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A varicocele (VAR-ih-koe-seel) is an enlargement of the veins within the scrotum, the loose bag of skin that holds your testicles. A varicocele is similar to a varicose vein that can occur in your leg.
Varicoceles are a common cause of low sperm production and decreased sperm quality, which can cause infertility. However, not all varicoceles affect sperm production. Varicoceles can also cause testicles to shrink.
Most varicoceles develop over time. Fortunately, most varicoceles are easy to diagnose and many don't need treatment. If a varicocele causes symptoms, it often can be repaired surgically.
A varicocele often produces no signs or symptoms. Rarely, it may cause pain. The pain may:
With time, varicoceles may enlarge and become more noticeable.
Because a varicocele usually causes no symptoms, it often requires no treatment. Varicoceles may be discovered during a fertility evaluation or a routine physical exam.
However, if you experience pain or swelling in your scrotum or you discover a mass on your scrotum or you're having problems with fertility, contact your doctor. A number of conditions can cause a scrotal mass or testicular pain, some of which require immediate treatment.
Your spermatic cord carries blood to and from your testicles. It's not certain what causes varicoceles, but many experts believe a varicocele forms when the valves inside the veins in the cord prevent your blood from flowing properly. The resulting backup causes the veins to widen (dilate). This may then result in damage to the testicle and result in worsened fertility.
Varicoceles often form during puberty. Varicoceles usually occur on the left side, most likely because of the position of the left testicular vein. However, a varicocele in one testicle can affect sperm production in both testicles.
There don't appear to be any significant risk factors for developing a varicocele. However, some research suggests that being overweight may increase your risk.
A varicocele may cause:
You're likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner. However, in some cases when you call to set up an appointment, you may be referred immediately to a urologist.
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, and know what to expect from your doctor.
Preparing a list of questions will help you make the most of your time with your doctor. List your questions from most important to least important. For varicocele, some questions to ask include:
In addition to the questions you've prepared, don't hesitate to ask questions that arise during your appointment.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions, including:
Take an over-the-counter pain reliever and wear an athletic supporter to relieve pressure.
Your doctor will conduct a physical exam, which may reveal a twisted, nontender mass above your testicle that may feel like what's been described as a bag of worms. If it's large enough, your doctor will be able to feel it. If you have a smaller varicocele, your doctor may ask you to stand, take a deep breath and hold it while you bear down (Valsalva maneuver). This helps your doctor detect abnormal enlargement of the veins.
If the physical exam is inconclusive, your doctor may order a scrotal ultrasound. This test, which uses high-frequency sound waves to create precise images of structures inside your body, may be used to ensure there isn't another reason for your symptoms. One such condition is a tumor that compresses the spermatic vein.
Varicocele treatment may not be necessary. However, if your varicocele causes pain, testicular atrophy or infertility, or if you are considering assisted reproductive techniques, you may want to undergo varicocele repair. The purpose of surgery is to seal off affected veins to redirect the blood flow into normal veins. In cases of male infertility, treatment of a varicocele may improve or cure the infertility or improve the quality of sperm if techniques such as in-vitro fertilization are to be used.
Although varicoceles typically develop in adolescence, it's less clear whether you should have varicocele repair at that time. Indications for repairing a varicocele in adolescence include progressive testicular atrophy, pain or abnormal semen analysis results.
Varicocele repair presents relatively few risks, which may include:
Repair methods include:
Open surgery. This treatment usually is done on an outpatient basis, using general anesthetic or local anesthetic. Commonly, your surgeon will approach the vein through your groin (transinguinal), but it's also possible to make an incision in your abdomen or below your groin.
Advances in varicocele repair have led to a reduction of post-surgical complications. One advance is the use of the surgical microscope, which enables the surgeon to see the treatment area better during surgery. Another is the use of Doppler ultrasound, which helps guide the procedure.
You may be able to return to normal, nonstrenous activities after two days. As long as you're not uncomfortable, you may return to more strenuous activity, such as exercising, after two weeks.
Pain from this surgery generally is mild. Your doctor may prescribe pain medication for the first two days after surgery. After that, your doctor may advise you to take over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) to relieve discomfort.
Your doctor may advise you not to have sex for one to two weeks. You'll have to wait three or four months after surgery to get a semen analysis to determine whether the varicocele repair was successful in restoring or improving your fertility. Open surgery has the highest success rates when compared to other surgical methods.
If you have a varicocele that causes you minor discomfort but doesn't affect your fertility, you might try the following for pain relief:
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This is a four day weekend in Italy in celebration of la Festa della Repubblica, comparable to our 4th of July. Since my original plans for Saturday didn't quite pan out, I jumped online and searched to see what festivals were in the area. Being such a major holiday I was surprised to find that my only real choices nearby were between a farm equipment festival and a power yoga event. Not exactly what I was after.
