FREE newsletter is just champion! Get the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inbox As experts discover more about the new coronavirus, doctors have warned of a condition, priapism – an erection lasting for more than four hours which could be linked to Covid-19.
A French man, who had been receiving treatment for the deadly bug, suffered from the painful erection while in hospital. According to medics, the erection was caused by blood clots which is thought to be a complication of the virus.
Potentially deadly blood clots that seriously-ill Covid-19 patients suffer can however be avoided thanks to blood-thinning drugs.In this case however, the 62-year-old from France is the first patient to suffer from priapism as a side.