Scrotal pain... seeking advice, would very much appreciate

[expc]

Hello, PEers! I began PE late November 2011, and was pleased to see results within a month. However, on December 10, I sustained an injury while jelqing... in my scrotum, towards the top of the seminal tubes. I stopped for a couple of weeks, and the pain completely healed.

By January, I was back it. I reinjured that month, same thing. This time, it doesn't seem to have gone away, though it certainly has gotten better over time. I realize none of you are doctors, I'm not seeking professional medical advice; however, I can't find even anecdotes of similar problems occurring when I google my symptoms. I'm wondering, then, if any of you could lend anything that could help me.

Here are the symptoms:
- Almost without failure, only one "area" seems to hurt at a time. The three areas are the left scrotum, right scrotum, and around the perineal area between the scrotum and anus. Sometimes, I'll feel fine on the left, but the right hurts; sometimes it's the opposite; other times, my sack feels completely normal but that perineum area hurts. The left scrotum hurts the most often.
- When a scrotal area is hurting, the seminal tubes on that side seem to be slightly expanded.
- Pain is not noticeable when I'm just waking up or focused on something -- it's just distracting when I'm doing nothing and my mind lingers.
- Pain is slightly increased directly after masturbation.

I've put off for a while, as you can tell -- I just figured the pain would subside as it did last time, and what pain there is isn't too significant. However, I'm imaginably nervous, and I get depressed about it. I'll answer any questions you shoot at me.

[WorthTheGirth]

I can't tell you why, but I'm in the same boat. Definitely hurts more after masturbating, however this pain started yesterday oddly. I've been PEing for almost 7 months as well.

[Handcramp]

It doesn't sound like something acute enough to mandate a trip to the doctor, but you must make that decision. I'm wondering if what you were doing at the time of the original injury had a direct impact on one or both of your seminal tube bundles--for instance, grabbing really deep into the base of your shaft to make a jelq grip. Nerves which serve the testicles are part of the bundles suspending your balls. Perhaps you had a minor compression insult to one or more nerves, creating a bit of inflammation. With the complexity of the nerve pathways in your pelvic region, some of what you are feeling might be 'referred' pain, or discomfort at a site other than the one originally injured because of the interconnectedness of the larger set of nerves.

When the pain ramps up right after masturbating, the action of the masturbating itself could be aggravating some existing inflammation. You also become more aware of existing discomfort after cumming because a high state of sexual arousal is excellent at masking pain, or even allowing some people to experience pain as a form of sexual stimulation. After cumming, the masking rapidly disappears.

Give it a little more time. Maybe try to use some therapeutic heating to stimulate increased blood flow throughout your pelvic area. Think about adding some things to your diet that down-regulate inflammation (curcumin, omega-3 fats, saturated fats in place of vegetable oils, which promote inflammation).

You'll heal up just fine.

[basil rambone]

I guess I would make an appt. with my doc if I were you. It would help rule out any real problems. You don't have to say what you think caused it if that would be embarrassing. I had some blood in my urine many years ago and had an infection of some sort. Had the urge to pee all the time. Had nothing to do with any kind of PE. I was prescribed an antibiotic and it cleared up. It is always tough talking to a doc about the privates but remember that they've seen it all.