For the last 3 or 4 days I have been having a strange pain in my left testicle. I'm 15 and I do masturbate just about every day and since the summer startd I have been having sex quite a bit too. This is not "blue balls" pain. I know what that is, and this pain is different.Most of the time it feels normal, but every one in a while I will move in such a way or rub against it in a way that causes a sharp pain, liks as if somebody tapped my nut with their finger fairly hard. But the pain only lasts for a second, then it feels fine again.I'm thinking it's somehow inflamed a little bit. I did some huntng on the internet and to meit does not sound at all like testicular cancer. It might sound a little like maybe a slight testicular torsion, but not at all severe like that. (And it looks like I'm the "perfect age" for both cancer and torsion.) Maybe epididimitis??If it gest worse, or doesn't get better after a few more days I'm gonna tell my mom about it and ask her if I sould go to the doctor. In the meantime I think I'm gonna not jack off or hve sex for a few days and see if that helps.Any thoughts??
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Testicle Pain
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Most of the things you have surmised might be causing the problem are not things to mess around with. Time could very well be of the essence as a delay could result in the loss of one or both testicles. Not to overly scare you, but I would seek medical attention immediately. You only get one set of testicles. Why risk losing them?
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I had a bad pain in my nut at your age and i was freaked out. When i finally went to the doctor i found out it had nothing to do with my nut, i actually had a hernia. Its very very doubtful this is the problem for you but a doctors visit couldnt hurt.
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Originally Posted By: readytogo You only get one set of testicles. Why risk losing them? It really freaked me when I read about testicular torsion. I never knew about that! And I'm like at the perfect age for it too! The day I read it, I actually had trouble getting to sleep because I was thinking, what if this is what I have, and it gets really bad during the night and I wake up with one testicle the size of a baseball, dark purple, and painful as all frikkin hell! I read where if you don't get it fixed within about four hours the testicle can die and then have to be removed!! (So, I'm thinking, "Where are my clothes? How far away is the hospital? What if there are a lot of other patients there and I have to wait?")It was pretty good today, so I'm gonna continue to wait and see what happens the fext few days. (I really don't want to go to the hospital and have some "nutcase" feeling my nuts. Especially a girl doctor!!)
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when i was 13-14 (15 now) i haad the same thing. when i walked and my pants rubbed against my left testicle it was painful, and some movements made it hurt to. so i ended up telling my dad cause i was kind of scared. i ended up getting a sonogram or something and it was a non cancerous cyst.the pain ended about 4 or 5 days after it first started. so you might want to get it checked out just in case if it still bothers you
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Thanks!!!Can you tell me what a sonogram is, and was it painful? Was it embarrassing? (I'm kind of freaked by maybe needing to have several people around looking at my balls and touching me. Maybe getting an erection while they're touching me all over down there.)At least it hasn't gotten any worse. Did your cyst go away by itself or did they have to do something to you?
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I had to have some surgery a while ago and they put me in one of those skimpy hospital gowns. When they wheeled me into the operating room, I noticed all kind of male and female medical personel. I'm sure they all got a look while I was out. But you know what? I don't really care. They've all seen what I've (and you've) got before and I'm sure it made no impression on them. They're medical people for gosh sake.Quit delaying and get this taken care of before you're sorry you didn't.
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i laughed during the sonogram. they put this cold jelly on your balls and hold this thing to it, and it shows your testicles on a little tv. the thought of my balls on television made me crack up. and dont worry about an erection, i thought about it to, until the doctor finally checked it out and i was nervous so i didnt even think of it. and yes, it did go away recently
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Hey Scott
Whatever happend? Did you get the sonogram taken?
I had a similar short sharp pain that ended up being testicular cancer. If you've had undescended testicles when I was a kid which was another flag I've ignored for a long time, since those can turn into tumors later one as well...
If you feel just slightly different down there, a little touch sensitive, bumps, or short stinging pain, do get it checked out by a urologist or at least a regular doctor. The examination is really no big deal. Not embarassing at all.
I know at your age these things might be a little intimidating but believe me urologists see sexual organs for a living, they know how you feel and they know how to examine you that it's not uncomfortable or embarrasing.
The doctor should take blood tests (HCG, AFP, LDH) and the sonogram which someone else has mentioned is again no big deal. Not harmful, not painful, maybe a little cold from the jelly that's it.
Testicular cancer is a highly treatable disease these days but only if it's detected in time. So do take this seriously.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
eric
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I saw this thread "reappear", and the I realized it was me who started it. And I never did post anything to let everyone know how this turned out.I was REALLY scared when this kept hurting, on and off, for more than 3 weeks so I decided to tell my mom that I was having a "sore throat", but that the ONLY way I would go see a doctor is if she wouldn't embarrass me by going in with me, and I didn't want to see the kids doctor anymore because I was 15. I ened up having to go to the pediatrician anyway, but my mom let me go in alone. BUT, instead of the man doctor coming it, this WOMAN comes in! She was a nurse practitioner. I almost freaked. But as long I was there I decided to tell her. So I said I lied to my mom about having a sore throat, and the real reason I was there was because "my left testicle hurt", and I really wanted to see the MAN doctor. She told me that was okay and that she understood, so I waited more and then he came in.So he has me pull down my pants and lie on the table, and he starts feeling my stomach and EVERYTHING else. (It tickled like hell!) Then he had me stand up and he started playing with both of my nuts. The he asked me about SEX, and if I thought it might be possible that "either" of the girls I had had sex with were, "really popular girls if you know what I mean..." (That's how he said it, and then he mentioned diseases. I told him "no". then he asked if I had ever had sex WITH ANOTHER BOY OR A MAN! I said, what do you mean??? Then he asked, "Have you ever done anything where you may have put your penis into another person's BEHIND" I said NEVER!! Then he asked me about how often I masturbated. I told him "maybe 3 or 4 times a MONTH" (huge lie!) He asked if masturbating or having sex seemed to make the aching better or worse, or pretty much the same. I told him it was hard for me to tell for sure. He asked me i when I masturbate if "what comes out" (that's what he called it) hd been any different lately, like pinkish or brownish colored, or very different in thickness from usual. Again I said no.So...........Finally he said he didn't think I had anything serious going on, and my "blood work" was fine. Then he said there was one more thing he could check. He said, "Do you know what your prostate gland is?" I said, "Yes, and I also know WHERE it is." He told me he could check mine if I wanted him to, but he'd have to put his gloved finger into my rectum!! I said did I have to? He said since my blood work was fine, it wasn't likey I had an inflamed prostate, so it was okay with him to skip it. I told him I appreciated that.We suggested we could tell my mom that I had "also" been having some "lower abdominal pain" (not "untrue"), and that he didn't think it was serious, and that my "throat" seemed okay too.Here's the really wierd part: TWO DAYS LATER THE PAIN WENT AWAY!!! It's never come back!! So I don't know if worrying about it was making it worse or what. But I have been okay ever sicne then.
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Scott,I'm glad that you sought medical attention and that everything turned out OK.
