What happens when your penis gets so hard and painful in the middle of the night

In the middle of the night, penile hard pain may be caused by penile trauma, lumbar stenosis, sickle cell anemia and other diseases.

1, penile trauma

penile trauma will lead to penile artery damage, necrosis, causing priapism, and cause pain symptoms.

2, lumbar stenosis

patients with spinal cord stenosis caused by continuous compression, will affect the control of the erectile center, causing spontaneous erection and pain.

3, sickle cell anemia

is a genetic hemoglobin disease, patients due to persistent ischemia of the penis, will cause priapism, manifested as penile hard pain.