A care home resident with Asperger’s Syndrome suffered permanent damage after staff left him with an erection for four days, a report has found.
The unnamed man, identified as Y in the report, was taken to hospital and diagnosed with priapism — a painful, long-lasting erection.
NHS guidance says if someone has an erection that lasts more than two hours to call 999 or got to A&E as prompt treatment is needed to avoid permanent tissue damage.
