Due to dengue fever, this teenager has an erection for 18 hours

In Ouagadougou, at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital, caregivers had to face an unusual situation. A 17-year-old young man suffering from dengue fever had a strange symptom. Which ? An erection for 18 hours, reports L’Indépendant.

Severe dengue

Victim of severe dengue fever, the student was hospitalized for five days in the urology department of the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital Center. “For approximately 18 hours, he had a mild, non-painful and persistent erection, which occurred spontaneously without any sexual stimulation, without any notion of trauma or any triggering factor motivating the healthcare team to seek urological advice”, explain the doctors on sciencedirect.com. The situation returned to normal after 48 hours. “Detumescence was achieved completely after 48 hours without after-effects. The patient was seen again at 3 months then at 6 months and expressed no complaints”they add.

This is an unprecedented case for the medical team. Until now, no link had ever been established between arterial priapism (prolonged erection) and dengue fever. According to the urofrance.org website, “Priapism is a penile erection, persisting for more than 4 hours, without any sexual stimulation”.

What is dengue?

Also called “tropical flu”, dengue is an infectious disease caused by a virus of the same name. This is transmitted to humans via mosquitoes Aedes. According to the Pasteur Institute, the disease is progressing significantly. Today, 50% of the world’s population lives in a risk zone and in 2019, 5.2 million cases were reported. According to the Social Security website “Dengue is present in all tropical and subtropical regions, particularly in urbanized areas. It spread rapidly throughout the world (Americas, China, Japan) and particularly in Europe, including France..”

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