‘You see that squirt?’ Man has dangerously swollen penis drained of fluid after trip to emergency roomSabrina Barr

A man was rushed to the emergency room in a new TV series with a rare and very painful condition, having become alarmed after realising his penis had swelled to more than double its usual size.

This resulted in him having to have his penis drained of fluid while multiple medical professionals tended to him, which he admitted was an ‘awkward’ scenario.

In an episode of This Came Out Of Me, physician Dr Ruby Rose recalled the patient in question, a 24-year-old man called John from Odessa, Texas, who ‘came in with a painfully swollen penis’ that was ‘extremely engorged with fluid’, as she remarked: ‘Just another day in the emergency room!’

While lying down in a hospital bed, John explained that when he went to use the toilet, he noticed his penis ‘swelling tremendously, getting bigger and hurting more’.

His panic worsened as he drove to the ER, as he could ‘feel it steadily just getting bigger and bigger’.

The patient admitted that he even sent a photo of his penis to his parents, as he recollected: ‘Dad was like, “What the hell?!”’

John was ‘freaking out’ when he realised his penis had become extremely swollen (Picture: Quest Red/Discovery Plus)

Fortunately, he was in safe hands with physician Dr Nilang Patel, who explained to a nervous John that first he was going to ‘numb the area’ before trying to bring the swelling down.

Dr Patel was visibly taken aback when he laid his eyes on John’s penis for the first time, as he outlined how the ‘residual foreskin from the circumcision’ was ‘extremely inflamed’.

The doctor outlined how when the foreskin becomes very swollen, ‘it can cut off the blood supply to the glans penis, which is the tip of the penis’, adding: ‘We don’t want that.’

A penis can become swollen from an allergic reaction, an injury from sex, poor hygiene, a piercing or an infection, and can in turn result in gangrene, which is a very serious condition where a loss of blood supply causes body tissue to die.

He was understandably anxious as the doctor approached his penis with a needle (Picture: Quest Red/Discovery Plus)

‘If the swelling is not resolved, and the tip of the penis or glans is starved of blood for too long, gangrene could set in, which is tissue death due to a blockage in the blood supply. If the gangrene is not resolved, it’s possible that the glands will not survive,’ Dr Patel said.

The doctor made the decision to give John anti-anxiety medication to calm his nerves, as the patient admitted how ‘nervous’ he was feeling about the procedure.

‘I just hope he hits the right spot. I don’t want to have problems. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m kind of nervous. Very nervous, actually,’ he fretted. ‘I know he does this for a living, but it’s still the thought of, you know what I mean? It’s just a bad feeling.’

Multiple nurses were on hand to restrain and comfort John, as Dr Patel told him how he would drain the fluid from his penis in a way that would be as ‘pain-free as possible’.

John was incredibly grateful for Dr Patel (Picture: Quest Red/Discovery Plus)

‘I will perform a dorsal penile block, which is injecting lidocaine and anaesthetic around the penis so that he is not feeling any pain during the procedure,’ the doctor said – but at the start, John couldn’t help but scream and tense up as he felt the needle touch his skin.

Dr Rose shared further detail on what the procedure would entail, stating: ‘Dr Patel needs to fenestrate the swollen foreskin. In other words, poke little holes with a hypodermic needle and drain the excess fluid.’

As he began, fluid began coming out, as Dr Patel said to John: ‘You see that? Nice little squirt right there. You see that squirt?’

John looked relieved when he took a peek at his penis, seeing how it had begun to return to its normal size as he was informed that it would continue to drain on its own and recommended to see a urologist for a check-up.

The doctor stressed how worse it could have been if John hadn’t come in sooner (Picture: Quest Red/Discovery Plus)

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Dr Patel admitted that if John hadn’t quickly come in for medical assistance, ‘his swelling would have gotten much worse’.

‘It would have pinched off and cut off the blood supply to the tip of the penis which would lead to gangrene, which means dead tissue. And that dead tissue would have allowed bacteria to propagate and potentially have a very sick infection to the point where we might have needed an amputation,’ he said.

John said that while it wasn’t a ‘fun’ experience, he was extremely thankful for the doctor, added: ‘I’d recommend him for all penis procedures for sure!’

This Came Out Of Me airs weekly from Tuesday May 3 at 10pm on Quest Red and is available to stream on Discovery Plus.

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