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My penis while flaccid shrinks to an small size hard/rigid feeling.

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20620809 tn?1504362969
Here's an older post about the same thing in which a MedHelp doctor answered. You could have what Auntiejessie suggests and I'd get checked out for that but the doctor suggests that it also could be priapism.  Apparently there are two types, low flow and high flow.  Get this evaluated!  He also says that prostate inflammation could cause this. Here's the post: https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Urology/Penis-hard-when-flaccid--pain-in-side-of-penis/show/563504
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207091 tn?1337709493
Is this something new for you?

Does it hurt or feel uncomfortable?

There's something called Hard Flaccid Syndrome, and it's a type of  Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome -

https://www.urologynews.uk.com/features/synopsis/post/hard-flaccid-syndrome

http://entropy-physio.com/blog/hard-flaccid-syndrome-penetrating-what-we-know

https://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(19)30651-4/pdf

If you think this might be what you have, do some research and talk to your doctor, or a urologist. Not a lot is known about it, unfortunately.
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