Peyronie's Disease

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Peyronie's disease is believed to result from an abnormal wound-healing response following repeated minor trauma or injury to the penis during sexual activity
• 2which triggers excessive scar tissue formation within the sheath surrounding the erectile tissue instead of normal healing. Genetic predisposition appears to play a role
• 3as the condition is more common in men with a family history of Peyronie's disease or other connective tissue disorders such as Dupuytren's contracture. Age is a significant risk factor
• 4with the condition becoming more common in middle-aged and older men
• 5though the exact trigger in many individual cases is never definitively identified.