Serious Concern With Varicocele Posted: 08-25-05 19:09pm
I'm 22 years old and noticed a size change
in my testicles. They had seemed to be
significantly smaller than they use to be
over a few weeks and I grew concerned. I
was also experiencing on and off pain in
my penis when I urinated, burning in my
scortum, lower abodomen and low back pain,
and "pre-cum" like discharge. I had an
std test done and was negative. I had an
ultrasound done on my scortum and revealed
that I had a varicocele on my left side as
well as mild hydrocele. No torsion or
lesions were found at all.
Since I have realized that these symptoms
were probably caused by the varicocele and
that I will require either surgery or an
embolization to correct this, I am
concerned whether my testicles will return
to their normal size. They were roughly
around 2.5-2.75 inches a few months ago
and during the ultrasound were about 1.75
inches. They have seemed smaller than
they were after I had done the ultrasound
(two weeks ago). My concerns are both
about having children and being able to
have sex, as I have a fear I am being
slowly castrated by this varicocele. I
have read testicles return to their normal
size as blood flow is corrected from
surgery or embolization but I have never
heard by how much such as if your
testicles are a 1/2 of the size they were,
will they return to that size? My sex
drive has dropped a bit and my testicles
size change is rather noticable. Being my
age you can see the concerns that I have.
I have an appointment with the urologist
in less than a week and would take a
procedure as soon as possible. Anyone got
any information they can share on this?
This has been depressing me quite a bit
the last little while.
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ProZackMI
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 64
Posted: 08-31-05 14:12pm
Don't worry about it -- they will return
to normal size once you have your surgery.
Also, you may have some scrotal edema,
which is excess liquid inside the scrotal
sack. They can put you on medications to
decrease the swelling after surgery.
What was the ultrasound like? Can you
describe the way they did it? I've never
done or had one, but am curious about it.
Were you totally undressed? Did they
shave the scrotum? How did they make
sure the scrotum was loose and not
constricted due to cold? Was it painful?
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jf1983
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Canada
Posted: 08-31-05 16:08pm
From what I understand from most people
that will happen which is a bit of relief,
although I had my appointment and was told
the same when I went to the hospital about
2-3 weeks ago. Three doctors said they
are of normal size and not to be
concerned. Although they are not me which
they understood, as I tried to explain
that I had much large testicles. I was
basically told that if it got worse to
reschedule. They said surgery was only
useful if it caused problems for me to
have children or if I am in alot of pain.
I was told surgery has risks although it
is not major so they try to avoid it as
much as possible. So right now I am
extremely confused as what steps to take
next. But the obvious I will be getting a
second opinion asap.
The ultrasound basically had me lying down
on my back. By luck I was not affected by
the cold and they remained normal. I just
had to wear a towel over it and had the
jel on my scrotum. It was pretty similar
to any other ultrasound I had before.
There was no pain at all other than what I
have from the varicocele at the time.
