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billy wrote at 2008-03-19 16:21:06
I also suffer from this condition and I find regular sex eases the cysts and even makes them even smaller.

mike wrote at 2008-06-12 05:34:41
Subject: epididymal cyst



I have the same symtoms; however, I also have dis-clouration around the tip of my penus is this normal and associated with this condition?



Thank you in advance  

Alan wrote at 2009-04-06 19:52:05
I had an epidermoid cyst of the testes and experienced groin & lower back pain, depression, low testosterone levels etc. I had it surgically removed and started to put on muscle mass and all symptoms went away, I could relax and think properly. It has now came back and after personally studying my experience I am convinced the cause is muscle fatique in sexual ability .i.e. instead of freely ejaculating the muscle is fatiquing and withholding siemen, forming a cyst. This can be prevented by avoiding sexual activity after sport etc and times when testosterone levels are lower.

I know about this wrote at 2011-09-26 16:00:45
I was diagnoses with one of these 10 years ago. I was anxious until having an ultrasound but then didn;t worry about it after finding out what it was. I to would get intermittent pain, especially on long car journeys! Last weekend however, mine burst and has left me with a very swollen sack (for want of a better term!) had docs this morning and have been prescribed antibiotics and Ibuprofen, hopfully my body will re-absor the fluid apprently, if not however, I will have to get it lanced :(

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Stephen W. Leslie, MD

Expertise

Questions concerning erectile dysfunction, kidney stones and prostate disorders including prostate cancer. I have a special interest in kidney stone disease prevention.

Experience

Full time practicing urologist with 30 years experience. Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Urology at Creighton University Medical Center. Editor in Chief of eMedicine Urology internet textbook. Author of only NIH approved book written for patients by a urologist on the subject of kidney stones "The Kidney Stones Handbook". Inventor of the "Parachute" and "Escape" kidney stone baskets and the "Calculus" stone prevention analysis computer program.

Organizations
American Urological Association, Ohio State Medical Association, Sexual Medicine Society

Publications
Men's Health, Journal of Urology, Urology, Healthwatch Magazine, Emergency Medicine Monthly, eMedicine, "The Kidney Stones Handbook", and numerous articles in various newspapers. He is also the editor of the Urology Board Review by McGraw-Hill used by urologists to study for their Board Certification Examinations.

Education/Credentials
Graduate of New York Medical College with residencies completed at Metropolitan Hospital New York, Albany Medical Center and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Awards and Honors
Thirlby Award of the American Urological Association. Rated as one the country's Best Urologists by the Independent Consumer's Research Institute

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