Man suffers from severely swollen penis for 17 YEARS due to silent infection ... trends now
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A man who suffered in silence with highly embarrassing symptoms has finally been cured after a shock diagnosis.
The 72-year-old lived for 17 years with a severely swollen penis that caused the organ to appear partially erect at all times, as well as a swollen scrotum and left leg.
The unnamed patient was found to be infected with hordes of live, microscopic worms which were causing chronic inflammation around his groin.
He was living in Switzerland but had moved from Zimbabwe 20 years earlier, where the infection is more common.
A man in Switzerland lived for 17 years with a severely swollen penis due to parasitic worms (stock image)
The man was given anti-parasitic medication and within two months of finishing the drugs, his symptoms had completely resolved.
The tale was revealed in a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine by doctors at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland.
They said that when the patient came to them his inflammation levels were double the normal range - suggesting a severe infection.
