FIRST ever case of a man who suffered agonizing penis pain due to a “mild” #COVID19 infection 3 weeks earlier that caused a blood clot of his penis vein—mid-erection. It took 2 months of blood thinner treatment before he regained normal function. Mild? 🧵 https://t.co/fYztL21ceg pic.twitter.com/axvvoKQs86

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 19, 2022

3) The unnamed male had suffered penile pain for three days before being seen by a urologist in Iran, who referred him for tests.
The discomfort began following an erection while having sex, the 41-year-old married man told doctors.

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 19, 2022

5) However, the man still experienced a little pain under pressure at the site of the blood clotting.

Doctors had to drain blood from the penis using a needle because ice packs did not work to bring the stiffness down.

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 19, 2022

7) “Roughly, 20 percent – 50 percent of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection have abnormal coagulation tests,” Mr Morteza Bagheri wrote

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 19, 2022

9) Medics reported that they believed COVID had caused clots to form in his penis, trapping blood in the erection chambers. 
Doctors had to drain blood from the penis using a needle
He unfortunately died of COVID due to his lungs failing.

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 19, 2022

11) Meanwhile, experts have found evidence that COVID may damage the blood vessels of the penis, making it harder to get an erection.
One man in his 30s revealed he had struggled to get an erection after infection and, as a result, his penis had shrunk. https://t.co/EPAzFKNXFl

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 19, 2022

13) and it’s not just blood clots and brain 🧠 damage of #COVID19 — there is accumulating evidence of T-cell damage directly harming our immune system… see thread 🧵 below. COVID is **not** HIV, but it does lot of damage to T cells… https://t.co/E4SxQK69zw

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 19, 2022