Depressed 22 year old student thinks he has Peyronie's disease and mentions suicide

Hi Dr.Herazy,
I am young student of just 22. I am feeling some cord-like lesions (around 4) around my penis and the penis is curving just right at the base lesion,the curve is though minor but my penis is loosing girth at the base and I am sure this is peyronies.  I can find the lesions i.e plaque very soft and moving like veins. please help me. Depressed a lot. Went till suicide.

Greetings young man,

I will be happy to help you.

First of all, you do not know you have Peyronie's disease.  You think you have Peyronie's disease.  You could easily be wrong because a few things you mentioned in your email does not fit a good description of this problem. 

1.  You are far younger than average to develop Peyronies.

2.  Seldom does Peyronie's present itself as multiple cords.

3.  Seldom does Peyronies in the early stage appear as a soft lesion, but usually firm to hard. 

4.  Seldom are the Peyronies lesions moveable to any great degree.

5.  Seldom does someone have four separate lesions that are easily located; most men cannot find one. 

6.  You did not mention pain, which is a rather common complaint in the early phase of Peyronie's disease.  

7.  You did not mention trauma, which is usually a large part of Peyronie's disease when someone your age develops it, so this is a missing part of your story that is almost always mentioned from someone like you. 

Based on the above, I have serious doubts your problem is Peyronie's disease.  I suggest the first thing you should do is to go to your local doctor for a complete examination to determine the actual problem that is going on.  My suspicion is that you have a small congenital anomaly or curved penis you were born with that you are just now noticing; that the four cords are indeed veins; and that your overactive imagination is suggesting that you have lost girth.

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If you read some easily available information like, What is Peyronie's disease? , you can learn more about it.

Lastly, you are more than a penis.  You are an important and valuable person with or without Peyronie's disease.  Anyone who thinks less of you because you might be missing an arm, an eye, a leg, or the use of your penis, would only do so because of immaturity and distorted values on their part, and the fact that they do not know you.  You need to organize your thinking and control your emotions which are now only being guided by fear and poor judgment.   Look around you for just a few moments to see how fortunate you are and how good your life is at this moment, and in the future that you are creating.  Put your personal, moral and spiritual values where they belong .  Realize how good life is regardless of small problems that arise while we live the wonderful life that we choose for ourselves.  

There is a lot that a person like you could do to help yourself heal if it did turn out that you have a case of Peyronie's disease.  That is why we have so many people who come to this website to help their body reverse and correct the Peyronie's problem.  Go to  Testimonials from the Peyronie's Disease Institute to learn about the many people who have used the PDI therapy ideas and eliminated their problem by supporting their natural ability to heal the Peyronie's scar.     

Keep your heart and your mind on the positive.    Please keep in touch with me and let me know soon what you learn.  TRH

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