Lymphangiosclerosis

[rob7278]

I have read on various other forums/q & a websites that this condition is most likely called lymphangiosclerosis; which is a hardening of lymph fluid in the "vein". I was initially panicked when I noticed it, because my first thought was- oh great I have a cancer tumor growing on my penis!! Doctors say there is a medical phenomena where people become so convinced there is something wrong with them that they even believe they can feel some of the symptoms- I unfortunately started to fall into this. Initially I just shrugged it off as a blood clot or something harmless, however I started to think that my balls and penis were itching more than usual (which they really probably weren't). Then with my paranoia starting to grow I began to think that my balls and penis kept having these warm sensations (kind of like if you dabbed little swipes of ben gay on yourself. Finally I started to feel like I would be getting like a mild case of blue balls out of no where (which I am sure was all in my had). My point in sharing this tale of my irrational case of hypochondria is- I have always been someone that shrugged of going to the doctor, generally feeling like they would just waste a couple hours of my day and having to pay a co-pay for them to tell me something that I probably already new. However when it was this particular part of my anatomy my imagination and deep inner fears got the best of me and I decided that piece of mind was worth it this time.

[CUSP82]

Peace of mind is always worth it! One of the biggest problems with computer usage is the running to medical sites that aren't really doctors. I know someone who kept going to a physician and then in talking to me she told me her doc was all wrong. This went on for various illnesses that she was right and the doctor was all wrong. I finally asked her how she got all this info that told her that her doctors diagnosis was wrong. She went into another room and came back with a book entitled " The Time Life Book of Medicine". Wow Time-Life has a medical book! Welll I told her she was right to critisize her doctor afterall he didn't have that book! All he had were those old medical school textbooks, those nonsenseical medical journals and years and years of experience . Now if he only had the Time-Life book that guy could have saved millions! Those sites are not doctors but there cheaper bit they wouldn't have helped you rob7278 but would have only increased your paranoia at the time!

[someoneanon]

I've had this problem since I was 14 in 9th grade. I noticed it when I was using the urinal at school (just peeing, mind you). I may have been the type to ... a bit more often in me alone time, by myself (thanks to the internet). I've avoided ever going to the doctor because I thought I had a parasite and did what a lot of people do (think that something doesn't matter if you don't think about it), and even thought about performing my own surgery to remove it (when I was 14 (thank God I didn't do that, lol)). I had the problem off and on at times throughout my teenage years, less so when I began having sex (with an actual partner as oposed to Palmela Handerson). It has only resurfaced a few times in the past decade (now almost 15 years from the original time). It happened just yesterday after sex, and I finally worked up the nerve to look it up because it has persisted through today, where normally it would go away later in the day. I'm glad to read about lymphangiosclerosis, and find what it is. Just to describe the symptoms for those who may have the same issue; It is about the size of a vein, coming from the lower left side, a half inch or so from base of the head. It wraps around to the top, just behind the rim of the head, and has lumps of hard areas (seemingly in segments) and appears to be flat in places (like near where it comes out). You can grab it like a worm under your skin which makes it freaky, but I suppose I'm a living example of how harmless it is (having it on and off for nearly 15 years). Experiment with being more gentle around that area and you might find it happening less often.

[Bazinga]

I have had this for about 3-5 years, I can't quite remember when it 1st started. but it is as the fellow who posted above

"It is about the size of a vein, coming from the lower left side, a half inch or so from base of the head. It wraps around to the top, just behind the rim of the head, and has lumps of hard areas (seemingly in segments) and appears to be flat in places (like near where it comes out). You can grab it like a worm under your skin"

I couldn't have described it any better, I only notice it when my penis is hard, but its still there softer when when penis is flaccid. I want this to go away and don't have the money to go to the doctor "been jobless for about a year" so any help would be great. From what I gather walking/running helps? I noticed on other site that vitamin E would help with the blood flow.

I wasn't to clear on the previous results of the creator of this topic. Any clear directions would be helpful.

[randomguy]

I have had this for about 3-5 years, I can't quite remember when it 1st started. but it is as the fellow who posted above
"It is about the size of a vein, coming from the lower left side, a half inch or so from base of the head. It wraps around to the top, just behind the rim of the head, and has lumps of hard areas (seemingly in segments) and appears to be flat in places (like near where it comes out). You can grab it like a worm under your skin"

Yeap, 100% same description here. I have had this for nearly two years now. The small rice size lump, is located about 1cm below penis head, at the root of frenulum. Actually it is like a single unboiled rice, maybe 2mm thick, perhaps 1-2mm high and roughly 8mm in length.

Roughly at same time, I got a smaller, more whitish lump (maybe 2-3mm) at the middle of the frenulum. This is not something you can really grab, it seems very flat.

I cannot recall anything special in sex life or so that could have caused these, unless unprotected anal sex (with my partner) counts? (think we did it whole once)

Neither of these are causing any pain, but certainly makes me worry a bit.

My girlfriend did the full STD-test kit and was clean.

Oh yeah, I am 28y, 178cm / 80-85kg, quite athletic/muscular. Healthy, but I do have hypercholesterolemia which was found about 1.5 years ago.

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[OlderGuy]

I can actually massage it back down the vein or tube. It is basically lymph and can be moved like thick blood. I get this periodically now after PE'ing, so I just massage it along until it goes back where it came from, I guess. Sometimes it gets stuck, so I take a shower and warm everything up, then stroke from the glans toward the base firmly enough to move it along. Try it!

[Ravenously]

I know this is problem often connected with pumping, as a large amount of what "pumps" into the penis is lymph fluid. Excessive pumping can even cause a lumpy and deformed appearence, usualy goes away after time. I've never heard of this in any other context though, thanks for the heads up.

[going411by7]

This is why I cut back in my extreme pumping routine. I stay around a "3" now, occasionally I'll reach a "4," never more, and it works great--no lymph build up--no donut--just a good solid erection.

[OlderGuy]

This seems to be occurring more often and more extremely as I keep PEing. I'm wondering if I should give up PEing because of it. It's annoying and can hurt if I'm really hard. Sometimes it will appear with an erection even when I haven't PE'd for awhile, but jelqs certainly make it worse.

[OlderGuy]

I just got a bad case of lymphangiosclerosis that is taking days to clear. Like the description from an earlier post: " It is about the size of a vein, coming from the lower left side, a half inch or so from base of the head. It wraps around to the top, just behind the rim of the head, and has lumps of hard areas (seemingly in segments) and appears to be flat in places (like near where it comes out)."

I got it this time after an extreme jelqing session followed by using the Bathmate. I definitely overdid it and will have to slowly work the lymph out of the "veins" back toward to base of my penis.