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7. Spinal Cord Injury

Men experience non-ischemic priapism at the moment of or immediately after an acute spinal cord injury. With the sudden loss of communication, increased parasympathetic response and uncontrolled arterial flow into the penile tissue causes the penis to become partially or fully turgid. While priapism can result from injuries anywhere along the spine, the majority derive from cervical lesions and take as long as 30 hours to resolve.

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