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What makes blood stay in the penis glans for a few days after a priapism? what makes it leave later? what can be done to stop it from happening again?
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ArteriolarSizeValves: At all locations in body: nothing stays alive without blood flow in capillaries within few cell diameters. Heart moves blood: veins to arteries. Local blood flow controll=size of arterioles just prior to capillaries. Arterioles vary lumen size from zero to ~12 red blood cells, sec-by-sec under brain control 24/7; ↓ing flow vs. flooding/closing penis-vein-valves; Lookup/study: "recurrent priapism".
Answered 4/22/2015
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