Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

How a weakened fascia can affect your erection? #maleanatomy #prostate #erection #shorts #fyp

18 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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A brief educational YouTube short by Anne Truong MD explaining that the penis is wrapped by fascia (including the superficial fascia—"Dartos"/Jacauli's fascia referenced) which connects to the abdominal wall. The speaker notes that if the abdominal fascia is weakened (for example by an umbilical hernia), this structural change may adversely affect erections because of the anatomical continuity between the abdominal wall and penile fascia.

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The fascia that wrap around the penis. The penis actually has two fascia the superficial fascia, which is Jacauli's fascia. C, O, L, L, E, apostrophe s connect to the fascia in the abdominal wall or in your abdomen. So in men that have, let's say, umbilical hernia, that means that the fascia is weaken. That may also affect your erection as well too, because the abdominal wall is also connected to the fascia of the penis.