Scrotal Ultrasound

I had one done about 2 years ago because my new doctor wanted more detail on my testicular cyst.

It was an amazing experience.

I’m having a scrotal ultrasound done in two hours. Might have a varicocele on both sides of my scrotum now. About to find out!

Best of luck @MedFet_AL. Hope all is well.

I had one about 5 years ago. No problems, very quick and easy. Worst was the cold gel and wiping up after. I remember the tech gave me a was of rough crinkly paper.

Best of luck @MedFet_AL. Hope all is well.

All went well, the NP thought he felt a varicocele on the right but the ultrasound showed it’s only still only on the left. No changes.

@MedFet_AL I'm glad you're OK. Would you care to share more about how you were positioned and your state of undress?

@MedFet_AL I'm glad you're OK. Would you care to share more about how you were positioned and your state of undress?

For the ultrasound:

I was positioned on my back on an exam table and asked to lower my pants. I just removed them and my underwear completely since I didn’t want the gel all over my clothes. So I was nude below the waist. Then put a washcloth under my balls and one over my penis resting on my chest.

After the scrotal ultrasound she asked me to raise my shirt and place my arm above my head to scan my kidneys.

For the NP:

I was standing on the step to the exam table and lowered my jeans and underwear to my knees for him to examine my scrotum.

... and one over my penis resting on my chest.

DANG!! Your penis was resting on your chest?!? Impressive! ?

DANG!! Your penis was resting on your chest?!? Impressive! ?

Hahaha! Oops! I meant to say on my pubic area! 😜

@MedFet_AL

I was nude below the waist.

No socks?

After the scrotal ultrasound she asked me to raise my shirt and place my arm above my head to scan my kidneys.

Was your scrotum still exposed?

@jblasphemy17

@MedFet_AL No socks?

I had my socks on, but I don’t count them as “clothes”. I wear low cut ankle socks.

Was your scrotum still exposed?

Yes, my scrotum was still exposed.

I have had several scrotal ultra sounds all by female technicians. This was due to hydroceles that I got after hernia surgery. I eventually had a hydrocelectomy which did not resolve the problem because the hydrocele returned. I had the ultra sounds at different facilities due to change of insurance. At each one I was asked to remove my clothes from the waist down. At one of the exams I was given a single towel to put across my genitals. At another I was given two towels One I was to drape over my penis so it was pointing towards my head leaving my scrotum exposed. The other towel covered my genitals. On another exam I was given one towel to cover myself. I think the third one was the same. The technicians have always been female. Two of the technicians exposed my scrotum and watched as they applied gel to my scrotum and then placed the transponder on me. One just went under the towel without lifting it or exposing me. All three focused on the screen as they moved the transponder around getting the images that they needed. During two of the tests my penis slid out from under the towel as the transponder was moved up high on my scrotum. I was experiencing shrinkage due to it being chilly and not even getting a hint of an erection. The techs were more focused on the screen and images and I'm not sure they even noticed till they were done. They did not touch me other than with the transponder which they moved in all directions with different pressures to shift my testicles.

Just had one done by a female tech. She handed me a towel to put over my penis while she did the ultrasound. Was glad for having shaved myself before having it done as there was gel all over the place

I had one done several years ago. It was a female tech, who told me to pull my pants and underwear down, pull my scrotum and penis up, close my legs to keep them there and cover my penis with the small towel she gave me. Then she turned her back while I did as directed and covered my penis up. I told her I was ready and she turned around and began working. She applied some gel to my scrotum and used the ultrasound probe to examine one testicle. Never at any time did she touch me with her hand. It didn't hurt. It was the tech and myself in the room. I wonder if it had been an ultrasound on a woman's reproductive organs with a male tech doing it, would there be a witness in there, too...

I have a friend who had one done and he said the tech handled his testicle and that it hurt from pressing the probe so hard on it. He didn't say if it was a male or female tech, but I suspect it was a male.

@Trojan how were you instructed to disrobe and position yourself?

Saw another doctor for a second opinion on if I have a hydrocele or not. He thinks I do and now I have another scrotal ultrasound on Monday afternoon.

