Misdiagnosis leads to penis accidentally being amputated

In the annals of terrible three-word situations, there are few that strike fear in the hearts of many men quite as strongly as “penis accidentally amputated”. Cross your legs and read on, good sirs.

A man in his sixties initially went to a local clinic in the south of Sweden for treatment of an ongoing urinary tract infection.

The man returned six months later, telling doctors that his foreskin was irritated. He was told his penis was merely inflamed, leading the man to continue with the clinic’s treatment. The man’s condition didn’t improve, so he made an appointment at another hospital.

After five months, doctors at the new hospital were able to schedule him for an appointment. Doctors then found the “inflammation” and “infections” were actually cancer.

The man needed his penis amputated to keep the cancer from spreading.

Well, I guess the key takeaway is to always get a second opinion whenever you have pain in your dong. Or to try to not get cancer there. Really, both.

Oh, and that clinics don’t take nearly enough time examining the penises of elderly men. “Save that one for an old woman with low standards,” is probably the company motto at that clinic.

Man’s penis amputated following misdiagnosis [TheLocal]

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