Help, I need advice,,,hubby referred!

[Mickiray2004]

My husband was recently in the ER for severe groin pain, they admitted him and kept him over night then it was decided it was not his appendix (which was enlarged) but referred him to a urologist for a cyst they found in his testicles and called it I belive the spelling is varicoli,,,,,is this something that requires biospy,,shoud we be concerned,,he has tried pain meds, antibotics hot and cold,,,it went away but now the pain is back?

[Mickiray2004]

thank you for your time, it means the world to me, i needed someone to just actauly explain,,and you made it make sense,thankss

[Caryopteris]

I shouldr mention that sometimes docs who are not urologists mix up varicoceles and hydroceles.  Hydroceles are also benign.  It's just a collection of fluid in there where it doesn't belong.  I suppose it could also be epididymitis.  That's a painful swelling of one of the epididymides.  That's not cancer either, and only needs surgery if the pain is too bad.  

[Caryopteris]

Varicocele is a benign condition (not cancer).  It is quite common and urologists see this all the time.  It is basically like varicose veins in the scrotum.  This means, however, that it causes too much blood to be around the testicles.  Testicles don't need to be that warm - that's why they are located outside the body cavity are are free to move close to and away from the body to control their own temperature!  If you are trying to get pregnant, all the more reason he will want to have this surgically corrected.  

So yes, he is probably going to want to have it surgically corrected, but it is not an emergency and it's not cancer.