A man in the US has claimed his penis shrunk by 1.5 inches as a result of vascular damage he suffered after contracting Covid.
The unfortunate victim, who identified himself as a heterosexual man in his thirties, said the issue has had a 'profound impact on my self-confidence and abilities in bed'.
The man said he contracted a severe bout of the virus in July of last year, but after being discharged from hospital upon recovery, was left with a strange case of erectile disfunction (ED).
This affliction was remedied with treatment over time, but to his dismay the victim found his penis had contracted considerably - a condition doctors told him is likely permanent due to vascular damage in his erectile tissue.
It comes as a University College London study of 3,400 people found that a shortened penis was a rare symptom among the 200 who developed long Covid.
Meanwhile, a study published in the World Journal of Men's Health by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine showed widespread endothelial cell dysfunction from Covid-19 infection can contribute to significant ED.
A man in the US has claimed his penis shrunk by 1.5 inches as a result of vascular damage he suffered after contracting Covid. The unfortunate victim, who identified himself as a heterosexual man in his thirties, said the issue has had a 'profound impact on my self-confidence and abilities in bed' (stock pic)
This image, taken from a study led by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine published in July 2021, shows 'Coronavirus-like spiked viral particles' in a Covid patient's peri-vascular erectile tissue. The study said that Covid infection can contribute to significant erectile dysfunction
Speaking on the sex advice podcast How To Do It, the victim revealed his troubling affliction.
'I'm a heterosexual man in my thirties. In July of last year, I contracted Covid and was very sick.
'When I
