Top 5 causes of injury genitals in men

To understand what actions lead to damage to the genitals, tried to staff of the University of California at San Francisco. Since such statistics are not compiled before, they had to start their work from scratch. The starting point of the study was the data about patients, medical facilities provided by the United States.
Hospitals and clinics share information about men and women older than 18 years, refers to the urology and gynecology in the period from 2002 to 2010. In total, during this time frame Damage genitals were diagnosed in 142,143 people. Each year, with injuries of the penis, testicles, bladder, kidney, and the external genitalia to professionals accounted for approximately 16,000 Americans.

According to the researchers, the most susceptible to injury proved to men (69%). One-third of them were aged 18-28, and one in five was in need of urgent hospitalization. The experts noted that with age, the stronger sex became more cautious and careful, however, to fully protect themselves against genital mutilation, they could not.

The most common causes of injury male genitalia are:
- Falling off the bike when it lands on the steering frame,
- The game of football, basketball and baseball (a direct hit ball)
- Pinching the penis or testicles zipper on his pants,
- Cuts during Trimmed,
- The effects of oral sex.

Withdrawing these statistics, the researchers sincerely surprised - they did not think that the number of domestic (non-sporting injuries) would be so great.

"It turns out that they occur so frequently that it is time to engage in preventive maintenance - to create special manual listing all the major actions that lead to injury to genitals "- Said the head of research assistant professor of urology Benjamin Breer.

Treatment and prevention

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