Is it weird that I like scrotal ultrasound because I like getting a copy of the images later?

From a non-medically necessary standpoint, this would be fun procedure. Would love to own an ultrasound - a lot of stuff you can do with it!

Honestly, for me scrotal ultra sounds could be something nice only from a non-medically necessary standpoint.

I’ve had scrotal ultrasounds a couple of times. One by each gender technician. Neither had extra people in the room as witnesses which seemed like a mistake if I were in their shoes. Room was darkened and warm. They both had different systems of using towels to cover my penis and position testicles so they could use the ultrasound wand on them. I don’t remember either of them touching my body much other than with the wand. Neither time was painful. Findings included that I have a vericocele on one side.

I had a varicocele issue a couple months ago, and I had to get a testicular ultrasound. It was a little embarrassing cuz I had a very attractive Young tech.

I got hit in the testicles once at work . I had pain in my right testicle that wouldn't go away. I went to the doctor he sent me to hospital to get it checked out further and they did a testicular ultrasound on my right testicle.Had to strip naked from the waist down and put on a gown, and lay on a table. It was a female tech that did the ultrasound. I was completely exposed while she did the procedure she kept bumping my penis with her hand when she was moving the transducer around. It took a lot of concentration to keep myself from getting hard.

Did 4 times. epididymal cyst. Women always do. There was always a nurse present to enter data into the computer. The nurse did not seem to be looking, but still everything happened in front of her eyes. They didn't offer to hide anything. The penis was touched by only one, generally a young girl, but she checked more carefully than others, in addition to the prone position, she checked and standing.

I had two done in the 90s, a couple weeks apart. I was taken to a cubicle and told to take everything off from the waist down and put in a gown. The gowns were cloth, closed in the front, and were all way too big. I had the feeling that they mostly saw pregnant women in this clinic.

The female tech took me across the hall to the exam room. She gave me two towels. One was folded long ways into a strip about 4" wide. She told me to lay down and point my penis up, lay the towel across the shaft, and tuck it under my butt. The other towel was folded and rolled up. This one went between my legs, right in the crotch. Then, I had a sheet to cover up with. She left the room while I got ready.

I had a lot of swelling, but the procedure didn't add to the discomfort. My right testicle was swollen to the size of an orange. She seemed confused or concerned at one point, and left the room. She came back with a doctor (also female), who did her own exam. Both women were completely professional.

When I went back the second time, the swelling had gone down. I mentioned casually that they probably didn't get many men in here. The tech then told my about the guy with the extremely swollen testicle she examined a couple weeks ago. She clearly didn't remember me, but my balls made an impression.

Experience 1 of 2

I have had two of these down just to make sure there was no cause for some ache I had. They never found anything. I wish I could have more.

The first time, I had no idea what to expect. I hadn't found this forum! First I lay down on an exam table. I was told to pull a blanket over me and lower my pants and underwear beneath the blanket. The technician was young, cute, and female. She pulled the blanket down and then used a taut towel stretched between her hands to flip my penis up and then cover it. I don't think I had ever had a medical person "handle" me before, even without touching. Loved it. This left my scrotum exposed.

I had NO idea what was about to happen next. She puts all the goop on the ultrasound gizmo and starts rubbing it around on my balls. The stuff was like warm lube! Not something I had ever experience but I wanted to invest in it immediately. I have almost no "toy" experience and it showed in my immediate reaction, which was a raging hard-on. Fortunately, the towel covered up my embarrassment. The ultrasound went on, I don't remember much except for warm blissful rubbing. At the end, she tells me she will stand with her nose in the corner so I can go to the adjoining bathroom and clean up.

Now, on this visit I made a mistake that I have not and will never repeat. My wife came with me. At that point she didn't realize I was sporting, and I had managed to calm myself a little bit, so I waddled to the bathroom with my pants around my ankles and wiped off all the gel. My wife went home. I went back to work and soiled about nine square feet of the tile in family restroom with the locking door.

Experience 2 of 2

Probably three years later, same ache they never managed to explain. I complained about it at my most recent visit but doc didn't order a third ultrasound (darn).

This time, left my wife at home.

