What to do if testicles hurt?

Testicular pain is a type of pain that can occur in one or both testicles in men. This pain is sometimes caused by the testicles themselves, or sometimes the pain can be caused by other conditions. The testicles are very sensitive and can be easily damaged. If there is any pressure on it, even mildly, it can cause pain. Even an injury that happened many years ago can take its toll and cause pain later on.

Many of us see that when the testicles are injured, it is difficult to breathe because of the pain, and many times, many people deliberately stop breathing to reduce the pain. Let's know how scientifically effective these steps are:

Excessive trauma to any part of our body can cause obstruction in our breathing. According to some researchers, traumatic pain can affect breathing by altering the speed, volume, and frequency of our breathing. According to some studies, slow breathing is often associated with reducing our physical pain. However, there is a lack of evidence to explain the underlying physiological effects of increased or decreased pain with respiration.

So I am quite skeptical about the validity of holding your nose to relieve scrotal pain. But for those who succeeded in alleviating testicular pain in this way, it may have acted as a placebo effect. A placebo is a type of psychological comfort. This means you are telling your brain that holding your nose after a testicular injury will reduce the pain in your testicles. This will create a mental state in your brain, which will make you feel like the pain is actually going away. The placebo effect, however, has no medicinal or curative effect, rather it increases our mental willpower. As a result, the ability of the testicles to bear severe pain increases a little.

However, after you have injured your testicles, hold your nose or not, depending on the severity of the pain, the pain will subside after a while if the condition is not too severe. A doctor must be consulted if the testicle injury is severe.