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Should I fix my twisting testicle with surgery?
Hi, I am a 21 year old man (sorry for any language mistakes, I'm not a native english speaker) and I have been experiencing in the last 3 years episodes of rotation in my right testicle. It started one night after face down masturbating (stroking against the matress while in prone position) and suddenly started feeling a discomfort in my right testicle. I went to the bathroom to check and in the mirror I noticed it was in an unusual position. After that night and in the following days/months I started to pay attention to its condition and position and found that it usually turns 180 degrees (i can very well feel with my hand the epididimis in the front), when I notice that behaviour I attempt (and usually succeed) in manually restoring it in its natural position (with the epididimis facing backwards).
I believe that after that night something changed in my right testicle and since then it moves much more. Also, when i touch it during the day to understand its current position i usually find it in a slightly rotated place (usually 45 degrees, never less than that)
The left one is always in the same position: never once in these years i found it even remotely rotated by the same amounts.
The rotation, when it occurs, always feels painless, but I got to the point where i fear that every unusual movement i take could make it rotate more than usual. Also i fear the day where it could make a full 360 degrees turn without me noticing, putting me closer to a dangerous situation where the blood could stop correctly flowing. This situation alternates between being a nuisance and a reason to feel anxious.
So I'd like to ask: can it ever get to a point where it turns too much and the blood stops flowing or does that happen only to certain individuals with specific deformities (that i dont believe i have since the left one is fine and the right one stated acting weird only after i mechanically stressed it that night)?
should i surgically fix it in place and just forget about this? how is it even possible that a face down masturbation changed the behaviour of the testicle this much without it returning "normal" by its own?
Thank you for your time and patience.
I believe that after that night something changed in my right testicle and since then it moves much more. Also, when i touch it during the day to understand its current position i usually find it in a slightly rotated place (usually 45 degrees, never less than that)
The left one is always in the same position: never once in these years i found it even remotely rotated by the same amounts.
The rotation, when it occurs, always feels painless, but I got to the point where i fear that every unusual movement i take could make it rotate more than usual. Also i fear the day where it could make a full 360 degrees turn without me noticing, putting me closer to a dangerous situation where the blood could stop correctly flowing. This situation alternates between being a nuisance and a reason to feel anxious.
So I'd like to ask: can it ever get to a point where it turns too much and the blood stops flowing or does that happen only to certain individuals with specific deformities (that i dont believe i have since the left one is fine and the right one stated acting weird only after i mechanically stressed it that night)?
should i surgically fix it in place and just forget about this? how is it even possible that a face down masturbation changed the behaviour of the testicle this much without it returning "normal" by its own?
Thank you for your time and patience.
Have you seen a doctor for this? Is the doctor suggesting surgery?
I think you should start with a doctor, and get a diagnosis, and go from there.
If this is some kind of injury or testicular torsion, though pain usually accompanies that - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/190514 - you may need surgery.
If there is no pain yet, definitely get it checked before that happens.
This is absolutely a reason to see a doctor now, if that's what you're asking. Don't wait. Let us know what happens.
I think you should start with a doctor, and get a diagnosis, and go from there.
If this is some kind of injury or testicular torsion, though pain usually accompanies that - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/190514 - you may need surgery.
If there is no pain yet, definitely get it checked before that happens.
This is absolutely a reason to see a doctor now, if that's what you're asking. Don't wait. Let us know what happens.
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