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Vibration sensation in penis
by concernedperson3, Aug 06, 2006 12:00AM
For a couple of weeks, I have a vibrating sensation in the penis area. I first thought my cell phone may have started it since I have had it attached to my belt, on the vibrate status. I stopped doing this and still feel it. It is either a vibration or a sensation of filling up with liquid. No other symptoms are there. No pain in urination, no pain in sex, have been married for many years with one partner, and no urge to go to the bathroom. It happens randomly, and lasts for 3-6 seconds then goes away. It is irritating but not painful.
Any thoughts on this issue would be helpful.
Any thoughts on this issue would be helpful.
Anyway, I do not yet have an answer as to what this might be, and as of now I am still experiencing this strange sensation. I went to my family doctor, who didnt have a clue, but thought it might be a muscle strain from bike riding or bowling. He prescribed muscle relaxers which did nothing for me. I then went to a Urologist, who said he also didnt know what it was, but wasn't concerned, as he himself had gone through the same thing around my age. He said it will clear up on its own in a few weeks, and as long as it isn't painful and no other symptoms develop, just try not to worry about it, and if symptoms persist, he will order a full workup on me (I have a followup appointment in a couple weeks). In my previous post, I referenced some other discussion boards where other men with the same symptom mostly report that it does indeed go away in 4 - 6 weeks.
As a side note, my urologist found "trace" amounts of blood and protein in my urine, which he felt were not related, and not substantial enough to cause alarm. As a precaution, however, he put me on a two week course of Doxycycline.
I know this can be irritating, and I am sorry for you that you have to deal with this, but at the same time, I appreciate having someone to talk to about it that knows what I am dealing with as well. Please let me know what you find out, and I will do my best to post my findings as well.
Thank you
Happily, the tests ruled out any of these conditions, and it is likely that just the anxiety from this one condition is causing all these other symptoms, each one compounding the anxiety, mimicking even more conditions. I did have high pulse and blood pressure, but those may have been anxiety related as well. But whatever it is, it seems that it is not anything serious at all.
I have now been experiencing this strange sensation for 2 1/2 weeks. It seems that stress has something to do with it, like the times when I can genuinely ignore it, the frequency decreases. It also seems at times that some postures are more likely to produce the vibrations than others. Like if I am sitting normally, I may not feel anything, but leaning forward and bowing my head will almost guarantee to start the vibrations. It also seems like this problem has decreased slightly in the past couple days, but I cannot be sure.
For now, it seems the best I can do is just not let it bother me. Sometimes that is easy, and sometimes not so much. Of course, if there are any more developments I will post them as well.
My doctor thinks it is somehow related to my spine. I definitely have noticed that it has almost gone away (again like you say, maybe I am not so worried about it, so I don't think about it, therefore it is less of a nuisance.) But I have the same feelings, when I stand up quickly and bend forward that is when I would notice it the most (thus he thinks it is spinal related) and the other day, I thought I felt the buzzing in my right thigh. I play a lot of tennis and ride a stationary bike everyday, but I don't recall ever having spinal trouble.
I am waiting a couple of days to get results of xray and blood/urine test results, and bring everything to my cousin/urologist. He does not think it is of any concern, and he even said, he thinks his cell phone is on, and he feels a slight vibration in that area as well.
I'm glad things are going well, and I hope this all will pass, but once I have my results, I will also post them. It is good to read your posting again, as it seems our issues are very similar and hopefully we both will end up with good results.
Keep posting, Thank you.
Anyway, I have a followup appointment with the urologist this week and another with my family doctor the week after. I am guessing if it does not start to die away, I will be referred to a neurologist or something like that. I am starting to think mine is nerve related, though I cannot be sure.
By the way, in my searches, I have come across something referred to as "phantom vibrations", which is where you think your phone is vibrating, and the sensation originates from where you usually keep your phone (typically the pocket region). Mine has always seemed to originate from the urethra rather than my pocket, but in your last message, you said you feel it sometimes in your right thigh. Do you keep your cell phone in that pocket? It seems to be a very common complaint, and although it doesn't fit my case exactly, I wonder if there are similarities there worth exploring.
One thing I wanted to ask you, do you take any vitamins, such as One a day for men? or Centrum? I just started taking a multivitamin and when I stopped for a few days it subsided, but I started taking it again and conicidentally felt feeling again, could be my imagination. That phantom ringing sounds like a good possibility, what website did you read that on?
Since I went to doctor, I don't know if there is anything else to do at this point, I'll keep you posted and watch for your updates. Good Luck
The phantom ringing thing... I did a search and found LOTS of results... nothing really scholarly or anything, just a bunch of people who have been noticing the same thing. Type phantom vibrations in a google search, and you will find a wealth of information.
I have a followup with the urologist this Friday, which I fully expect to be completely uneventful, but of course, I will keep you posted.
Take care, and please keep the updates coming.
As for myself, my symptoms had seemed to be calming down until a couple days ago. After ejaculation, I noticed the buzzing came back, almost as bad as when it first started. Yesterday and today have both had some increased buzzing from the days before. This Monday will mark the end of the 4th week that I have been dealing with this.
The doc said he will give me a couple more weeks, and if there is still no improvement, we will get a consult with a neurologist and an MRI of my spine. I don't know if I will really take it that far, but we'll see.
Is your buzzing still fading away? Did you ever notice that sometimes during the day, especially if there had been some buzzing, a faint soreness around the base of the head