Lumps around testicles

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by Guest Posts on Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:11 pm

Lumps around testicles

On behalf of Megan:
My boyfriend has had lumps around his testicles for awhile, I have told him to visit his GP on numerous occasions but he has refused due to embarrassment. What causes lumps and swelling in the testicles?
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Mr Benjamin Challacombe
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by Mr Benjamin Challacombe on Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:21 am

Re: Lumps around testicles

These sound like epididymal cysts
An ultrasound would be useful
there are other options like varicocele.
https://www.baus.org.uk/patients/condit ... cular_lump
this is useful
Best to get it checked
The GPs are used to this and will be reassuring
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by Robert Cornes on Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:26 pm

Re: Lumps around testicles

Around 96 out of every hundred men who find an abnormaility down there and go to their GP will have a common non-cancerous condition which should be fairly easily identified by a short examination or if needed an ultrasound scan of the testicles. GPs will have seen many men in the same situation so there is really no need for embarrassment.
Rob Cornes
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