Men's Health

7 UNFORTUNATE (BUT TOTALLY FIXABLE!) THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOUR JUNK

1. YOUR BALLS HURT

WHAT IT COULD BE:

lue balls. Infection or inflammation. Kidney stones. Hernia. All of these can irritate the nerves that lead to your testicles and leave you with a dull ache. But if your balls hurt and feel full, it could be a varicocele—an enlargement of veins there. That’s treatable with anti-inflammatory meds, tighter underwear, or sometimes outpatient surgery to clip the vein shut. Sometimes testicular pain isn’t caused by just one thing, so don’t be frustrated if you see a doc and they can’t tell

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