Sickle Cell Disease Articles

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Boys' erections, prolonged or otherwise, are a taboo, and are likely to remain so. Boys (especially those with only a single mother to turn to), and even their parents, may therefore avoid seeking a medical consultation for priapism.

Priapism is a urological condition characterized by a persistent erection. The management varies based on its subclassifications. Despite established clinical guidelines for ischemic priapism, there is a lack of large-scale research focused on patient characteristics and management strategies.

The aim of this review is to clarify the prevalence, pathophysiology and clinical presentation of enuresis and overactive bladder in sickle cell patients.

This narrative review of the literature was conducted in March 2022 by running a search in PubMed, Embase, Scopus and Cochrane databases without publication date limitation, using the following keywords: enuresis or nocturia or overactive bladder or urinary incontinence or bedwetting and sickle cell.

Priapism is a pathological condition of persistent penile erection in the absence of sexual arousal or desire. It is an urological emergency and its identification is important as lack of prompt treatment can result in erectile dysfunction.

To define rates of priapism diagnosis and inpatient admission among males with SCD.

We retrospectively reviewed the Pediatric Health Information System database for males aged <21 years treated 2004-2012.