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Docs aren't sure what causes it, but a leading theory is trauma to a semi-erect penis. "It would not be unreasonable to assume that repeated erections that are kept 'down' by an 'unyielding steel tube' might lead to the sorts of insults to the penis that could predispose one to Peyronie's," says Dr. Pavlovich. "Thus it is possible that CHASTE is putting himself at increased risk for this condition." Peyronie's is not a condition for which any sane man wants to increase his risk. There's no effective treatment for Peyronie's

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Some authors5,12 suggest that either a single episode or recurrent episodes of flexion of the tunica albuginea may result in tears that bleed and form a clot, with subsequent fibrin deposition