When i touch the top of my right testicle it hurts but then after a while the pain is gone This only happens once in a while, i would touch the top of the testicle when drying it with a towel or whatever and it would hurt. What is this? i hope it isnt testicular cancer because i wont have the kind of money to go through surgery plus i am currently in high school. ( im 17 ) how can i treat this, it is embarrasing if i tell my parents. Please let me know if this is something minor that i dont have to drag my parents into this.Good information please. Dont just copy and paste from google becuase i can do that also. Please help, i appreciate it very much!
when i touch it, it makes me want to go to the bathroom becuase it causes pain in my stomach too (sorta)
do you think its the way i sleep also? because i sleep on my side and i have a body pillow that i hug, do you think i put pressure on it this way? please im so worried
btw im not sexually active
2006-10-15 13:34:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
could it be a pimple inside my testicle?
2006-10-15 13:50:26 · update #1
Ok, this is tough. You haven't given much real info, but I'll try.
Testicular cancer would be manifested by a lump on the testicle (so you should feel it by rolling your testicle between your fingers. If you notice bump, get to a doctor). You would also have enlarged lymph nodes in your groin on the side that hurts (again feel for little bumps that feel like pearls under the skin along the crease where your leg attaches to your body). Often cancer causes a low grade fever that just won't go away. Be aware that if you had a history of undescended testicle and the doctor operated and made it descend, there is a higher incidence of cancer (and if he didn't make it descend the risk grows even more.) So those are the cancer facts.
The fact that the pain is intermittant and severe and referred to your stomach makes me wonder if you might have a small hernia slipping into the testicular sac. This can happen and go away, depending on the pressure applied because the muscles that hold the intestine in are weaker there. You would need to be checked by a doctor, but this is why when you get a physical he may (should) feel you down there and tell you to cough. It causes the pressure in the abdomen to rise and any hernia to slip briefly into the sac. This isn't life threatening or an emergency as long as the intestine slips back, and you'd know if it didn't because you would have intractable pain.
Most likely this is simply the result of hormonal changes. Just as women get abdomenal cramping and breast discomfort when they menstruate (hormonal changes at this time), so can a male have testicular discomfort during hormonal fluctuation. You are still growing and your body is changing, thus your hormones have yet to reach a steady level.
I'm sorry that you have to worry about this, but it's okay to be concerned about your body. If the pain persists or you feel a lump or run a fever tell your mom. Even if you just have her make an appointment then tell the doctor in private what the problem is you should be able to get some relief.
Best wishes.
2006-10-15 13:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by sandra j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got to get to an MD> soon. If by some small chance it is testicular cancer, immediate treatment is key for survival. Chances are that its from a torsion(twisting) of the testicle. That requires immediate treatment also. Good luck with your beans mate. And dont be embarrased to tell mom and dad, thats what they're here for.
2006-10-15 13:41:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best thing is tell your parents you need to talk to a doctor,most likely it is just inflamed some and will go away in few days unless you twisted in some way,which is unlikely because you would have lot more pain,as it could be an infected hair or pimple,which will hurt when you touch it,if not gone away in a few days call your doctor.
2006-10-15 13:47:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a testicular pain, tell your parents and they will take you to a doctor.
Some people have a condition called testicular torsion, and while what you are describing doesn't sound like torsion to me it is impossible for me to make any conclusive diagnosis over the internet.
It could be a hernia
torsion of the hydatid of morgagni (= torsion of appendix testis)
it could be an infection - orchitis/epididymo-orchitis - prostatitis - urinary infection
it could be (but is unlikely to be) testicular cancer
Sounds like torsion appendix testis to me but get a doctor to check it because if it is testicular torsion or a cancer and you lose your testis you will regret it.
2006-10-15 13:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See a doctor. It is probably normal and nothing. Tell your parents. Don't be embarrassed.
2006-10-15 13:38:31 · answer #5 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing to worry about! Occassionally your nads can become sensitive, especially when your young. It's normal.
2006-10-15 13:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please tell your parents....if something is wrong...better to catch it now, than when it may be too late....nothing to be embrassed about...That is what Doctors do all day is see people...please tell your parents
2006-10-15 13:43:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