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History
Koro is a culture-bound syndrome found in south and east Asia. This syndrome a person has a sudden episode and intense anxiety that the penis will recede into the body and possibly cause death.

Another name for this syndrome would be penis panic. The famous penis panic occurred in Singapore in 1967 (Health). The word koro comes from the Malay term which translate head of turtle. Overweight men are more likely to think they have the syndrome because their belly is so big, they cannot see their penis (Health). In 300 B.C from the Chinese text, koro was reported from The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine. There are different myths about how some cultures feel they got the illness. Northern Thailand thought they could receive this illness from water poisoning done by Vietnamese communists. Sudanese felt any physical contact such as, shaking hands or exchanging a comb could cause this syndrome. Koro has no physical harm( effects) it is an emotional distress ,some people associate it with extreme masturbation(guilt).Apparently Koro could not be more mythical, with more education people will learn about it and stop believing in it.

Koro appears in epidimecs during political unrest, such as in 1967 in Singapore. The epidemic affected 500 people who believed it came from tainted pork. During this time there was conflict between Muslim Malays and the Chinese who ate pork, and felt threatened by the Malays(Mattelar and Jilek).

Symptoms
This syndrome makes men feel that their penis will shrink or go inside their stomach and they will eventually die (Diagnosis). This syndrome also occurs in women. Some of then symptoms that comes along with koro are shrinking penis, shrinking breast, and fear vagina; also that the symptoms are followed by death (Diagnosis). This syndrome is something that runs in the family (Diagnosis). One place to go to get special treatment would be the urinary clinic.

Treatment
Koro comes from a sense of anxiety (Cohen). The penis could go into the abdomen and could possible cause death. After doing 3 weeks of haloperidol, the standard form of koro symptoms would vanish (Cohen). They believe that koro was affiliate with infertility (Cohen). Although, they believe it could be related with infertility, it is the first report they have discovered.