Re: Constant Testicle Ache
Being female, I’m no help at all :winks: but have you checked on here for similar threads? There’s some down the bottom of this page for example.
Hopefully some of the menfolk on here will read too. In any case I hope it gets better real soon. Although you already have the reassurance of the scan and none of the doctors seemed overly worried.
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Well thanks for replying at least! :roflmao:
It's annoying when theres no worry from the doctors. I didn't see anything that reads as my problem but I will have another look.
I'm here 3 weeks later. I would say the antibiotics actually got rid of some of the pain a few days after the course was finished. The actual "pain" went and its less sensitive now but its still not right.
So for the 3rd time in my life I've booked a private appointment for next week to see a urologist. I really should just get private health insurance - It seems like I'd unfortunately get so much value from it! I just cant be bothered to wait for my doctors, its usually 2-3 weeks for an appointment and then another 6 weeks for the referral especially now there's no sign of lumps I guess!
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anom
Fair play to the NHS however, 9am I'd rang up for a doctors appointment and by 3pm I'd had an ultrasound so that was fairly reassuring - if not a bit of a shame I have no answers!
My lad had a testicular torsion when he was 12. They didn't mess about. He was seen and operated on within a couple of hours..
The good news is that this isn't the case with you, but it is incredibly frustrating to have no answer for your discomfort. (I've have lots of unexplained pain so I understand your frustration)
Heat helps with pain. Have you tried warming up a hot water bottle (warm, not hot - don't want to scorch ya nads). This might help?
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Bugger All
I went to the urologist for £170 - He has a squeeze, keeps finding the bit that has me wincing in pain (although to be the fair the whole sides is a complete no go) and assumes its just a long lasting infection that hasn't cleared up so he prescribed some different antibiotics - ciprofloxacin. I finished them last week and I'm not a single bit different, it's like there's someone constantly squeezing/twisting it, very difficult to explain, it's also higher up than it used to be but he told me that it looks fine in that respect.
Whats annoying me is I got a letter summing up the report yesterday which mentions not a lot apart from we could try other things like doxycycline "due to his age" - I swear he thinks I have some sort of STI which I don't but hes never bothered to ask and I seem to be getting 0 tests I'm just having drugs thrown at me, the whole thing is a right nuisance its been a good 6-7 weeks now.
He wanted a phone appointment back on the NHS to save me some money after my antibiotics have finished but the appointment I got was for the end of November and I'm not waiting that long!
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anom
I swear he thinks I have some sort of STI which I don't but hes never bothered to ask
You almost sound miffed? :unsure:
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I think it just bugs me that it seems like he's treating me for an STI when if he had asked at the start I could have told him its really not possible. Perhaps it would have encouraged him to try a different course of treatment? (instead of leaving me with a sore knacker for 8 weeks) Well I've thrown another £100 at the problem now to see him on Tuesday, this time I might actually make some notes on what to ask because I do have a habit of becoming a complete lemon when I'm in a hospital and even "date of birth" becomes incredibly difficult to answer!
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I had something similar for months but I had pain in my lower back but more so in my thigh and deep in my hip. The teste ache and swelling was just relentless and no amount of painkillers done anything, apart from the direct application of ibuprofen gel (it can sting a bit at first) which helped somewhat. After all the tests the doc was stumped. No answers.
I found out after much research and reading of people's personal experiences that men with pelvic floor overactivity can, amongst other things, get achey nads!
I wasn't sure if that was the issue but I done pelvic floor exercises for 1-2 times a day and after 4-6wks the aches went.
Exercises I done and still do from time to time: https://youtu.be/oyGEVPuumtk
Have a look at this: https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...n%20be%20found.
Also Google "pelvic floor release" and try that.
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