Looking as far over as Bologna one festival caught my eye — Le veglie di Bacco (The Vigils of Bacchus). Located in the mountain-top borgo of an ancient abbey that sits above the town of Monteveglio, it was a good two hour drive away on the back roads through three provinces. But since it was a beautiful spring day, that was no problem at all.
The two hour drive turned into three as I wasn't in any particular hurry and turned off the main road whenever I would see something interesting off in the distance. One of those stops was at the fortress in Bazzano, which happened to be completely empty during my visit. Walking through the large gate I found myself in a grassy courtyard surrounded by the outer walls and a view of the town below. The fortress, now an architectural museum, stood quietly with a sparsely decorated church and clock tower visible to the town beneath.
Finally pulling into the festival close to 9pm, I grabbed a bite to eat at the only food stand around. They had a choice of crescentina, known in our area as gnocco fritto (fried bread), or a single tigella with prosciutto, coppa di testa and/or a local cheese inside. I picked the crescentina with coppa di testa and cheese and wandered around a bit through the market. Coppa di testa is made up of little pieces of meat from the head of pigs and possibly other parts I shouldn't share with you and has a really strong taste that takes some getting used to. I should've gone with the prosciutto.
Not much was happening in Monteveglio so I grabbed a ticket for the bus that would haul me up the mountain on a road barely wider than itself to the Borgo dell'Abbazia. It's a 1.5 mile trip and the many signs announcing that the last bus down will leave at 10pm let me know that I, along with most others, would be hoofing it down the mountain in the middle of the night since that was when the festival was scheduled to end.
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Inside the festival were blacksmiths, weavers, thatchers and pottery makers dressed in period clothes demonstrating their various trades. Others walked around dressed as nobles, squires, lepers covered in bandages and other random villagers. The best costumes I saw were of a group of men with long beards dressed as friars mingling with the crowd. Back when I went to the Renaissance Fair in Texas, I always dressed as a friar and so I noted how authentic their costumes were. I walked towards one of them to ask for a picture only to quickly realize — they weren't costumes.
At the far end of the borgo where the abbey sits, they had a jousting arena and games for kids. The inside of the church had the same fascinating architectural style as the duomo at Modena with the sanctuary one flight of stairs up and a crypt directly beneath it one flight of stairs down. I tried to sneak a photo of the inside, but one of the (real) friars was giving me the evil eye and I deftly put my camera back in my pocket.
I slipped into a line at one of the food stands to try out one of the desserts available and met the Irish university student, Vincent, and his Italian girlfriend who were in line behind me. They later introduced me to a group of their friends who came down from Pavia to stay in one of the apartments inside the borgo and I hung out with them for the rest of the evening. We watched a performance of a mythological story very similar to what I saw at Brisighella with dancers on stilts and fireworks strapped to every appendage of their bodies dancing around each other lighting the occasional spectator on fire. I thought about explaining the story as I understood it explained to me, but even now I'm still confused. Something about Zeus, women in plastic bubbles and fire breathing cows. Or as we like to say in Austin, a Tuesday night on 6th.
It was near midnight and tension filled the air, bandannas fastened tightly to our foreheads, menacing growls on our faces. We were outnumbered at least 2 to 1. The final battle was imminent. We took our weapons in hand, the ever dangerous and highly volatile foam balls in socks, and stood shoulder to shoulder against a greater foe. "VIA!" In less than a second the air was filled with crisscrossing red and white spheres flying aimlessly towards the opposite sides of the field. Vincent hurriedly organized groups of fighters to stave off the incoming attacks and I was using my patent-pending throw-like-a-girl tactic to win sympathy from the enemy. But alas, our efforts were in vain and my shoulder giving out on me forced me to the sidelines.
Leaving about 1am, I started walking down the mountain in the pitch black without even the moonlight to show me where I was going. I heard some noise around the corner and caught up with another group ahead of me with torches in hand singing Bella Ciao all the way down the hill. The streets were empty and the stands were closed and I hopped in my car for the two hour drive back home.
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What a great evening. I feel like I was there too, without having to eat the pig parts. Thanks for sharing.
You tell a great story. I think it would take a long time to learn all the history of the area. Glad you met some new friends.
Funny stuff! Glad you're back to writing again.
Brian, great post! Just came across your blog. I tried emailing you, but got this message:
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when you have a moment, shoot me an email at giovanni.milano at juventusmember.com so I can re-send the original. lol. hope to hear from ya soon. ciao
Hi John, thanks! Try sending the email again, it should work now.
Ooooh! Sounds like fun!
I'm glad you had a great time. I'm going to read your other posts now. Nice blog.
You have a knack for putting the reader 'right there' with you.
Aggiorna il blooooog! we want some updates!
And recipes, we like recipes. lol
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Ladies are the best teachers o this Universe . It all started from the days of EVE offering first lesson to ADAM. Naturally for a lady a TEACHING job would be ideal anywhere any-day and if it be a Government Institution ,it is an added advantage.Answered by Santiranjan Pal, 23 May '12 11:25 am
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Meat Alternative Lean Protiens
- dcole May 22, 2011 01:26 PM
Over the last two years I have significantly reduced the amount of animal products I have been eating, but now that I am working out pretty seriously again, I am realizing that I might need some more protein sources in my diet and don't want to add chicken or meat outside of rare occasions.
