{"id":32332,"date":"2026-09-04T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/?post_type=glossary-term&p=32332"},"modified":"2026-09-05T06:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:14:00","slug":"neuropatia-peneana","status":"publish","type":"glossary-term","link":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/neuropatia-peneana\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuropat\u00eda peneana"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","glossary-category":[141],"glossary-product":[104,105],"class_list":["post-32332","glossary-term","type-glossary-term","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-erectile-dysfunction-treatments","glossary-product-infla10-pulse-ipp-series","glossary-product-rigi10-malleable-penile-prosthesis"],"acf":{"gt-definition":"<p>La neuropat\u00eda peneana es una afecci\u00f3n neurol\u00f3gica caracterizada por el da\u00f1o o la disfunci\u00f3n de los nervios que inervan el pene, en particular el nervio dorsal del pene (una rama sensitiva del nervio pudendo).<sup>1<\/sup> Esta patolog\u00eda afecta tanto a las neuronas mielinizadas de gran di\u00e1metro (responsables de la sensibilidad a la presi\u00f3n, el tacto y la vibraci\u00f3n) como a los axones de peque\u00f1o di\u00e1metro (responsables de la sensibilidad t\u00e9rmica al fr\u00edo y al calor).<sup>2<\/sup> El da\u00f1o nervioso altera las v\u00edas sensitivas normales y la funci\u00f3n auton\u00f3mica, lo que provoca una alteraci\u00f3n de la sensibilidad peneana y disfunci\u00f3n er\u00e9ctil.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Los registros electrofisiol\u00f3gicos ayudan a orientar el diagn\u00f3stico mediante la medici\u00f3n de la reducci\u00f3n de la velocidad sensitiva del nervio dorsal del pene.<sup>1<\/sup> Pueden encontrarse m\u00faltiples etiolog\u00edas, incluidos factores traum\u00e1ticos, t\u00f3xicos y compresivos, pero la causa m\u00e1s frecuente es la neuropat\u00eda relacionada con la diabetes mellitus.<sup>1,4<\/sup> Los trastornos sexuales, incluido el deterioro de la erecci\u00f3n y los signos sensitivos (hipoestesia o parestesia del pene), se observan con frecuencia en pacientes con neuropat\u00eda peneana.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Los estudios han demostrado que la sensibilidad del glande est\u00e1 significativamente disminuida en pacientes con disfunci\u00f3n er\u00e9ctil en comparaci\u00f3n con aquellos que no la presentan, y estas diferencias siguen siendo significativas tras controlar por edad, diabetes e hipertensi\u00f3n.<sup>2<\/sup> Los m\u00e9todos de umbral sensitivo utilizados para evaluar la neuropat\u00eda peneana representan procedimientos no invasivos y relativamente sencillos que pueden emplearse de forma longitudinal para evaluar la respuesta neurol\u00f3gica del paciente a las terapias.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n","gt-synonyms":"Neuropat\u00eda del nervio dorsal, Neuropat\u00eda del nervio pudendo (rama peneana), Neuropat\u00eda sensitiva peneana, Disfunci\u00f3n er\u00e9ctil neur\u00f3gena, Neuropat\u00eda perif\u00e9rica que afecta al pene","gt-citation":"[1] Amarenco G, Bosc S, Goldet R. [Penile neuropathy: clinical and electrophysiologic study. Report of 186 cases]. Neurophysiol Clin. 1997;27(1):51-8. doi: 10.1016\/s0987-7053(97)89869-3.\n\n[2] Bleustein CB, Arezzo JC, Eckholdt H, Melman A. The neuropathy of erectile dysfunction. Int J Impot Res. 2002 Dec;14(6):433-9. doi: 10.1038\/sj.ijir.3900907.\n\n[3] Hicks CW, Wang D, Windham BG, Selvin E. Association of Peripheral Neuropathy with Erectile Dysfunction in US Men. Am J Med. 2020 Aug 14;134(2):282-284. doi: 10.1016\/j.amjmed.2020.07.015.\n\n[4] Shridharani AN, Brant WO. The treatment of erectile dysfunction in patients with neurogenic disease. Transl Androl Urol. 2016 Feb;5(1):88-101. doi: 10.3978\/j.issn.2223-4683.2016.01.07.\n\n[5] Bird SJ, Hanno PM. Bulbocavernosus reflex studies and autonomic testing in the diagnosis of erectile dysfunction. J Neurol Sci. 1998 Jan 8;154(1):8-13. doi: 10.1016\/S0022-510X(97)00169-X.","gt-clinical-context":"<p>La neuropat\u00eda peneana tiene relevancia cl\u00ednica como causa frecuente de disfunci\u00f3n er\u00e9ctil (ED), especialmente en pacientes con diabetes mellitus.<sup>1<\/sup> El cuadro se diagnostica mediante una evaluaci\u00f3n neurofisiol\u00f3gica exhaustiva, que incluye pruebas de umbral sensitivo para la vibraci\u00f3n, la presi\u00f3n, la percepci\u00f3n espacial y la sensibilidad t\u00e9rmica.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>La selecci\u00f3n de pacientes para el tratamiento depende de la gravedad de los s\u00edntomas, las causas subyacentes y la respuesta a las terapias de primera l\u00ednea. En casos leves con causas identificables, abordar la afecci\u00f3n subyacente (como la mejora del control gluc\u00e9mico en pacientes diab\u00e9ticos) puede mejorar los s\u00edntomas.<sup>4<\/sup> Los tratamientos de primera l\u00ednea suelen incluir inhibidores de la fosfodiesterasa tipo 5 (PDE5), aunque su eficacia puede ser menor en la ED neur\u00f3gena en comparaci\u00f3n con otras etiolog\u00edas.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>En el caso de pacientes que no responden a los f\u00e1rmacos por v\u00eda oral, los tratamientos de segunda l\u00ednea comprenden agentes vasoactivos intracavernosos o intrauretrales y dispositivos de erecci\u00f3n por vac\u00edo (VED).<sup>4<\/sup> En casos graves de ED derivados de neuropat\u00eda peneana que no responden a tratamientos menos invasivos, se puede considerar el implante quir\u00fargico de pr\u00f3tesis de pene.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Los resultados esperados var\u00edan seg\u00fan la causa subyacente, la gravedad y el enfoque terap\u00e9utico elegido. Las investigaciones han demostrado que la prevalencia de neuropat\u00eda perif\u00e9rica en varones con disfunci\u00f3n er\u00e9ctil es significativamente mayor que en aquellos sin ED, y un estudio hall\u00f3 una s\u00f3lida asociaci\u00f3n entre la disfunci\u00f3n er\u00e9ctil y la neuropat\u00eda perif\u00e9rica en varones de EE. UU. de \u226540 a\u00f1os.<sup>3<\/sup> Esta asociaci\u00f3n fue pronunciada en ausencia de diabetes y persisti\u00f3 tras ajustar por factores de riesgo tradicionales.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Los factores relacionados con la enfermedad, como la depresi\u00f3n, la disminuci\u00f3n del rendimiento f\u00edsico y mental, la carga de las enfermedades cr\u00f3nicas y la p\u00e9rdida de autonom\u00eda, tambi\u00e9n pueden impedir la intimidad sexual y provocar ED.<sup>4<\/sup> La cantidad de datos relativos a las opciones de tratamiento en subpoblaciones con diferentes trastornos neurol\u00f3gicos sigue siendo escasa, excepto en varones con lesi\u00f3n medular.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n","gt-related-evidence":null,"gt-featured":false,"gt-ai-referenced":true,"gt-view-count":0},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neuropat\u00eda peneana: causas, s\u00edntomas y 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