Can sperm buildup cause pain? Yes. Known medically as epididymal hypertension, blue balls can occur after a long period of arousal without ejaculation. Sperm buildup can actually cause your testicles to have a slight blue tinge.
Overview. Testicular pain often results from an injury to the area. But other causes may include kidney stones, an infection, testicular cancer or other underlying conditions.
Testicular pain can have several causes, including a traumatic injury, kidney stones, a hernia, an infection, and various other health conditions. Some are minor but others need urgent medical attention.
Sudden, severe testicle pain can be a sign of testicular torsion — a twisted testicle that can quickly lose its blood supply. This condition requires immediate medical treatment to prevent loss of the testicle. Testicular torsion can occur in males of any age, although it is more common in adolescents.
Testicular pain sometimes requires no treatment and will go away on its own. If the pain is a mild, dull ache, the testicle is not tender to touch and feels normal with no swelling, it is reasonable to take over the counter pain relief for a few days, which often settles it.
Pain, discomfort, or numbness in a testicle or the scrotum, with or without swelling. Change in the way a testicle feels or a feeling of heaviness in the scrotum. For example, 1 testicle may become firmer than the other testicle. Or testicular cancer may cause the testicle to grow bigger or to become smaller.
Stage 1 is the earliest stage of testicular cancer. The cancer is only in the testicle and hasn't spread to nearby lymph nodes or other organs. Stage 1 is split into stage 1A and 1B depending on the size of the tumour. Stage 1S means you have raised levels of markers in your blood after surgery.
Most often, the first symptom of testicular cancer is a lump on the testicle, or the testicle becomes swollen or larger. (It's normal for one testicle to be slightly larger than the other, and for one to hang lower than the other.) Some testicular tumors might cause pain, but most of the time they don't.
Anxiety affects every part of the body, including the genitals. On men, this may result in conditions such as testicular pain and a smaller penis. In women, this could result in yeast infections, dryness, and other health conditions. Anxiety may also lead to issues with libido and sexual desire.
Does ejaculating hurt epididymitis? While ejaculating doesn't make an epididymitis infection worse, it can make the pain more intense for some people. It's best to abstain from masturbation until you're treated, and you definitely shouldn't have sex with anyone until your healthcare provider gives you clearance.
The truth is, testicular cancer is not caused by ejaculating too often, or not often enough. With ejaculation, there's no healthy or harmful number of times. Note: This story was originally published in 2016 and updated in 2023. Myth #1: Testicular cancer is common.
Associated symptoms
dull ache or sharp pain in your testicles or scrotum, which may come and go. feeling of heaviness in your scrotum. change in the texture or increase in firmness of a testicle. difference between one testicle and the other.
Testis cancer is most common in men in their late 20s and early 30s, with an average age of diagnosis of 33 years old. In fact, testis cancer is the most common malignancy among men 20 to 40 years old.
For testicular cancer that has not spread beyond the testicles (stage 1), the 5-year relative survival rate is 99%. For testicular cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes in the back of the abdomen, called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes, the 5-year relative survival rate is 96%.
Can testicular cancer be cured? Testicular cancer is curable. While a cancer diagnosis is always serious, the good news about testicular cancer is that it is treated successfully in 95% of cases. If treated early, the cure rate rises to 98%.
Survival for testicular cancer is very high. Nearly all men survive their disease. Survival depends on many factors, so no one can tell you exactly how long you'll live. It depends on your individual condition, type of cancer, treatment and level of fitness.
An ultrasound is often the first test done if the doctor thinks you might have testicular cancer. It uses sound waves to produce images of the inside of your body. It can be used to see if a change is a certain benign condition (like a hydrocele or varicocele) or a solid tumor that could be a cancer.
Testicular cancer is not usually painful. But the first symptom for some men is a sharp pain in the testicle or scrotum.
Shortness of breath or cough. Swollen lymph nodes, especially in the collarbone area. Nausea, vomiting, and constipation.
If it's a minor testicular injury, the pain should gradually ease in less than an hour and any other symptoms should go away. To feel better, you can take a pain reliever, lie down, gently support the testicles with supportive underwear, and apply wrapped ice packs to the area.
Testicular torsion causes sudden pain and swelling in the scrotum or lower abdomen. This is an emergency situation — if left untreated, the condition can lead to a permanently damaged or dead testicle which must then be removed.
Often, a very common and treatable condition is what causes pain in the left testicle. It's possible you have a condition known as varicocele. Varicocele is when veins in your scrotum don't function correctly, which results in blood that pools in certain areas, instead of flowing like it should, through the body.