I stay in Pune-India, Male, 28 yrs. I had a dull pain, feeling of heaviness and a dragging effect on my left testicle. I consulted an urologist and he forwarded me for a Scrotal USG - Doppler study for Varicoele. Its a type of sonography and it detected a left sided varocicele. Further I also got done a seman analysis and it was fantastic. Varicocele did not affected my semen at all. I further underwent an open surgery for varicocele. After taking a rest of 1 week I am back to work with full of my energy.
I had opinions of several doc/urologists and what I can advise is that:
- If u are married fathering childrens and do not have any plans for any further childrens, then dont go for surgery. Instead wear a tight undies or even a jock strap and that should relieve u from pain
- If u r not married, then get a seman analysis done. Medical science is yet not very clear wether or not actually a varicocele effects sperms. In my case it did not. In case your seman analysis report is not good or you have a severe and unbearable kind of pain then go for surgery to remove varicocele. If your seman analysis report is very good then avoid surgery unless you have an unbearable kind of pain.
About Surgery:
Cost: In India it shud be around 25k to 35k INR depending upon the hospital.
After Surgery:
You are suppose to take bed rest for 1st two days and then normal rest for next 3 days. Say within a week you are ready to join work. For first 2 months you are advised not to lift any heavy items or not to under take any task where immnese pressure is to be applied. After that you are completely normal.
Insurance coverage:
Depends upon insurance company. If you are not married and not doing this operation to improve fertility then there is a bright chance for you to be insured.
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