If you pull a Christmas cracker this year then please make sure to be extra careful (Picture: Getty)
This year, while many will be enjoying gift exchanges with loved ones, others will be spending their holidays in the hospital, icing their manhoods.
Doctors at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, have revealed that a significant increase in penile fractures is seen during the holiday season.
The ‘forceful bending of the erect penis during aggressive sexual intercourse featuring unusual sexual positions’ – like reverse Santa…. could ruin your idea of a Merry Christmas.
An ‘audible crack’ followed by severe pain are the telltale signs of a penile fracture – which sees a 43% increase in commonality during the holiday season.
They said: ‘If every day was like Christmas, 43% more penile fractures would have occurred in Germany from 2005 onwards.
‘Based on our analyses, penile fractures occur in periods when couples are enjoying moments of relaxation such as Christmas, weekends, and summer.
Penile fractures increase during the holiday season (Picture: Getty)
‘Even though we cannot, of course, recommend against having sex during these periods, our findings ring the alarm bell (and not the jingle bells).’
Dr Earim, the medical director for Manual, a men’s health website, previously told Metro.co.uk that though you can snap your penis, you can’t actually ‘break it’ as it’s a bone.
She said: ‘Now let’s begin by correcting one common misconception, “boners” don’t actually contain any bones.
‘So rest assured, no actual bones are harmed in a penile fracture.
‘Your penis consists of three cylindrical tubes. Two of these are sponge-like tissues that expand and become rigid with blood to produce an erection (the corpus cavernosum).
‘When this tears or breaks, it causes a penile fracture, with the blood inside the erection leaking out into other areas of the penis.’
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