Testicle lump

[andyjevs]

Just sitting here tonight when i had a quick shooting pain through my testicles. So i had a grope around and found what feels like a lump....but not a hard lump but more of a fleshy lump. There's also no pain or any blood either. Of course, i immediately went cold and started planning my few remaining days. I'll get this checked out first thing tomorrow but it's scared the life out of me....what do you think ?

[mfewell]

andyjevs, please don't panic. Unless you are familiar with groping around that area you can't know what's ok and what isn't. It could have been the way you were sitting, any number of harmless things. I've had pains in the balls and am still around. Rare things are rare.

[hopalong]

You are doing the right thing in seeing your doctor. We can't answer your question but I know it's hard but try not to be scared.   As with any suspisious lump it must be investigated. Please let us know how u got on.  Good luck

[gen2]

Have you ever done a self examination 'down there' before?.  It is recommended that all males periodically check themselves out and it is important to get to know how you normally feel so that you will instantly recognise any change.  It you are not familiar with your own anatomy, it is easy to mistake the epididymus for a lump.  The epididymus is a cluster of convoluted tubes lying alongside each testis where sperm are stored while they mature.  Any that are not ejaculated, degenerate and are reabsorbed into the body for recycling.

Compare both testes and if they are the same then it is likely that thay are normal.  If there is a lump there then get it checked out by a doctor - sooner rather than later - since treatment for cancerous growths is most successful when identified early.  By no means all lumps are cancerous.  Some may be the result of physical injury and others may be cysts - nasty but not as life threatening as what you are imagining.

The only way to be sure though is to see a doctor.

[twiglet4frog]

had the same thing, and also had pains that slowly spread to my groin over a 6 month period (left it that long cos i am stooopid) before i went to see a doc, he told me that the lump tends to be very obvious as it tends to be sitting on the smooth part of the testicle, although can be elsewhere occasionally. Apparently mine turned out to be a over stretched testicle from sex that was a little rougher than normal and the testicle had an infection. prescribed 3 doses of strong antibiotics and told to return for more tests if it didnt clear up in 2 weeks, and i never needed to go back at all cos 1 week later it eased and the pain vanished!

Get it checked by the doc as a precaution cos chances are with pain there and no really obvious lumps its likely to be just something mild and not cancer but a trained GP would be able to check that and if it is something else then u might still need antibiotic treatment still

[twiglet4frog]

oh, just remembered a funny thing too that also helps, my doctor explained the the obvious and common cause of a cancer lump was a lump on the smooth surface of the testicle at which point he demonstrated with his computer mouse. So....if u have a ball like a mouse(cordless i presume) then be concerned if u have a hard lump on the smooth side of it!!! and not on the side where the tubes are attached,

[Mistopheles]

Cancer is USUALLY a hard lump, not a soft one, so don't panic! Definitely get it checked to put your mind at rest. Possibly a cyst?

[andyjevs]

Thanks for all the kind, reassuring words. I will be making an appointment straight away with my GP....i'll let you know how it goes ! Andy

[andyjevs]

Again...many thanks, went to GP and he said it was nothing to worry about but i did the right thing going to see him. Thanks for all your help.

[Supernick]

Glad to hear thatyou've got the OK. You sound like you got a better doctor than I did. I was panicking for a couple of days, mentally writing out wills and imagining telling my parents. I went to get it checked out and the doctor examined me, but about 10 seconds later he looked at me really wearily and said "it's not the rright kind of lump at all. You've only got a bit of detached epididymus". He made me feel like a right hypochondriac and insinuated i could have done a bit of research beofe coming to him. Perhaps he'd had a nightmare day and was sick of students turning up with colds asking if they had pneumonia.

[Cozmicblonde]

Hey Dude

 

My boyfriend had the same problem, and the same reaction!  Turns out it is a varicose vain.  They told him it may cause infertility but hey ho who wants sprogs anyhow?  But still go to your Doc and get it checked.