When the Body Reacts: Erections, Ejaculation & Keeping the Room Safe
15 minJune 2026
The moment clinicians new to this work quietly dread, when a male patient's body reacts in the room. Tripti's patient ejaculates during an inguinal exam, and Erica L....
Evidence behind this episode
- Dean and Lue 2005
A reflexogenic erection is an involuntary sacral (S2-S4) spinal reflex to tactile genital stimulation via the pudendal nerve, distinct from a brain-driven psychogenic erection.