What if a thirteen year old took a Viagra?

Answer 1

Contrary to popular conception, Viagra is NOT an aphrodisiac. Viagra does nothing to intensify the sensations or feelings that occur during sexual intercourse or masturbation, it merely facilitates a stronger, more firm erection in adult men who have difficulty maintaining one normally. Given the propensity of adolescent boys to experience erections at the least provocation, there is little that a drug like Viagra can offer to a 13 year old. It is a bit like ligthing a match on the surface of the sun.

Young men and adults who have not been prescribed Viagra by a doctor, should avoid using the drug because it puts them at risk for a serious side effect called "Priapism", which is a prolonged erection over a period greater than four hours.

All potential bad jokes and kidding aside, an erection that goes on for more than four hours will become very painful, and a condition called "ischemia" or "penile fibrosis" may result from the scarring of the spongy, erectile tissue that forms the penis. Ironically, penile fibrosis will cause impotence. Priapism is a medical emergency that must be treated fairly rapidly, and is primarily treated through injections of alpha-adrenergic drugs directly into the penis, or cavernosal phlebotomy (removal of the blood from the cavernousal bodies of the penis, with a needle). The very treatment of priapism itself may lead to complications like hematoma (swelling due to fluids infiltrating the tissues), bruising and chronic impotence.

Given this very significant risk, young men and adults would do well to stay away from Viagra unless they need it.