Koro

One nite,2 strangers were in a room with the lights off,when suddenly,one of them said to the other,"Hey,where's ur dick? I can't feel it."


Very embarrassing rite? But don't fret,u might be suffering from Genital Retraction Syndrome or Koro or shuk yang ( 缩阳). Don't believe me,check the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) (4Th edition) which is published by the American Psychiatric Association.

This syndrome often occurs at China,SEA countries and Africa. The 1st documented case can be found in the Chinese medical book,Zhong Zang Jing which states the cause of the disease is caused by the unbalance of the Yang humour and its a sign of death.

The common cause of this syndrome is mass hysteria,anxiety to "perform" and the feel of guilt over masturbation. Basically,this syndrome is neurological cos the true culprit is the brain. Koro often affects those who are gullible in believing old myths like the fox demon or believes that frequent ejaculation could affect one's longevity.

The symptoms are:

1) loss of sexual drive
2) acute attack of genital retraction or genital shrinkage.
3) fear of death
4) penile dissolution
5) loss of penile muscular tone

To diagnosis this syndrome is quite hard cos most of the time,the penis appears to be normal to the doctors.(Alice syndrome). In western medicine,it is suggest to give the patients,sexual counselling while in Chinese medicine,the practitioners often try to correct the imbalance or exorcism of the fox demon.

As I said earlier,most of the cases of Koro is caused by mass hysteria. It had occurred in:

1) Hainan Island and Leizhou Peninsula (Guang Dong) circa 1800s.There were other reported outbreaks which the latest were in 1984-85 which had affected 3000 ppl in 16 cities.

2) Singapore (October 1967).The outbreak lasted for 10 days affecting 970 ppl (estimated value).

3) Thailand (November 1976).It affected 350 cases

4) Africa ( 1996 and on-going).The1st cases were reported in Nigeria and Cameroon which spread to rest of Africa. Most believe that its the work of penis thieves.


ps: This syndrome also affects women.In their cases,their breast disappears but who cares rite?