Swollen testicle after vasectomy
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I had a vasectomy 2 weeks ago. My left testicle is still swollen to at least 3x bigger than normal, my right has returned to normal. I went back to the doctor after week one, he said I had an infection and put me on Celebrex & Levaquin . It's been a week and I still not seeing any improvement . Has anyone gone through this or know anything about it? I would appreciate any suggestions or comments you may have.
I had a vasectomy about 7 days ago-and had swelling for a few days after. Other than that no real issues. BUT after the swelling subsided I now have old man looking loose skin on my scrotum. I'm only 35 and never had to much loose skin before. I'm a bit freaked out over this and want to know if it’s due to the fact that I had swelling that went down and now my skin has to get back to normal AND if that’s the case how long will I look like I'm 75 in the scrotum area.
I was then sent to a city hostpital on my birthday to undergo an emergency orchiectomy of the left testicle. I had ended up with a staph infection and was now in isolation intensive care. After two weeks the infection was controled. They never closed the scrotum and packed the open scrotum with saline soaked gauze. I had sitz bath about every 4 hours and had the gauze changed. I was discharged after about 2 weeks.
Hi there, I wanted to ask u a quick question... Maybe I am being too paranoid like so many others but still... I'm a 35 year old male and about 7 weeks ago I had unprotected oral sex performed on me to completion by a guy I didn't really know.... Several weeks later I got epididymitis to my left testicle (swelling, pain, redness) that got better on its own after about 5 days...
Hi, I too lost a testicle after a vasectomy. Right after a vasectomy, I ended up with a hematoma on the left side. I was seen by a doctor who was filling in for our family doctor. She told me that it was nothing. One day later after my scrotum had become the size of a grapefruit she sent me back to the surgeon who did the vasectomy. He immediately performed an emergency surgery to remove the hematoma. 5 days later I went home again.
I had a vasectomy last week on Wednesday. All was well until Friday night (2.5 days later) when the right side of the scrotum "insides" swelled more than 2x. There is a bit more than moderate pain (i.e. not excruciating). By Monday evening it seemed to worsen but could have been since I returned to work that day and was up more. I had spent Wed - Sunday with very very little activity.
(I sometimes feel a slight discomfort in the left testicle as well but that may just be paranoia) It started a few days after sex. The cord running down the back of the testicle seems to be firm and tender. Also the cords that attach to the bottom of the testicle (spermatic cord?) are very firm and appear to be swollen. No burning when urinating, no discharge. There is no swelling in or redness in the scrotum.
This morning I started having a pulsing sensation in the same area...
A week later I ended up in the local hospital with orchitis of the left testicle. After having been hospitalized at the local hospital for a week, the scrotum split open. I was transferred to a urologist at a city hospital.
Once we arrived at emergency, I was rushed into surgery for an emergency left orchiectomy due to a necrotic testicle and a staph infection in the scrotum. I woke up on my birthday missing my left testicle.
This time the locum sent me to the general surgeon who did the vasectomy. After he had a look I was admitted right away and emergency surgery was performed to remove the hematoma. I spent the next week in the hospital.
For the next year there seemed to be a small hole in the left scrotum that never healed. I mentioned this several times. About a year later I was consulting with the regular urologist in regards to a neurogenic bladder.
The only thing that did make a difference for me was a vasectomy. After my wife and I had 3 children I opted for a vasectomy in the hope that the vas deference being severed would prevent infections from spreading into the testicles.
My vasectomy had complications (hematoma) that was remved after the 3rd day. About a year later I underwent an emergency left orchiectomy to remove a necrotic testicle due to a staph infection.
My wife and I never knew that the husband had undergone a vasectomy. They only told my wife and I after I had surgery to remove a testicle from comlications following a vasectomy.
Seven children can be overwheling, but the younger once can help to provide care for their younger sibling.
My mother inlaw can from a family of 11 siblings, only four of them are still with us and they are very close to each other.
It did not go smoothly as I ended up with a hematoma on the left testicle. 2 days after the vasectomy I had emergency surgery to have the blood clot removed. It did not heal well and a year later I lost my left testicle due to a Strep B infection.
The good news is that I have had no problems with the right testicle sinse.
It’s definitely post-vasectomy because the Urologist didn’t notice any lump when he did the vasectomy. Still have slight tenderness in the left testicle. 42 y/o male.
Hi!
While there is a "time limit" on vasectomy reversal after the vasectomy procedure, I am not aware of any data that the reversal itself "wears out" over time.
