Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymore
An_242205 posted:
I'm hoping someone here can help me, as I'm very concerned over this, despite I have been told not to worry. I'm also a very depressed person and this is absolutely killing me here.
For the past 3months, I noticed that my scrotum is extremely tight and testicles and penis is much smaller. Last night, I actually got quite scared because it got so tight, that the testicles were actually inside. I had to testicles! This has never happened to me before and I'm sure you can understand why I'm so concerned and why that completely freaked me out.
Anyways,
I did visit a Urologist. On first visit, he wasn't concerned and gave me a cycle of Clomid. That did absolutely nothing. On the second visit, I told him that didn't work and he prescribed a muscle relaxant. That also did absolutely nothing. In fact, all it did was get me extremely tired and I was knocked out a couple of times and went to work late as a result. Again, he remained unconcerned.
Today, I went in an emergency because last night, the testicles remained inside for most of the night. The funny thing is, whenever I go to him for a visit, the testicles hang pretty normal. It is frustrating, as I now think he may think I'm just overreacting. That is simply not the case. So, he examined me again quite thoroughly and yet again, told me there is absolutely nothing wrong and it should go away and be fine. He said that many men have testicles that remain inside the body and all is fine. I completely cannot accept that! I must get this fixed. So, after he told me all this, he prescribed yet another muscle relaxant, this one of which is much more potent. I'd hate to take that crap, considering how sleepy the first one got me.
I'm in a bind here. I'm completely clueless as to why this started happening. I've spend nights online researching this and can't really come up with any solution. It is driving me crazy and is all I think about all day and too worried about it. I just can't have this happening.
What do you guys think? Any advice? Should I go to another Urologist or should I now go to a Endo doc?
There must be a reason this is happening but both my Urologist or myself can't seem to figure it out. For the record, this has absolutely nothing to do with the cold, as everything I find online suggest. They remain this tight all the time and very rarely do they hang low anymore.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
For the past 3months, I noticed that my scrotum is extremely tight and testicles and penis is much smaller. Last night, I actually got quite scared because it got so tight, that the testicles were actually inside. I had to testicles! This has never happened to me before and I'm sure you can understand why I'm so concerned and why that completely freaked me out.
Anyways,
I did visit a Urologist. On first visit, he wasn't concerned and gave me a cycle of Clomid. That did absolutely nothing. On the second visit, I told him that didn't work and he prescribed a muscle relaxant. That also did absolutely nothing. In fact, all it did was get me extremely tired and I was knocked out a couple of times and went to work late as a result. Again, he remained unconcerned.
Today, I went in an emergency because last night, the testicles remained inside for most of the night. The funny thing is, whenever I go to him for a visit, the testicles hang pretty normal. It is frustrating, as I now think he may think I'm just overreacting. That is simply not the case. So, he examined me again quite thoroughly and yet again, told me there is absolutely nothing wrong and it should go away and be fine. He said that many men have testicles that remain inside the body and all is fine. I completely cannot accept that! I must get this fixed. So, after he told me all this, he prescribed yet another muscle relaxant, this one of which is much more potent. I'd hate to take that crap, considering how sleepy the first one got me.
I'm in a bind here. I'm completely clueless as to why this started happening. I've spend nights online researching this and can't really come up with any solution. It is driving me crazy and is all I think about all day and too worried about it. I just can't have this happening.
What do you guys think? Any advice? Should I go to another Urologist or should I now go to a Endo doc?
