtaining a full and complete erection so I can achieve penetration. The type of erection I get from this drug is actually a medically induced and controlled priapism.

There is a great deal of misinformation out there regarding priapism. The misinformation or "disinformation" is out there to protect those who have no medical understanding.

A priapism lasting over 4 hours is not necessarily going to do damage to your penis. The problem is that after 4 hours the stretching and pain levels begin to build in the tissues. With each hour beyond 4 hours in time the trauma to the patient to treat the condition grows more and more. At the 4 hour point treating this is relatively simple. As time progresses the medical professionals treating this will then have to tie down and restrain the patient before treatment begins and they will most certainly need earplugs because the pain of the treatment will be substantial. The other problem is that there is no way to easily anesthetize these tissues for this particular treatment or corse of treatments.

This question or poll is in no manner racist. I am aware of people working on this as a PE method in both the U.S. and in Canada. The origin of the poll and the man who wanted it is no surprise to me.

Any information provided by this board would only help people looking for PE solutions and doing their own digging...........

 

[sexplease]

“the percentage of sickle cell trait individuals who are black is 75.6 percent, 6.3 percent are white and 11 percent are Hispanic.”

 

[RawDog]

This question or poll is in no manner racist. I am aware of people working on this as a PE method in both the U.S. and in Canada. The origin of the poll and the man who wanted it is no surprise to me......

Wow and wow. Thanks for the in-depth explanation and verification. I looked into chemically induced PE, but it still seems to be a crap shoot with the quad-mix. The one clinic I looked at was in Canada though. Are there any in the Colorado area?

 

[fern70769]

Why? It's an anonomous survey.

What's this got to do with HIPAA??

Remember that this board talks about ALL aspects of our lives. Not just big dicks.

HIPPA deals with insurance portability.