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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 
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[–] pipe01@programming.dev 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 5 months ago
[–] philpo@feddit.org 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Pudenal nerve block,as mentioned before, is used to block the nerves of the pelvic floor. It is actually not that uncommon but I have never seen it being done on someone with a penis - it's sometimes used for episiotomy or to stitch up tears that already happened in woman that did not get a epidural. The old,non sonography based method is actually used quite often in countries with less accessible modern healthcare.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What's the lore behind this pic?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, not sure what you mean for certain.

However, nerve blocks are used to reduce pain, or reduce nerve signals.

The pudendal nerve services the general pelvic floor, iirc. I know that it can get impinged and end up causing a wide range of problems, with chronic pain being the most common.

By injecting the nerve and surrounding tissues with medication, you can reduce or even eliminate that.

Back before ultrasound, you'd have to palpate to feel the site to know exactly where to inject. The image shows the approach used to do so. Afaik, nobody does it like this nowadays. It's all done with imaging, with ultrasound being the default to the best of my knowledge.

In other words, if yo junk is burning, taking a finger up the ass and a needle in the taint might actually be better.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Why is the patient erect, though?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And circumcised as well. Weird not to show one fully intact in medical literature.

One thing is for sure though, someone spend quite a lot of thought on that dick.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The balls are spectacular as well. Taut, and full.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I know, right? That two-inch monster erection might be the reason they had to block his nerve.

What a freak of nature!

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 months ago
[–] nightwatch_admin 3 points 5 months ago

The chap is lying on his back, with the peen lying on his belly. Sorry to disturb your happy life :(

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you, but this is what peak male performance looks like.

[–] Aremel@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

That's his fetish.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

It's just laying on the stomach

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

They used a variety of reference pictures.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Science diagrams that look like shitposts.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

I meant to ask what this is about.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is there a Lemmy community for that? Or do I have to make my own?

[–] propter_hog@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago

The shit in this post hasn't started to flow yet, but I feel like that doctor has a handle on it

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 5 months ago
[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago