Pain, dull ache in left testis from last 10 months, pain is on and off.

Can I start with saying I am so sorry to hear you are going through this pain.

I know that sometimes when you do long exercise you can strain the testicles. have you tried stopping the exercise that causes the pain. I am guessing you have strained it. As you mention it is fine after a bath. like muscle pains. when you bathe it they easeup and go.

Also, I wonder if you suffer from anxety. even though your testilces hurting isnt a symptom of anxety, you have a pain feelings. It could be a phantom pain as you are panicking about it and developing the symptoms yourself. If doctors and all tests are fine. do you have headaches, tingling, numbness. if you do. I am assuming it will be more anxety and stress feelings as you are trying to find an answer that isnt there.

I am sorry if this doesnt help. my advice would be try to stop searching for answers on here. it drives you more crazy and like you said, your symptoms are worse when you do.

Hope this does help and good luck

I saw your link you posted in another topic I subscribed to a minute ago. May be same thing as me. I'm telling people to get HSV1 tested (can't hurt to know anyway!) because months of pains and various doc's and not a single one mentioned HSV1 and had my gf tested after all three of my STD tests came back negative. She tested positive. realized HSV1 and 2 aren't included in STD checks unless requested or sores present. Anyway, maybe I just got herpes some other time and it suddenly became apparent now when my body is weakened from something else, but if a few other people get tested and either come back with positive or neg results, it will mean a lot in drawing a conclusion. Note I've only slept with a handful of girls, all long term girlfriends, and I never kissed strangers or anything.

Do you also feel dull pain in your scrotum? What kind you tests you had ? and what medicines you were given? Like Niftran 100mg? or Doxy-1? Did any medicine help? Sorry to ask so many questions but i want to know ..

I seem to have a range of symptoms more complete than most: in the the initial month or so I had these fleeting symptoms which are mostly gone or very minor at this point: flu-like symptoms and chills and red rashes on hands, knees, elbows, blurred vision and red veins in eyes, and pimples-without-heads on my back. The symptoms that have persisted for 4 months with no more than 12 hours of relief per week are as described: Red scrotum, often tightened to my body and leathery feeling, shiny. Dull pain in scrotum (when I tug it, it feels like I'm pulling much harder than I really am on the actual scrotum skin). Extremely sensitive testicles: at times, difficult to walk because any contact to testicles is painful. No longer can run or jump. Very minor swelling of everything inside scrotum- just enough for me to notice but Doc just barely sees/feels swelling. Scrotum often becomes moist on its own, usually associated with tightening to body and increased redness- worsens in hot temps usually. Feels like when you dont wash off lube after sex. When I press btwn anus and bottom of scrotum, painful to touch but not nearly as sensitives as testes. Also slightly swollen in this area. Occasional gurgling feeling at base of penis and extending inward, which is not painful, and has nothing to do with bowel movement. Used to have heavy abdominal pain, but now it is pretty minor. Excessive flatulence, but bowel movements mostly normal. Even after sleeping with baby powder then washing intensely in shower, scrotum is sticky after dry. Sometimes the stickiness is reduced to that feeling you get when you wash your hands super thoroughly with soap and then try to rub them and they sort of stick together. Always worsens with exercise/heat/sweating, as does dull scrotum pain.

Recently, the pain is also very evident in the tip of my penis- forgot to mention.

I've had all STD tests, urine analyses, ultrasound like yourself, tactile examination by doctor. Have tried antibiotics (levoflaxin) and antivirals (acyclovir in various dosages)- neither changed a thing. Increased air definitely feels better but it only decreases moisture and redness/stickiness and doesn't really address the constant pain. Am now doing antifungal powder and antibacterial bar soap from a recommendation on similar post.
I've also quit smoking marijuana, and drinking although i barely ever drank. Still use caffeine but tried a week off and saw no results- and now I only drink tea and occasionally I'll have a single espresso. Very healthy person otherwise.

Sorry to spam but I also had a prostate exam from my GP at 1 month and specialist at 3 month mark and the results were undoubtedly negative from both of them.

Okay, here i my problem- I never felf my scrotum moist, i dont remember being it red. yes pain increased when its in expanded state, and pain goes when scrotum is in shrink state. I never felt my scrotum as sticky though. I hope you have read all my story in my initial post. My pain increases when i sit somewhere for a long time. Sometimes i dont feel it as if its not there. No medicine till now helped me...90% of my problem is in my left testis. I guess your problem is different from me as i think as you said you had a positive HSV1 test so i guess you are on the right track. But in my case doctor never come to a decision, sometimes they say it is infection or may be cyst or my be epididymitis....i have even had a testicular cancer test it was negative i suggest you also the same.
Also please let me know which medicines you were given?

oh ok, it does sound like something different then.

From what you're describing, your pains sound a lot like nerve damage or pinching. Have you ever had back or neck problems? and what is your occupation?

The hips can also compress nerves in the sacral area. How does the pain respond to aerobic activity, anaerobic activity and to stretching?

sounds like you can help me in this..
yes i have back pain so often, and also i sit for a long time as im an IT professional sometimes i have pain on my hips too..
And one question- How is neck problem related to testis pain?
pain increases when i try to touch my foot toe from my hand..

Neck pain can be indistinguishable from back pain if left untreated for some time, or one can elicit the other (for example, neck injury leads to back pain as the muscles compensate for compromised neck.) Either one can lead to nerve compression. I often have a very tight lower back, which pulls things a little out of line, and leaves my right toes tingling or numb.

I'm really no expert at all, but I would recommend a chiropractic appointment. Check your insurance- they actually pay for chiropractors now if you have a middle or higher end insurance. If you're hunched over all the time on a computer, these things can get pretty bad pretty quickly. In the meantime, I would get an hour long massage and ask them not for a 'whole-body massage', but to focus only on your upper and lower back and hip joints.

If nerve compression is not the issue, I would almost certainly guess that you have a hernia. When the pain begun, had you been doing any unusually heavy lifting or straining? One way to discern a hernia and nerve compression is to work any muscles in question. A hernia will produce very real and stinging pain when the muscle is worked, whereas working sore muscles suffering nerve compression will reduce the point of pressure.

what you are saying is right to some extent..
I dont have hernia. i have been to 6 doctors none of them told me if this is hernia, it can be a nerve pull or a strain in a nerve though...
I never thought to get rid of my back problem as my testis problem is bigger issue for me...i will give it a try now. I sometimes feel pain in my hips and lower back..could be that the pain travel to testis as well..
Best of luck to you also...Please keep me posted as i want to get in touch with everyone who is going through the similar symptoms...

~Grover

I think you mean muscle pull or strain, could be that. When you strain a muscle it feels very sore as if it has suffered a blow, and if it's more serious you will notice muscular atrophy or loss of strength in the muscle.

Sit down, put a firm pillow between your knees and press your knees together with more strength than required. If you have a pull or strain in your groin, you'll feel a weakness directly to the left of your scrotum in your very upper leg, or you may even flinch from the discomfort.

Hold weights or something kind of heavy and do like 20 proper squats and that will test your quadriceps and hamstrings likewise.

hope this helps- let me know

-max

i m also facing same problem .. since last year . if i am not wrong ur in a relationship, i am also a IT professional its not any thing else i m also tired for that but really its hurt but now i m over come for that that's noting its a cyst which is grow when its little grow your testis little bit lump u see it .. and your skin may be shine but the last you don't do noting i m consult with more than 10 doctor they all are told me just forgot about this any live your life with full of enjoy. dude if you are in relationship surely u have to test your partner coz i m in relation she got infection that's why its starts with me.. so beware for dat. its a big issues . now u should have live your life in freedom . without thinking if your thing about this very much then you feel pain ..

take care ..

can you please let me know if any medicine you took to overcome the situation, or still you have this problem??

Please let me know any solution if you have? any medicine?