mountainsoft
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It is an embarrassing topic, but I'm guessing a lot of men have this problem at some point in their lives.
About a month ago I woke up with a fairly significant pain in my right testicle. Kind of a dull ache, no sharp pain, with minor swelling. I hadn't done anything to cause injury or strain, so I was a bit baffled. I waited about a week to see if it would get better, then went to urgent care fearing all the possibilities (infections, torsion, kidney stones, cancer, etc.). The doctor did a full exam but didn't find anything of concern. They did a full panel of urine and blood tests and everything came back looking great. Picture of health, no explanation for the pain.
Doc said to take Ibuprofin as needed for the pain. I took 2-3 pills daily for about three days, which seemed to help. Unfortunately, I started noticing ringing in my ears and stopped the ibuprofin. Pain had decreased but was still present. So the following week I went back to urgent care again. New doc did another exam, again, nothing unusual found. She ordered an ultrasound, which I had to wait another two weeks for.
By the time I got to the ultrasound the pain and swelling had diminished, but I got the test anyway. They found three small 3mm cysts on the epididymis, but said these were very common, don't need any treatment, and were unlikely to cause any pain.
In the end no cause was ever found for the pain in my testicle. Today I'm feeling back to normal and I can lay on my side comfortably again without feeling an aching lump. I looked back at my health records and I had something like this around 12 years ago, again with no explanation. I'm glad it turned out to be nothing, but it was still a bit scary. I don't do good with health problems...
On a side note, I generally don't have a problem being naked around others. However, I found being nude at a beach feels a lot different than being examined up close. In the last two months I've had a dermatologist check me out from head to toe, the first urgent care doc poking and prodding, the second urgent care doc doing a full scrotal exam, and the ultrasound tech rubbing a sensor all over the jewels. My wife didn't help, pointing and commenting to the technician about areas of concern.
On the upside I got a good checkup and seem to be in good health. So there's that...
About a month ago I woke up with a fairly significant pain in my right testicle. Kind of a dull ache, no sharp pain, with minor swelling. I hadn't done anything to cause injury or strain, so I was a bit baffled. I waited about a week to see if it would get better, then went to urgent care fearing all the possibilities (infections, torsion, kidney stones, cancer, etc.). The doctor did a full exam but didn't find anything of concern. They did a full panel of urine and blood tests and everything came back looking great. Picture of health, no explanation for the pain.
Doc said to take Ibuprofin as needed for the pain. I took 2-3 pills daily for about three days, which seemed to help. Unfortunately, I started noticing ringing in my ears and stopped the ibuprofin. Pain had decreased but was still present. So the following week I went back to urgent care again. New doc did another exam, again, nothing unusual found. She ordered an ultrasound, which I had to wait another two weeks for.
By the time I got to the ultrasound the pain and swelling had diminished, but I got the test anyway. They found three small 3mm cysts on the epididymis, but said these were very common, don't need any treatment, and were unlikely to cause any pain.
In the end no cause was ever found for the pain in my testicle. Today I'm feeling back to normal and I can lay on my side comfortably again without feeling an aching lump. I looked back at my health records and I had something like this around 12 years ago, again with no explanation. I'm glad it turned out to be nothing, but it was still a bit scary. I don't do good with health problems...
On a side note, I generally don't have a problem being naked around others. However, I found being nude at a beach feels a lot different than being examined up close.
In the last two months I've had a dermatologist check me out from head to toe, the first urgent care doc poking and prodding, the second urgent care doc doing a full scrotal exam, and the ultrasound tech rubbing a sensor all over the jewels. My wife didn't help, pointing and commenting to the technician about areas of concern. On the upside I got a good checkup and seem to be in good health. So there's that...
