An Indian father fractured his penis after his child ‘fell over’ his erection after jumping on him to wake him up.
The bizarre accident has been published in a prestigious medical journal by doctors in India, who revealed the man had taken Viagra.
The 36-year-old, who has not been named, sought help from medics two days after the excruciating injury.
He complained about his ‘deformed’ penis, which was also swollen and causing him lots of pain.
The patient, from Uttar Pradesh, admitted to taking 100mg of sildenafil – branded as Viagra – the night before the injury.
The bizarre accident has been published in a prestigious medical journal by doctors in India, who revealed the man had taken Viagra
His erection persisted after sex, forcing him to resort to ‘vigorous masturbation’ – but it failed to combat his priapism.
The man went to bed, hoping his erection would cease overnight, doctors wrote in the British Medical Journal Case Reports.
But while he was sleeping, his child ‘mistakenly fell over his erect penis’, according to the team at King George’s Medical University.
After this eye-watering injury ‘he developed sudden severe pain in his penis and lost tumescence’, or the build-up of blood in his penis, the researchers noted.
Surgeons found a tear in his right corpora cavernosa – sponge-like tissue that stores the blood during an erection – which they repaired.
Dr Deepanshu Sharma, who dealt with the patient, revealed the man was able to get erections again six weeks after treatment.
And he had been left with no permanent deformity, despite him complaining about his penis being eggplant-shaped after the injury.
Penile fractures occur when the appendage is subject to a blunt trauma, normally during vigorous intercourse or masturbation.
A gruesome cracking sound can be heard at the time of the snap in 50 per cent of cases, studies have estimated.
Around 1,600 cases have been recorded worldwide since 1924 – the equivalent of 16 instances per year, according to reports.
Those who have already been traumatised from breaking their penis are often left with erectile dysfunction problems and a lifetime of painful sex.
MailOnline broke the news of a 47-year-old man who fractured his penis during vigorous sex with his partner last September.
The anonymous patient claimed to not notice any symptoms until 12 hours later – despite it normally leaving most in agony, a medical report revealed.
Despite being aware of the horrific ‘snapping sensation’, the British man was able to continue with intercourse and maintained his erection.
Dr Richard Viney, a consultant urological surgeon at The Bladder Clinic, Birmingham, previously told MailOnline ‘sexual gymnasts’ are most at risk of penile fractures.