Varicocele Help "bag of Worms" Posted: 10-25-04 22:17pm
I am 19 and ive had varicocele since I was
around 15. I was wondering if anyone knew
any treatment besides surgery or
embolization. Ive heard about wearing
scrotum support like tighter underwear but
I dont know if this is true. Sometimes
when im bored I would squeeze of the bag
and deflate it.. Should I be doing this??
Any information can help! Thanks!
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Spudman
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Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Australia
Posted: 10-27-04 21:25pm
Yes tighter support can help. Is it just
the left testicle or both? In about 85%
cases it appears in only the left. If
your dr has recommended surgery it is
probably not going to be helped by wearing
tighter support as it is too severe. But
then again he may be over-reacting.
Dude, don't squeeze it. It's veins after
all and you can do other damage such as
inhibiting blood flow.
Besides surgery there is embolization
which basically reduces pressure in the
veins thus reduces size. Laparoscopy is a
less invasive option to surgery but as
with surgery it also has possible
complications.
Varicocele can cause infertility so it
probably best to get sorted out sooner
rather than later.
Good luck.
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dangerman343
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Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 5 Location: la
Posted: 10-29-04 11:57am
Yeah its on the left side and its about
the size of a nickel probably. Do you
know if it can naturally fix itself? I
always thought that squeezing it would
help for some dumb reason haha...Thanks a
lot!!!!!!
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Spudman
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Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Australia
Posted: 10-30-04 20:21pm
Generally no, they won't go away by
themselves.
Although uncommon, if you squeeze it you
can send the blood in the wrong direction
through the vein which can cause other
complications. Basically a varicocele is
caused by a defective valve that doesn't
allow the flow of blood from the testicle
to the abdomen and instead just 'pools' up
in the vein hence the lump.
If it is causing any discomfort or there
is a considerable difference in the size
of the testicles then you should probably
think seriously about surgery.
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dangerman343
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Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 5 Location: la
Posted: 10-30-04 22:32pm
Does this cause your left testicle to just
die or something because of no blood
circulation? I havent been squeezing it
and it has gotten much better.. Like it
shrunk and isnt as big anymore and there
is no pain.
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scope
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Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 27 Location: uk
Posted: 10-31-04 12:07pm
How often does it happen ? Ive the same
prob only its my right one and it only
happens now and again like once every 3 -
4 maybe longer it would just start to get
sore then swollen stays like that for ages
most of the time im not doing anything
when it happens just sittin down or
walking around
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dangerman343
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Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 5 Location: la
Posted: 11-03-04 00:05am
It use to happen 24/7 when I use to
deflate it, but now that u have told me to
stop...It only happens like once or twice
a day,..Thanks haha u saved my life haha
but yeah... It happens when I sit down
and walk around but when I lay down it
goes away... So do u think everything is
fine?
