On and off 'hit in the balls' feeling. Anyone know anything about this

Hey guys.

The last two months or so I’ve felt this strange sensation in my testicles. I would have never called it pain or an ache, but more of an awareness that I never had before. It’s extremely hard to explain. Like I said, no pain .. I wouldn’t even call it a discomfort, just .. Weird.

In the last week its gotten worse. Now it feels like the ‘aftershock’ of being kicked in the balls. Just the dull ache like you’ve been hit there minutes ago. It is still on and off (but more on then off). Sometimes I feel it in my left, and sometimes in my right. It’s not severe pain because if I am busy I CAN forget about it, and It oddly feels fine after I have sex (or ejaculate).

I have been working out, and I have been doing PE (although less then I used to). Right now I’m only doing manual stretching, a little bit of pumping, and edging.

I kind of suspect a hernia, but I’ve also been reading about something that starts with a V that has to do with your veins (the name escapes me).

Just to comment on what I’m feeling RIGHT now - I have the ‘kicked in the balls feeling’ in my right testicle and every once in a while the sensation will shoot up into my lower abdomen (also on the right side).

I haven’t reached ‘freak out’ levels yet, but I’m starting to get a bit worried. I wish I wasn’t such a bitch when it comes to going to the doctors. Something about going to have my balls examined doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun.

I understand you guys aren’t doctors, but I’d really like some opinions to either ease my mind or point me in the right direction. I’d also like to apologize for putting this in the newbie forum, but I cannot access any other area.

Thanks!

It’s probably nothing to worry about but stop being a bitch when it comes to going to doctors and go see one already! :)

I am no expert, and taking my opinion would be foolish indeed, but I think you may be onto something with it being the start of a hernia. You may be able to sort that out before it gets any worse - but you’d have to be sure that that was the case and to do that, go see the doctor!

Good luck.

It’s probably cancer. Just kidding. I would attribute it to edging. I used to edge a couple years ago and I remember it made my balls feel weird, like giving myself blue balls, which sounds like what you have. I stopped and they went back to being normal. If it’s been two months, what have you done differently since over 2 months ago? I believe the answer to practically everything can be found on the internet, but sometimes the doctors know a thing or two from all those years at school. If you want to avoid the doc, cut out your penis routine for a week (jerking off is fine though) and see if your balls go back to normal. If not, go see the doc.

If you have military or HMO type medical just go and have it looked at. In all likelihood it is nothing. But the unlikely outliers are nasty things indeed.

If it feels fine after you ejaculate and or have sex then what’s the question? Keep having sex!! :)

Seriously I would stop edging before I’d seek medical help unless the pain is up to the level where a simple jerk off session won’t relieve it or if you can’t get an erection because of it.

How long have you been edging now? I know if I edge more times than not I’m going to shoot it out her ears. It must bank-up in the testicles and prostate. I’m not sure where it all comes from.

Let us know what you find out either way. Good luck.

Oops. I should clarify by ‘edging’ .. I don’t hold it in for days or anything. So I don’t think its just ‘blue balls’.

However I haven’t just ‘jerked off’ in months. When I do it, I take my time .. Usually 45 minutes + .. So I’ll usually go that 45 minutes every day I don’t have sex, and I’ll shoot it like every other time. And yea .. Its a lot :)

The feeling seems to have found a home in my right testicle. It’s been there for a two days now. I haven’t done any PE for a day and a half now, so I think I’m going to give it one more day of rest before I call the doctor and make an appointment. Blahhhh.

By the way, the more research I do, the more its starting to sound like varicocele. And apparently its not THAT uncommon. Anyone here have that?

Thought this might help!
Symptoms
By Mayo Clinic staff

A varicocele often produces no signs or symptoms. Rarely, it may cause pain. The pain may:

Vary from dull discomfort — a feeling of heaviness — to sharp
Increase with sitting, standing or physical exertion, especially over long periods
Worsen over the course of a day
Be relieved when you lie on your back
With time, varicoceles may enlarge and become more noticeable.

When to see a doctor
Because a varicocele usually causes no symptoms, it often requires no treatment. Varicoceles may be discovered during a fertility evaluation or a routine physical exam.

However, if you experience pain or swelling in your scrotum or you discover a mass on your scrotum, contact your doctor. A number of conditions can cause a scrotal mass or testicular pain, some of which require immediate treatment.

Hey LAJeff,

I went through and am going through the EXACT same thing you are going through. It started to happen to me towards the end of last year. At first I had no idea what was going on and went on the internet to search. Came up with varicole veins being the closest to what symptoms I was getting. Anyway, I left it alone and it seems to be alright till now but I have to sort of half squat or stretch my inner thigh rotator (not sure what its called) all the time now to alleviate this achy feeling you get. And my left ball sort of feels like it’s always in the way of my left thigh and dick so I have to manually just move it some times for comfort.

There really isn’t any dull achiness anymore, not like when I first noticed it (you’ll know when you feel the dull ache and when you don’t).

I thought I’d follow up since some of you asked me to.

I went to a Urologist. He couldn’t SEE anything wrong, but ordered a scrotal ultrasound. The Ultrasound tests came out perfect. They couldn’t find any issue whatsoever.

The feeling has been gradually getting better. I still feel it from time to time but its much less severe. They think I had epididymitis, but thought that it has healed before the ultrasound which is why they couldn’t see it on the film.

Peace of mind helps a lot.

I know this is kind of an old topic but I did a search on the subject and found this thread. I am having the exact same symptoms you were having. I mean exact. And i have been tested for epididymitis twice now as well as any other possible infections and its been negative both times. So i can say with some confidence it probably wasnt epidiymitis. My next step is to get an ultrasound and i bet i will have the same results.

I’ve been having similar feelings and associate it with this persistent flu that has hung on for three weeks.

My right testicle was sore after sex with my wife on saturday and I have had the abdominal tenderness also, but I put it down to her being a bit too rough, though now that I read this I think its more likely to be part of his flu.