WebMD Blogs
Icon

TV Checkup

We're obsessed with television. As employees of America's number one health site, we often find ourselves questioning the medicine behind our favorite medical TV shows. Do the docs on ER and House really know their stuff? And just how common is that rare disease on last night's Grey's Anatomy?

background

WebMD Health News

Thursday, April 19, 2007

House Act Your Age, Mr. Handy
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

It's an unusal story.

Fortyish man loses wife to brain cancer and is alone to raise two, young children. Man meets kids young school teacher and falls for her. Man needs male enhancement cream to help him... um... firm-up his relationship. Man accidentally spreads the cream around causing his significant others to grow lip hair, begin menstruation, grow pubic hair, have nose bleeds, stroke out, flirt with Cameron, and attack Chase.

Okay, it's not so unusual. It's House.

Such creams actually exist and purchased at certain pharmacies that compound many of the sex hormones and the doses vary, says endocrinologist, said Dr. Brunilda Nazario, one of our medical editors.

However, the cream takes time to work.


"While the hormone can be used as a cream, it is unlikely to act this quickly to help maintain an erection for that extra standing ovation period," Dr. Nazario said.

"Erections are caused by an increase in blood flow to the penis and while testosterone works to enhance sex drive it doesn't act this quickly. The sustain erection may have simply been caused by his own manual stimulation, " she said.

Dr. Nazario says over-hormonal exposure -- for you and your loved one -- is a real issue.

"One real issue with using this route of application is that the female is exposed to testosterone cream as well and vaginal absorption is extremely efficient," Dr. Nazario said. "If he regularly uses male hormone cream on the penis for vaginal sex with a female partner, this will lead to unwanted side effects for her. This might include unwanted facial hair, increased muscle mass, deepening of the voice, and other masculine characteristics."

Editor's note: Ewww.


So the moral to this tale is, when your sex life is flaccid, don't reach for a cream, grab the phone and reach out and touch your doctor for prescriptive pick-me-up.

Related Links:




Technorati tags: , ,

Posted by: Kathy_WebMD at 4/19/2007 09:45:00 AM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sometime l go to sleep l fall very deep sleep and l try to wake up but l can't move my body and very hard to breath too but l can shake my head 2 to 5 mim to wake up. Please reply.

4/20/2007 1:01 AM  
Blogger WebMD Blog Admin said...

Anonymous above:

For specific questions about sleeping problems, please come and post your question on our Sleep Disorders Board

4/25/2007 7:15 PM  

Post a Comment

background