DR Zoe Williams, our resident specialist and NHS GP, shares her expert advice with our readers. Here she helps a reader who has been suffering from testicle pain for eight years. 2 Dr Zoe helps a reader who has been suffering from testicle pain for eight years Credit: Olivia West 2 Dr Zoe explains that constant testicular pain for over three months is called chronic orchialgia Credit: Getty Q) FOR the last eight years I’ve had pain in my right testicle which flares up for weeks.
Numerous scans show nothing is up. At times the pain is so bad I can’t let them examine me. A) What you have is chronic orchialgia, which is defined as over three months of intermittent or constant testicular pain that is significant enough to affect the person’s quality of life.
READ MORE FROM DR ZOE ASK DR ZOE Dr Zoe Williams helps reader get to the bottom of sister's dizzy turns ASK DR ZOE I'm worried I'll end up in a wheelchair - Dr Zoe Williams reassures readers It most commonly starts in the mid to late thirties and while there are several potential diagnosable causes, in more than one in four cases no cause is found. You have had numerous normal scans – I assume these were ultrasounds? Other tests that might help include a urine sample to check for inflammation or infection; and a blood test to check testosterone and B12 – if these are deficient, replacing can help alleviate pain. If those are normal then a referral to a urologist may be a good idea, who can consider whether.