There must be a reason this is happening but both my Urologist or myself can't seem to figure it out. For the record, this has absolutely nothing to do with the cold, as everything I find online suggest. They remain this tight all the time and very rarely do they hang low anymore.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
12 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreI'm hoping someone here can help me, as I'm very concerned over this, despite I have been told not to worry. I'm also a very depressed person and this is absolutely killing me here.<br /><br />For the past 3months, I noticed that my scrotum is extremely tight and testicles and penis is much smaller. Last night, I actually got quite scared because it got so tight, that the testicles were actually inside. I had to testicles! This has never happened to me before and I'm sure you can understand why I'm so concerned and why that completely freaked me out.<br /><br />Anyways,<br />I did visit a Urologist. On first visit, he wasn't concerned and gave me a cycle of Clomid. That did absolutely nothing. On the second visit, I told him that didn't work and he prescribed a muscle relaxant. That also did absolutely nothing. In fact, all it did was get me extremely tired and I was knocked out a couple of times and went to work late as a result. Again, he remained unconcerned.<br /><br />Today, I went in an emergency because last night, the testicles remained inside for most of the night. The funny thing is, whenever I go to him for a visit, the testicles hang pretty normal. It is frustrating, as I now think he may think I'm just overreacting. That is simply not the case. So, he examined me again quite thoroughly and yet again, told me there is absolutely nothing wrong and it should go away and be fine. He said that many men have testicles that remain inside the body and all is fine. I completely cannot accept that! I must get this fixed. So, after he told me all this, he prescribed yet another muscle relaxant, this one of which is much more potent. I'd hate to take that crap, considering how sleepy the first one got me.<br /><br />I'm in a bind here. I'm completely clueless as to why this started happening. I've spend nights online researching this and can't really come up with any solution. It is driving me crazy and is all I think about all day and too worried about it. I just can't have this happening.<br /><br />What do you guys think? Any advice? Should I go to another Urologist or should I now go to a Endo doc? <br /><br />There must be a reason this is happening but both my Urologist or myself can't seem to figure it out. For the record, this has absolutely nothing to do with the cold, as everything I find online suggest. They remain this tight all the time and very rarely do they hang low anymore.<br /><br />Any help is greatly appreciated!!
counterso responded:
Your urologist is right. You are obsessing. And there's nothing "wrong" just different. It's not a medical problem and it's not causing harm.
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreYour urologist is right. You are obsessing. And there's nothing "wrong" just different. It's not a medical problem and it's not causing harm.
Thank you for the reply.
However, I do not believe that is correct. I never had this problem before. Why has it started? Something has changed.
I've never had my testicles shrink this small and even go inside me. That is just something that has never happened. On top of that, I have extremely low libido and I don't have any interest at all in sex. I just lost that as well.
I've taken many blood tests and it is not testosterone that is the problem either.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
mike
However, I do not believe that is correct. I never had this problem before. Why has it started? Something has changed.
I've never had my testicles shrink this small and even go inside me. That is just something that has never happened. On top of that, I have extremely low libido and I don't have any interest at all in sex. I just lost that as well.
I've taken many blood tests and it is not testosterone that is the problem either.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
mike
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreThank you for the reply.<br /><br />However, I do not believe that is correct. I never had this problem before. Why has it started? Something has changed.<br /><br />I've never had my testicles shrink this small and even go inside me. That is just something that has never happened. On top of that, I have extremely low libido and I don't have any interest at all in sex. I just lost that as well. <br /><br />I've taken many blood tests and it is not testosterone that is the problem either. <br /><br />Anyone have any thoughts?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />mike
Again, you're perceiving it as a problem, not simply as a change. There are many reasons your libido could change, most of them have to do with the amount of rest you get.
If you don't trust your doctor's opinion, there is nothing we can say that will be more correct.
Unless your scrotum's tightness is causing you pain, or preventing you from having children because it has raised the temperature of your testes, this is NOT a problem. You are only perceiving it as undesirable.
Your libido is an entirely separate issue. One of the top 10 complaints of any visit to a urologist is "my penis is shrinking," and since that's (very nearly) impossible, the urologist discards the patient's assessment and has to ask a lot of other questions. The first questions, since we can't see you, are, how old are you, height/weight, medications, overall health, level of stress, sleeping habits, recent life changes or family changes, and so on.
If you don't trust your doctor's opinion, there is nothing we can say that will be more correct.
Unless your scrotum's tightness is causing you pain, or preventing you from having children because it has raised the temperature of your testes, this is NOT a problem. You are only perceiving it as undesirable.
Your libido is an entirely separate issue. One of the top 10 complaints of any visit to a urologist is "my penis is shrinking," and since that's (very nearly) impossible, the urologist discards the patient's assessment and has to ask a lot of other questions. The first questions, since we can't see you, are, how old are you, height/weight, medications, overall health, level of stress, sleeping habits, recent life changes or family changes, and so on.
