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Peyronies Disease and Lessons from History
This
discussion is about a terrible sickness that appears in the news
occasionally, with an interesting
application to Peyronie’s disease.
Throughout history great epidemics have occurred, killing huge
numbers in a given population. However, it is rare to find
evidence that an epidemic – no matter how devastating – killed an
entire population. That the human race survived the ravages of
many deadly epidemics tells us something about ourselves. In
an epidemic some of
us recover after becoming sick − or never even get sick at all
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while others become severely ill and die. From this we learn our bodies, for the
most part, do a great job of defending, mending and repairing,
even in the face of great health challenges.
As an example, a smallpox epidemic will typically kill 30-50%
of the people who are exposed. Yet, did you ever wonder if a
small pox epidemic is so bad that 30-50% of a population will
die, what about the other 50-70% of people who
survive the small pox epidemic? Why do these 50-70% survive? Why
don’t 80%, 90% or all of those exposed to smallpox die from
it? What is so special about the 50-70% who survive? What do
they do, or not do, that keeps them from contracting the
disease or dying? No one knows exactly how those who survive
such an ordeal do it. But, we can at least assume that those 50-70%
who survive an epidemic have a healthier immune system and
were able to maintain better function of body chemistry and
physiology. There is another way to say it that sounds a
little silly, but is true: We can generalize that people do not get sick after
exposure to a disease like smallpox because they
are healthier than those who get the disease. Some bodies function better in
some way to heal, repair and survive than the others who get
sick, or die. The same can be said of any health problem, even
Peyronie’s disease – if your body is working at its highest
level, you stand a better chance of avoiding or surviving a
health problem. This is where the
PDI
theory about PD comes in.
We all have scars on our body. Sometimes a minor injury heals
with a major scar, while on the other hand, some major injuries heal without a
scar. Some scars from childhood injuries fade as we get older.
These are important points to consider, since scar formation
of the tunica albuginea of the penis is central to the problem
of PD. If scar tissue doesn’t always develop after injury, and
is reversible in 50% of the men with PD, what about you? Do
you really have to be stuck with a scar and a permanently bent penis?
Our interest at
PDI is to determine why this
reversal of scarring happens in 50% of PD cases, and how to assist scar
reversal for more PD sufferers. We think we are on the right
track with our efforts, and we offer our ideas to you for your
consideration.
We all have seen from our everyday observations and experience
that scarring is not always inevitable and is sometimes
reversible. At
PDI we simply attempt to create a favorable
environment in which scarring of the tunica albuginea is
minimized to the best of each man’s ability, and maybe even
eliminated, by enhancing and supporting the normal healing
response of the tissue to injury.
Just as we have
seen from history that not everyone who is exposed in an
epidemic of a fatal disease gets it,
PDI is working with
the theory that the scar of PD might be avoided or minimized
if you can improve your tissue health and immune response.
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