Injury or Anatomy?

Hello, this is my first post (unfortunately) and I have a question about something I felt during a PE session. To preface the post, I have known of the existence of the structure for a little less than 2 days. Starting from the base of my shaft, originating from somewhere around the pubic bone, I feel a thin vein like structure. This vein like structure doesn’t hurt to the touch, I am able to comfortably move it around. It feels like a very thin wire with no slack in it. As I stated it begins at the base of my shaft, continues to about mid shaft, then takes a right turn (taking the shape of an upside down L). From this right turn the structure seems to fade away somewhere under the center of the shaft (nothing close to the glans). As for visual indicators of this structure there is hardly any, it takes a large amount of contortions and bending to make it barely visible. When this structure is visible I would say it takes on a similar color to the skin as it presses against it. No pain, swelling, warmth, or numbness originating from this area at the moment. Not quite sure what to make of it, I have already entered the active recovery phase in-case it is an injury. To summarize the issue once again, I am dealing with a vein like structure as thick as a needle starting at the base of my shaft which drifts to the right down and around the middle of my shaft; it has no pain, swelling, or loss of function associated with it currently.

I ended up in this position likely from overdoing the newbie routine. During PE I wasn’t really satisfied with my jelq form so I ended up running longer sessions than initially planned for. For the active recovery aspect I am just applying heat, trying to refrain from massaging (or PE) as I am still in the dark about what the anomaly is. I’ve made use out of the search feature and seen loads of forums discussing similar issues, regardless, I am still posting my experience in-case I missed something. I’ll also be posting a follow up if this is an injury and does heal for others in the future. It being related to the lymphatic system seems like the strongest possibility at the moment. The possibility that this structure could of existed before PE could be true, but, locating it takes seconds, I feel as if there is no way I wouldn’t have noticed. Lastly as I have stated this condition seems mostly harmless which I am definitely grateful for. If this is an injury it serves as a lesson without too big of consequences (hopefully anyway). I’d be more than willing to answer any questions that you may have. Would also appreciate any and all feedback, thanks for taking the time to read my post. After this clears up I’d like to join the rest of you guys in progress threads!

When you are erect and push down on your penis, does the structure appear?

Slightly, not too much more than if I was do something similar while non erect though. It still takes a bit of work to make visible. Earlier I had fastened a band at the base of my penis while semi erect and that made little to no difference as well. Not quite sure what to make of it.

Without seeing a picture of it, I think it could be a ligament. Perhaps others could chime in with their thoughts.

Look at the 3rd picture to see how the ligaments are arranged.
Penis Anatomy

Here is a photo for reference, this is from the top of shaft, the arrow is attempting to point towards the structure. It looks almost like a rounded 90° angle. Sadly this about the limit on how visible I can get the structure. I would say after rethinking it that the anomaly ends much lower on the shaft. As opposed to halfway up the shaft, its closer to a quarter of the way up, at which point it goes off to the right and down the side. I took a look at the diagram you had linked but I still am not quite sure. There is the possibility of this maybe being a loose injured ligament but this structure just seems so uniform that its hard for me to think this. As stated before though, I am a beginner to PE and the general anatomy, so I am just going to express my ignorance openly now. Thanks for working with me though!

That’s a pretty good description of a blocked lymph duct. They seem to primarily come from jelquing or clamping, but they’re not unknown with other methods.

They’ll generally go away on their own after a few days. Some men massage from wherever the feel the “wire” start, back toward the base, which often helps clear the blockage.

Thanks, I hope it is something simple like this so I can get back to work! If it means anything, I am currently dealing with some type of sickness, likely a viral infection. Could it be possible that this sickness made it easier for the blocked duct to appear? My assumption being the lymphatic system possibly already under stress? Once again going to fall back on my own ignorance for this one, just trying to figure out if there could be any correlation. Anyway thanks for reviewing my post!

I would recommend heat and massage it, from the base upwards.