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreAgain, you're perceiving it as a problem, not simply as a change. There are many reasons your libido could change, most of them have to do with the amount of rest you get.<br /><br />If you don't trust your doctor's opinion, there is nothing we can say that will be more correct.<br /><br />Unless your scrotum's tightness is causing you pain, or preventing you from having children because it has raised the temperature of your testes, this is NOT a problem. You are only perceiving it as undesirable.<br /><br />Your libido is an entirely separate issue. One of the top 10 complaints of any visit to a urologist is "my penis is shrinking," and since that's (very nearly) impossible, the urologist discards the patient's assessment and has to ask a lot of other questions. The first questions, since we can't see you, are, how old are you, height/weight, medications, overall health, level of stress, sleeping habits, recent life changes or family changes, and so on.
rockybashful responded:
Try an alpha1 blocker
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counterso responded:
There is nothing to be concerned about. I agree with your urologist. See a psychiatrist if you want to see a doctor. You're imagining this is a problem. While you are right to notice that something has changed, what has changed is NOT symptomatic of any negative medical condition. There's nothing "wrong" with you, just different. Get over it.
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreThere is nothing to be concerned about. I agree with your urologist. See a psychiatrist if you want to see a doctor. You're imagining this is a problem. While you are right to notice that something has changed, what has changed is NOT symptomatic of any negative medical condition. There's nothing "wrong" with you, just different. Get over it.
bananaman responded:
The problem is likely to run deeper than you think. I have had a similar problem myself along with a myriad of additional symptoms. There are a few likely causes the difficulty is pinpointing what that problem is; Western medicine views that if the problem is not causing any problems with function than they are unlikely to investigate. Further blood tests may not actually reveal abnormalities as has been in my instance. Possible causes can relate to thyroid issues, low blood sugar (possibly regulate this with food) your not crazy
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreThe problem is likely to run deeper than you think. I have had a similar problem myself along with a myriad of additional symptoms. There are a few likely causes the difficulty is pinpointing what that problem is; Western medicine views that if the problem is not causing any problems with function than they are unlikely to investigate. Further blood tests may not actually reveal abnormalities as has been in my instance. Possible causes can relate to thyroid issues, low blood sugar (possibly regulate this with food) your not crazy
That's correct, western medicine would not see this as a problem, whether you like it personally or not. If you want further investigation, it will be difficult to extract from a western doctor since they're trained to diagnose not investigate.
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreThat's correct, western medicine would not see this as a problem, whether you like it personally or not. If you want further investigation, it will be difficult to extract from a western doctor since they're trained to diagnose not investigate.
dazza responded:
had same prob mate,epsom salts ,in hot bath,watch um hang mate
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymore<i>had same prob mate,epsom salts ,in hot bath,watch um hang mate</i>
dazza responded:
low magnesium levels,lots of magnesium in epsom salts
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymorelow magnesium levels,lots of magnesium in epsom salts
Magnesium does not contribute to the tightness of the scrotum. The tightness of this skin is not a cramp, which is what sometimes happens when there is a magnesium deficiency. A hot bath is probably all that was needed, not necessarily with epsom salts. Regardless, the hot water may not be sufficient for some people.
It's still not a health concern, unless it has affected your fertility from raised temperature of the scrotum, or if it is painful. Otherwise, it's just different, not necessarily "wrong."
It's still not a health concern, unless it has affected your fertility from raised temperature of the scrotum, or if it is painful. Otherwise, it's just different, not necessarily "wrong."
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreMagnesium does not contribute to the tightness of the scrotum. The tightness of this skin is not a cramp, which is what sometimes happens when there is a magnesium deficiency. A hot bath is probably all that was needed, not necessarily with epsom salts. Regardless, the hot water may not be sufficient for some people.<br /><br />It's still not a health concern, unless it has affected your fertility from raised temperature of the scrotum, or if it is painful. Otherwise, it's just different, not necessarily "wrong."
pleasehang89 responded:
please please please tell me if this problem went away, Im experiencing the same issue and its not going away. @ all. at allllllllllllllllllllllll & Idk how to fix it or make them more relaxed. has anything worked for you as of yet???
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreplease please please tell me if this problem went away, Im experiencing the same issue and its not going away. @ all. at allllllllllllllllllllllll & Idk how to fix it or make them more relaxed. has anything worked for you as of yet???
counterso replied to pleasehang89's response:
There's nothing to "fix" because nothing is "broken." It may be different than what you expect or want, but that does not make it bad or wrong. Relax yourself first and stop worrying about the appearance of your scrotum.
Report This| Share this:Help - Scrotum too Tight and Testicles don't hang anymoreThere's nothing to "fix" because nothing is "broken." It may be different than what you expect or want, but that does not make it bad or wrong. Relax yourself first and stop worrying about the appearance of your scrotum.
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