I have had an ache in my left testicle for
the past 5 days or so, its not painful
just causes discomfort. It comes and goes
but its not there all the time. Strangely
i get shooting pains down left leg
finishing at the left knee although this
happens a few times during the day. Last
week i did move house which involved some
heavy lifting of very heavy items, could
this be linked? I have examined myself
and there are no lumps and nothing out of
the ordinary, any ideas?
cheers
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HealthySex
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 414
Posted: 04-19-07 10:18am
Well, after strenuous activity it's always
possible to have pains. On rare ocassions
I may get shooting pains in my left leg
from strenuous exercise the previous day.
However, there is no real way to diagnose
you over the internet as only a doctor can
tell you as it could be many different
things. Pain in the testicle could be
epididymitis (infection of the
epididymis), varicocele (varicose vein of
the testicle), etc. I have a varicocele
which can cause pain or discomfort and it
also seems to create pain in my leg at
times as well. When it was bad, my leg
hurt as well. It's not a bid deal, not
deadly or anything and can be fixed
through surgery or embolization. It may
cause infertility, but that's reversed
with the surgery. It is also most common
in the left testicle, but so are other
problems. I've written about some
alternative healing methods in some
threads on this board (search if you're
interested). They're based on healing
varicose veins.
