A icy phallus is a rare side gist of sport , but for athletes at the Winter Olympics , it seems nothing ’s off the cards . A recent airstream at the Beijing Games ended in exactly that for a cross country skier , who survived freezing winds and was eventually able-bodied to find feeling , only to be pay back with awful pain .
The unfortunate incident occurred during what was meant to be the valet de chambre ’s 50 kilometer mass start out ski race . It had been delayed for fears the atmospheric condition was get a footling nippy even for wintertime sport , but finally go ahead at a shorter space of 30 km .
Perhaps not quite such a agonising test of endurance as the original backwash length , but it test to be a challenge for heat - sensitive penis all the same .
Cross country skier Remi Lindholm , representing Finland , perhaps felt this more so than anyone , speak candidly of the grueling experience :
“ you may hazard which body part was a niggling bit frozen when I finished , ” he told Finnish media , theGuardianreports .
After anhour and 15 minuteson the track , Lindholm set up himself with the second case of frozen penis in his vocation . A similar result unfolded in Ruka , Finland , last year . The racer was given a heat pack to try on and rectify the situation , but unfortunately , the defrosting process brought on “ intolerable ” pain sensation . Why ?
“ Cold has an analgesic effect , something we use medically to numb skin before injection , ” a burn record-keeper secernate IFLScience . “ This could explain why he would have increased pain as the affected sphere returned to warm temperature . ”
rooted phallus is , in effect , like the stale damage suffered by soft tissue anywhere on the consistence when exposed to freezing temperature . Mild cold shocks will believably go back without interference . However , extreme cold can direct to burns which is no put-on when it hail to genital organ , and can have survive price .
“ If ice burns are thick cuticular or full thickness they will take longer to bring around and have a not bad likeliness of scarring , ” the burns registrar explained . “ Genital burns also have a high chance of getting taint which detain healing and increase chance of scar formation . ”
bollock can sometimes respond tocold weatherto some extent as the “ cremasteric reflex ” can abridge the gap between the testes and the body for some people . This can serve the ball hold the right temperature so as to carry on mirthfully acquire healthy sperm .
However , it seems cross - country skiing in Baltic zephyr pushes this adaptation to its limits and does little to warm the balance of the equipment . So , how does it feel to seesaw on the brink of frostbite in such a sensible area ?
“ It was one of the bad challenger I ’ve been in,”Lindholm said . “ It was just about battling through . ”
Yikes .
[ H / T : CBS Sports ]