Your husband does qualify for advanced paternal age however. You won't qualify until 35 :) men make it at 50.
There are a couple of different tests you might want to consider. One is a simple semen analysis to be certain that everything is still in working order.
Vasectomy had complications in the form of a hematoma. About a year after the vasectomy I ended up loosing my left testicle after a bad infection.
Due to repeated infections in the testicle, the remaining right was not producing enough testosterone. As a result I'm now giving myself monthly testosterone injections to boost the levels. Low testosterone has it's own problems like bone density and muscle loss as well as other problems.
Hello,
First of all this loss of sensations after vasectomy can be due to psychological effect after vasectomy. A vasectomy does not affect the blood and hormone supply to the penis. If the symptoms persist even after psychological counseling then nerve damage during the procedure needs to be checked.
I would suggest you to consult a urologist and get an ultrasound done.
I had read that men undergoing a prostatectomy used to get a vasectomy at the same time to prevent infections like orchitis. My vasectomy had complications and I received emergency surgery to have a hematoma removed from the left testicle. A year later I had another emergency this time a left orchiectomy due to a staph infection.
Healing was quite fast. From 2000 to currently I have had no more infections in the remaining left testicle.
In 2000 I lost my left testicle due to a bad infection about a year after a vasectomy. I was born with undecended testicles. My left testicle settled in the scrotum in the first year but the right did not settle untill I was about 11 to 12 y/o.
Since 2003 I started taking testosterone shots since I had a low level of testosterone, which I think might have been the result of now only having my right testicle left. This is the testicle that did not come down untill about the age of 12.
) that were cut during the vasectomy. They are not in the testicle itself or on the sides. Over the past 4 years the the bump on the left has grown to about the size of a dime and the one on the right has grown to about half that size. They are both sensitive to the touch but the one on the left is worse. I have felt a dull ache off and on especially on the left side over the past 4 years but the last couple of days it has become more consistent and more painful.
Hi, It is odd that you have this problem after a vasectomy. I used to come down with this about every 3 to 4 months requiring hospitalizations. I thought that it had to do with me having a neurogenic bladder. In 1999 after my wife and I had four children I decided to have a vasectomy to see if this would bring an end to the infections.
I had read that it used to be comon to give males a vasectomy while having prostate surgery.
There is some swelling or bumps or lumps on the testicle. I think that this can be scar tisue. Pain should be mostly gone by than. Even after I had my left testicle removed, after the third day in hospital there was little pain. The only pain that I experienced was when they changed the packing 4 times a day. Having a sitz bath every 4 hours helped and was needed to prevent further infection.
About 2 weeks ago I noticed that my scrotum was red but thought nothing of it. Today, my right testicle is slightly swollen, not painful or tender. I think I might have tender lymph nodes in my groin. I had a vesectomy in May last year. My question is, could the oral or other physical contact given me an std that has casued epidymitis? My testicles are not sore, its just that the right one now looks bigger than the left, my scrotum is a bit red (at times, this seems to come and go).
i HAD A VESECTOMY ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND RECENTLY i FOUND A LUMP ON THE LOWER PART OF MY LEFT TESTICLE i HAD AN INTRASOUND DONE TODAY BUT AM VERY CONCERNED IT MAY BE CANCER. THEY THINK IT COULD BE A CYST OR A TUMOR. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING COMMON HAPPEN AFTER A VESECTOMY. THE DOC DID EXAM HIM BEFORE THE SURGERY AND FOUND NOTHING. IT JUST ALL OF THE SUDDEN SHOWED UP.
We also thought that by having a vasectomy it would bring a welcomed end to infections in to the testes. After my vasectomy I developed a hematoma and this was surgically removed. To make a long story short. The left side of the scrotum had a small ulcer that never closed after surgery and in 2000 I underwent emergency surgery to remove my left testicle as it had become infected with Strap.
Infections in the epiditimis or testicles can be difficult to get under control.
Most of the time a person does produce enough testosterone with one testicle and it is possible to function with only one. A few years ago I lost my left testicle after a vasectomy and having had several infections of the testicles. As a result the testosterone levels dropped far below the normal level. I now take monthly injections to suppliment the testosterone level.
It is possible that your testicle could have suffered some damage due to having had the fluid around it.
At the age of 35 and having had problems with multiple bouts of epididymitis and orchitis, I decided to go for a vasectomy in the hope that it would stop the infections. One day after the vasectomy, the left side of the scrotum swelled up to be the size of a grapefruit due to a blood clot (hematoma). I received emergency surgery to have the blood clot removed.
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