Weird movement in the scrotum?

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Yesterday I was going to the bathroom and happened to notice some weird movement in my testicular/scrotal area. It actually looked as if my scrotum was "breathing." If I had to describe it, I would say that the testicles look like they are alternating getting bigger and smaller in a rythmic pattern (like breathing). Can anyone shed some light on this please? I'm a little concerned to say the least.

It's normal. There are intestines and things always moving around down there, and everything is packed close together.

Do you know that to be true?You gotta know what you're googling. Nothing in your reference or any other on the cremastic reflex says anything about temperature regulation. It's a response to stimulating the skin in certain areas. (The reflex seems to go away in cases of testicular torsion.)We're talking about a periodic (cyclical) movement of the testes, up and down, where the cycle time is a few seconds. Now can you go back to Google and find out for us what will make the testes oscillate with a period of a few seconds?

He's really got problems, don't he?I wouldn't even try to help him, he's really got mental problems.

Perhaps I should have been a little more detailed with what I've noticed. I don't know if the time cycle is a few seconds as you mentioned, SteveA. I noticed it yesterday and noticed it again today, but I haven't really been keeping close track of it. I'm going to now though to see if this is a constant thing that is happening. I'll come back here with anything new that I can. Thanks to both of you for your help so far. Penn5, what the hell are you talking about? If you're not going to help, please don't even bother replying.

Is it in fact in time with your breathing? If it is, that might indicate a scrotal hernia. Is it affected if you cough?

Hey, did you edit in the sarcastic preamble? Very nice. Your second quote, (apparently from Wikipedia's "scrotum"), did not come the "Wikipedia's cremasteric reflex" entry you referred to when you said "This process is called cremasteric reflex".According to my Mosby's Dictionary (an actual book, not a Web page), cramasteric reflex is defined as:In reply to:a superficial neural reflex elicited by stroking the skin of the upper inner thigh in a male. This action normally results in a brisk retraction of the testis on the side of the stimulus. The reflex is lost [in certain diseases].The cremasteric reflex involves the cramaster muscle, but that doesn't mean that everything that muscle does is a reflex. I've never seen general temperature regulation (as opposed to a reflex response from sudden cold) as the cremasteric reflex. Since Wikipedia is not much more authoritative than this Web site, I'm not taking their word for it. If you can find more authoritative information that agrees with your idea, I'd be happy to be corrected._________________________I had a hernia. The testicle on that side moved up and down very much, like breathing, following the peristalsis (contractions) of the loop of intestine that was down there. After it was repaired (at age 18), I noticed that both testicles still did the same thing, but much more subtly.If someone with actual medical knowledge has an opinion, I'd be happy to hear it. A Wikipedia search won't hack it.

Is it in fact in time with your breathing? If it is, that might indicate a scrotal hernia. Is it affected if you cough?Before I read what you said, I mentioned that I noticed it clearly when I had a hernia (and more subtly after it was fixed). Your point is a good one, although in my case it wasn't synchronized with breathing. If I held my breath, it would keep going.

That point about peristalsis is a good one.

You really don't get it, do you? You really don't. Mixing up words, cutting and pasting stuff, randomly citing sources, confusing terms... No, you just don't get it.

Just picking out one little thing to respond to? Did you comprehend anything else I typed, or is your attention span exhausted?

Was any of this painful?No.

My scrotum?

(* gasp / cough / cough *) I'm fine. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. [move reference]

Ineligible: No, it doesn't seem to be in time with my breathing. If I hold my breath the movement continues, and coughing doesn't make anything different either.I had a hernia when I was very young, so I don't know if this would have anything to do with that. I don't even know how long this movement has been happening. Like I said, I just noticed it yesterday for the first time. Just throwing this out there... would masturbation have anything to do with this?

Do you remember what the hernia looked like? Is one of your testicles a lot bigger than the other? I explained above my own situation, where I had a hernia fixed when I was younger. Before the hernia repair, it seemed like they moved up and down more, at least on one side. After the repair, they still moved, but not as much. It's possible that you just never noticed it before. It might only happen at certain times.

A hernia usually doesn't hurt, unless a loop of bowel gets stragulated--then it's a medical emergency. In any case, it's good to have a periodic check-up, so the doctor can check for things like hernias, as he would for anyone else. Sometimes they can come back, but with the techniques they use nowadays, it shouldn't happen (mine has lasted for a long time).
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R> I'm sure you. . .

Dude, grow up.

i get the same thing i got freaked out at first but after a while i just realized its normal

What it looked like? I'm not quite certain I know what you mean. All I can say is that the scar I have from the surgery is above my penis and below my naval. I don't know if one testicle is significantly bigger than the other, but one hangs lower than the other does. Thanks again to you, SteveA, Radeckl, and everyone else for all your help so far. I really appreciate it a lot.

fairyteller101...how did you realize that it was normal? Did you talk to your doctor?

In general one testicle will hang lower. If you have a hernia, stuff that shouldn't be there gets pushed into the scrotum, which can push the testicle down a lot.

I haven't looked at my scar in a long time. It's faded so much that you can hardly see it. It's a couple of inches above and an inch to the right of the testicle.

When you ask what "it" looks like, I'm not sure what you're referring to.

It's normal for the scrotum to move somewhat quickly, moving yout testes with it. It is temperature regulation that causes it to move so much. The skin of the scrotum is very sensitive to temperature changes and the skin will tighten and loosen itself based on these temperature changes, bringing the testicles away from the body to keep them cooler when warm air comes across, and bringing them closer to the body when cold air comes across. The purpose is to keep the testicles at their optimal sperm producing temperature, which is a few degrees cooler than body temp. Try blowing cool air or dumping cold water on your scrotum, and watch how the scrotum moves.

focus: But in a rythmic pattern when the room temperature isn't really changing?