My problem stands that I work pretty long hours during the week, and usually cook Sunday for Mon-Wed and then again Wed night for Thurs and Fri. I already eat hummus, dried and roasted edamame, and quinoa quite often. The few ideas I have to add are a grilled and cooled calamari (and other similar seafood) salad, good quality canned sardines, and lentil/bean salads.
Does anyone have some other ideas they could share? Thanks!
Eggs, or egg whites to be specific.
Canned tuna and salmon (esp. if canned sardines are ok with no "animal products" line)
Pumpkin seeds
Fish roe
re: smartie
Tofu is not really *that* high in protein, esp. vis-a-vis other non-meat alternatives.
re: ipsedixit
And quinoa is?
re: ipsedixit
That's not so, measuring it calorie for calorie against, say, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, lentils or fish roe: Only the fish roe compares favorably to extra firm tofu at equal calories. For about 55 calories the protein content is: quinoa 2.04 gms, pumpkin seeds 2.96 gms, lentils 1.05 gms, fish roe, 7.87 gms, extra firm tofu 7.40 gms.
Honestly, you're probably getting enough as is. But, if you want a boost...
Oysters. From an ethical point of view, they're not really alive/conscious, farming them actually helps the environment and they're as low mercury as seafood gets. Most importantly, smoked canned ones are really tasty. And, I hear folks like 'em raw.
Silken tofu. A cheater protein in that you can mash/puree them into a bunch of things for some extra texture.
Vegan chili. Probably the cheapest solution in that you can make a batch for the week and just top a bunch of things with it for that extra flavorful, beanie, protein goodness.
Beans and rice (that would be a make ahead meal to reheat). Peanut butter and whole wheat bread. If you're truly leaning towards vegetarian than include cheese and crackers. Vegetarian Times is a great resource.
Protein powder, if you can find one you like. I use hemp protein, and blend it with a rotating variety of frozen and fresh fruits and nuts. It is fast, and can boost your protein intake significantly. Hemp tastes a little green -- you may prefer a powder from another source.
What I have been eating lately is canned tuna (packed in olive oil, not water, its a little higher in calories but after its drained, it makes a much bigger difference in taste) and a lot of greek yogurt. Look for Greek yogurt made with skim milk that contains no fat (just as good as full fat versions) and top it off with some honey and blueberries and some crunchy granola clusters and you have a perfect desert/snack. One serving of yogurt contains approx. 18 g of protein. Almost as much as a can of tuna.
Eggs are almost the most cost effective form of protein you can buy in a store. At about a $0.25/ 5 g of protein. Unless you have extreme cholesterol problems, 2 eggs a day is perfect (or at least that's what I have been bulking up on). But I eat yogurt almost every day, sometimes 2 times a day when I need the protein.
re: Roarasaur
Roar, do you eat the white albacore tuna? If so, you might think about switching to salmon for less mercury toxicity, plus you pick up more Omega 3's with salmon. The darker tuna I believe is less of a concern, IF you are concerned.
TVP (textured vegetable protein) is a soy protein that resembles crumbles of ground meat when cooked. they take on the flavor of whatever they're in, and are great. i sometimes even hydrate them in broth, then mix with bragg's amino acids (or soy sauce) and herbs or vinegars or whatever of choice. great to add to chili, soup, ratatouille, stews, etc.
I've been trying to do this as well. The bean salads are a great way to incorporate protein and they get better with age. I like to do a nicoise salad with good quality tuna (packed in oil...don't do the packed in water nonsense), stir fries with tofu, this simple but fabulous Cantonese egg with tomato dish...oh, eggs. Argh. I eat a lot of eggs to get my daily protein consumption up but I know you're trying to reduce your animal product intake...
If I feel that I haven't had enough protein then I'll have some Fage yogurt for dessert or incorporate a nut butter into my snack at night.
I tend to get tired of bean salads and end up eating a medium rare burger on the weekends to satisfy by juicy meat craving. Let me know if you come up with any new ideas!
I'd really lean on fish and seafood, cottage cheese, eggs and Greek yogurt plus whole soy (but avoid TVP or ersatz processed soy foods) and maybe some whey peptide protein powder in shakes. If you're working out seriously and want to add lean muscle mass, I'd try to steer away from the modest proteins attached to starchy foods and learn to love fish, dairy and eggs.
I am glad that dcole raised this question. At a veg restaurant I had some "fake" barbecue on a bun, made with vegetable protein, that was absolutely delicious so I bought some VP and carefully followed the recipe on the box. What resulted had the precise consistency of dog poop on a wet sidewalk; it was inedible and disgusting. If anyone can instruct me here, I am willing to try again.


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