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Sex after varicocele, complications and recovery

Complications of varicocele

Varicocele male disease, is diagnosed in boys from nine years of age and in men at a younger age. A fairly common disease, is a varicose dilation of the veins surrounding the spermatic cord, often manifests on the left side. Externally varicocele can be identified by the scrotum droops to the left, as well as by palpation, comparing the veins in the left and right sides.

Much swollen veins should raise concerns and cause a visit to the urologist. Bilateral varicocele happens occasionally. For pathology may be asymptomatic and detected incidentally. In case manifestations of symptoms are seen dragging pain in the scrotum. The discomfort is felt in the long walk, an uncomfortable seat or wearing tight underwear.

Accurate diagnosis about the presence or absence of a varicocele are able to establish a specialist using diagnostic ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound. All who can't decide on a surgery to remove a varicocele, should know what a dangerous disease. The normal testis produces sperm. If varicocele causes blood to back up, the temperature of the testicle and the epididymis, violated their function, as a result, the sperm become non-viable and developing infertility.

Accumulated because of impaired blood flow in the veins of the poisonous products of metabolism can also damage the egg. Among the causes of infertility is lack of nutrients and oxygen, mechanical compression of the testicular tissue, leading to hypoxia. Detected in time operated varicocele, will help in the future, to have offspring and to avoid psychological problems in sexual life.

Modern surgical techniques allow you to correct this pathology, but as it is, no operation was performed, there may be some complications that take place with time. Immediately after the operation of ligation and damage of lymphatic vessels there is a violation of the outflow of lymph from the tissues of the testis (lymphedema). Swelling of the scrotum takes place within 2 weeks. Pain in the testicle and the spermatic cord may be felt for months or years.

If the intersection of the lymph nodes (depending on the choice of surgical method), it may be a hydrocele (hydrocele), when between the shells of eggs accumulated serous interstitial fluid. Microsurgery involves the preservation of the lymph vessels and therefore this complication is less common. Wasting (decrease in size) or atrophy of the testicle may occur when a random seed artery ligation.

Foundquite rare and almost impossible when using microsurgical treatment. Recurrence of varicocele from adult men does not occur often, but all the same happens from a technical error of the surgeon during the operation. Surgical treatment of varicocele is necessary to conduct immediately after puberty. If there are no complications, further mandatory inspections in 1 month, 6 months and 1.5 years after surgery. Each patient individually selected preventive measures and determines the optimal mode loads.

Sex after varicocele

When a varicocele is sex, if there are no unpleasant or painful sensations in the scrotum. After surgery in male sex also remained at a good level, and all the far-fetched fears about declining erectile function are myths.

Of course, in the period after treatment sexual intercourse can cause pain, so it is necessary to observe recommendations of the doctor concerning a period of abstinence. To continue a sexual life, when the process of rehabilitation, the average is about 3 weeks. A period of abstinence depends on the characteristic of each individual body and speed recovery.

Recovery from varicocele

You need to remember – the older the man, the longer the recovery period. The recovery period after surgery of varicocele depends on the method of operation. Traditional operations for varicocele Palomo's method or Ivanisevica consist in excision of the testicular vein. These operations intracavitary and, of course, the recovery period will be long – 7-14 days.

After these operations, varicocele relapses and may cause complications in the form of a hydrocele. Based on endovascular surgery of varicocele is a blockage of the testicular vein with the help of cylinders or spirals. Recovery occurs in a day. Maryceleste laparoscopic (endoscopic method) allows to do without an incision in the groin, it keeps testicular artery and eliminates the complications. Recovery occurs within 1-2 days.

Full success is possible after application of microsurgical maryceleste. The recovery period after the most progressive method of varicocele is 2-3 days. Improvement of sperm after treatment, absence of complications and relapses are probably the best indicators of the postoperative period.


Is it possible to father children after varicocele?

When a varicocele is disturbed sperm motility and the probability of conception in a natural way reduced. Accordingly, the operation for a varicocele in the early period of disease development before puberty will prevent the infertility. Many adult men after surgery restored the function of sperm and improve the semen.

But the doctors concurred that removal of varicose veins is necessary to make as early as possible, up to 25 -30 years. It is also believed that if any deviations in spermogram not, and the need for treatment of a varicocele it may not go. Performance with very pronounced deviations from the norm in men of childbearing age are not the reason for the operation because it has no effect on resumption of reproductive functions.

For those men who have minor deviations from the norm and their plans include planning for conception, the transaction makes sense, as it is possible to recover the activity of the sperm. And of course, at much the symptoms of a varicocele, surgery is needed to relieve suffering.