Peyronie’s disease can be a bit difficult to diagnose but you wouldn’t be reading this article if you didn’t strongly suspect or already know that you may have this strictly male problem. While it can affect middle-aged and older men, younger men are not immune to Peyronie’s. Genetics does seem to increase the likelihood you can get it but knowing if your dad or grandfather had this problem is not very likely due to the sensitive nature of the disease.

Doctors are not in total agreement as to the cause of Peyronie’s disease, the general consensus is that the first stages develop after an injury to the male genitals. The injury does not even have to have been severe. It is then thought that tearing of tissue along with minor internal bleeding within certain tissue layers causes scarring. Then the injured area can become worse with a thickening, plaque buildup, or a type of local fibrosis in which the tissues harden.

Peyronie’s Picture: With around one to three men out of a hundred developing Peyronie’s the disease is not very common.

Injury to the genital area does not explain other actions that occur, which makes it problematic to say for certain that its injuries that will bring on a bout of Peyronie’s.

Some doctors will recommend against surgery and suggest waiting one or two years to see if the Peyronie’s will clear up on its own, but this is little comfort to you since you are the one that has to live with the condition. Since it is hard to tell if the condition will worsen or stay the same or suddenly clear up this can be an added strain to simply waiting. The disease can play out very differently in each man that it affects.

Quick Shot Info: Of the men that will develop Peyronie’s disease, you may also be of the one in three that may also develop hardened tissues at other locations such as your hands and feet.

Some men with Peyronie’s experience pain and some may even have severe pain while other men have no pain problems at all. The placement of where the plaque develops can also vary greatly from man to man. The size of the plaque, it’s hardness and position has no standard. These variations in symptoms can make the problem confusing as men try to figure out on their own what might be wrong with them.

Unless you experience physical pain the most debilitating effects Peyronie’s will cause will be psychological. The mental strain of dealing with this problem associated with your manhood can have crushing affects on your psyche and wellbeing. Dealing with the mental anguish with a professional and keeping communication open with your mate is highly recommended. The picture of Peyronie’s Disease is not a pretty one to imagine or to go through.

Did You Know? Peyronies occurs most often in men who are around the ages of 45 and 60.