A father brought his son to the emergency room because he has a painful erection that is not abating. His son has sickle cell anemia. He is diagnosed with priapism. How does sickle cell lead to priapism?
A) Too much blood is shunted to the corpus cavernosum.
B) The sickled red blood cells get trapped in the penis.
C) There is an increase in nitric oxide, which increases blood flow.
D) The sickled red blood cells cause trauma to the shaft.
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