Almost the same process. Lie down, cover with blanket, lower pants/boxers. This time the technician told me to move my penis and then she covered it with a spare towel. She was middle-aged (my age) and a little heavy, but at least it was a girl. This time I knew what was coming, so I was able to keep things under control when she applied the warm gel. That stuff is great! Things proceeded as before until the end.

This time, when she was done, the technician just said "ok, you can clean up." So I pulled the towel off and used it to start wiping up, but that stuff gets everywhere. While I am doing this she turned back to me from the machine and just stared at my junk the entire time. I had run out of clean space on the towel, so she asked it I needed another one. I set the used towel on the bed and she hands me a clean one to finish. I was fully exposed the entire time with her watching me. Finally I set the second towel aside. But, since I am still lying on my back with my pants around my ankles, I kind of have to raise my hips and do this upward pelvic thrust in order to reach my pants and pull them up to my waist.

There was no other staff or chaperone either time. So, why was it so different the second time? My best theory was that the first technician was younger, and since my wife was in the room she wanted to be super-proper about things. What do you think?

I had one about 15 years ago. It was performed by a female med-tech, probably in her 40s. She was accompanied by a much younger female assistant, probably in her 20s, and in fact I was asked if I was comfortable having her there. They handed me a gown, told me to strip from the waste down, and then left the room. When they returned they took great care that only my scrotum (and not my penis as well) was exposed. They used a warm gel on the transducer that felt absolutely wonderful. Fortunately as well the lump I had felt was only a cyst and nothing more serious.

Yes. At a physical examination I directed my female doctor's attention to some unusual anatomy inside my scrotum. After thoroughly examining my testicles she referred me for a scrotal ultrasound.

A few days later I reported to the Imaging Center and was directed to the ultrasound unit. The young female technician told me lie on the table, push my pants and underwear down to my thighs, and place my penis on my lower belly and cover it with a towel. After I followed her instructions, she lubed up the ultrasound transducer and applied it to my scrotum and imaged my testicular anatomy for about 20 minutes. Then she gave me a warm wet towel to clean up.

We chatted while she performed the procedure. She told me that she did a lot of these on young men from the nearby Air Force base. It seems that there is a connection between pulling G's and varicoceles.

My diagnosis was a varicocele. It has since disappeared.

I think that was me way back on post #31. Not sure why so cryptic. Maybe I was in a hurry?

Anyway, I did have a scrotal ultrasound a few years ago. I had a new PCP who did a brief examination of my cyst during the regular testicle/hernia exam. I told her it had been diagnosed when I was a child. And while it had been examined manually by numerous doctors over the last 30 years, I had never had it checked in any other way.

So I showed up at the local hospital and checked into radiology. A few minutes later I was escorted into a pretty stark exam room with just a flat hospital bed and an ultrasound machine. I was instructed to remove everything below the waist, lie down on the bed and cover my penis with a towel, leaving the scrotum accessible. I was kind of disappointed that I would not be in stirrups for the exam.

The ultrasound tech was a beautiful female and I was very nervous about getting an erection. But I was able to suppress those natural urges.

She spent what had to be 15-20 minutes moving the wand over my scrotum taking measurements of the cyst as well as checking blood flow to both testicles. The gel was warm, my scrotum was loose and relaxed and it was an absolutely amazing experience. She was very friendly and chatty which probably helped with me not getting hard at any point.

When she was finished, she told me she would forward the results to my doctor and told me to use the towel covering my penis to clean off the gel.

10/10

Would do again 😉

Had one at 13 don't remember all the details since it's been over a decade now, but i had this pretty sizable red bump on my groin that was causing me a lot of pain So i had to go to the hospital. I was sent to the room where they did it the tech was an attractive young woman. I was hard the entire time she had the tool on my testicles.

I was away on business and started experiencing terrible scrotum pain. I found a local urologist that sent me for an ultrasound.

The tech was young and quite pretty - I felt bad for her and I was quite embarrassed. She had an amazing sense of humor about it though - she had all sorts of jokes that would never fly today (this was 20 years ago or more). Ended up being diagnosed with a varicocele, and thankfully it settled down on its own.