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Between 2012 and 2022, there were 21,000 reported cases, according to Brazil's Ministry of Health. This resulted in more than 4,000 deaths and, over the past decade, there have been more than 6,500 amputations - averaging two each day.

Maranhão, the poorest state in Brazil, was found to have the highest incidence rate globally at 6.1 per 100,000 men.

Symptoms of penile cancer often start with a sore on the penis that does not heal and a strong-smelling discharge. Some people get bleeding and colour changes of the penis, too.

When detected early, there is a high chance of recovery through treatments such as the surgical removal of the lesion, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

But if left untreated, partial or total amputation of the penis, and possibly other nearby genital organs such as the testicles, may become necessary.

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[–] Drusas@kbin.run 15 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I am curious what a "partial penis amputation" involves.

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Somehow that sounds worse than taking the whole thing

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've had multiple nightmares where it just comes off in my hand. Not the whole thing, "just the tip."

I don't think it's a 'loss of masculinity' thing, it's more about something dreadful very suddenly happening to my body that I can't undo.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So I'm trans and find this pretty interesting. I used to have euphoria dreams where it would come off entirely. Now I'm newly post op and I'm having the occasional nightmares where it's come back or worse, I start like disentigrating from inside and things fall out of me. Body horror dreams are wild

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Smoke more weed and your dreams will stop. Doctors hate this one trick.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

That's actually one of the reasons I stopped smoking. I normally lucid dream almost every night and wanted that back so I mostly quit weed

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Weed does not make my dreams go away.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Welp, I'm going to bed now. Would be interesting to have an amputation in a dream. Let's see

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Does foreskin count?

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

But only for a minute.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Cancer Grows at the tip they snip a bit. Grows at the base they take the most of it.

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Just a little off the top

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

A reference that no one under 40 will get.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

As a 32YO, I get that reference! I think Lorena Bobbit is still pretty well known.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

John Bobbitt somehow turned that into a low-quality porn career.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I guess talk show hosts did get about a decade out of that dick joke.

[–] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Could also be the bobbit worm?

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 3 points 5 months ago

Slightly under forty, definitely get it.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

for funsies, look up the "bobbit worm". It's a marine worm that hunts fish.

then, check out its scientific name. It's a worthy surprise.

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

They take the bottom half.