Tight scrotum during physical

Has anyone's scrotum ever tightened up so much during an exam that it has been difficult to examine them? What happened?

Depends on the temperature of the room. Your body is going to do what it's designed to do. A tight scrotum makes it harder for the doc, but not impossible.

My anxiety as well as a cold exam room always causes my scrotum to pull up very tight during physicals. Since my balls are not hanging, it means the doctor has to pull down on the testes to feel them. This is embarrassing because it makes them look small but also makes the testicular palpation uncomfortable. It also makes the exam take longer so it prolongs the time that I have to stand there with my genitalia on display. It also makes the hernia exam uncomfortable because the doctor is traumatizing the testes as he is pushing his finger inside the inguinal canal to feel for the hernia. The anxiety and cold temperature also makes my penis shrivel up.

This is why we teach med students to keep the room warm. Unfortunately, in most modern buildings, the occupant doesn't have control

My scrotum doesn't hang that low when its warm, so during an exam in a cool exam room, they really tighten up. My doctor usually palpates them enough to get them a little loose so he can do the exam. It does take longer, but it also is pleasurable to have them worked on for and extended period of time. He has to do the same with my penis, as that retracts.

My scrotum doesn't hang that low when its warm, so during an exam in a cool exam room, they really tighten up. My doctor usually palpates them enough to get them a little loose so he can do the exam. It does take longer, but it also is pleasurable to have them worked on for and extended period of time. He has to do the same with my penis, as that retracts.

What does the doctor do with your penis that requires him to loosen it up?

What does the doctor do with your penis that requires him to loosen it up?

He always checks my penis completely and he palpates it to inspect it better.

My scrotum is typically very tight and holds my testicles very close to my body. And just as Tim said, during an exam when I'm nervous and undressed, it seems to get even tighter, making it difficult or almost impossible to examine.

By balls are always very loose. My doctor even called them "low-hangers" one time, and sometimes makes reference to the fact that they hang low during physicals. I guess it is easier for him to examine when they are loose. My female doctor has made no reference to them yet though..

I have only been examined once on my balls, and I knew they were always tight in my sac, so was a bit embarrassed when the doctor had to retrieve them to check them.

Testicles remain comfortably loose...Though scrotal "sack" contracts noticeably if aroused.

That happened to me with an older doctor who did hernia exams by inserting his finger deep into the scrotum on both sides before he told me to cough each time. That may be an old technique because he is the only doctor that I have had who did that and he was an old school doctor in other ways too. The idea is that the doctor's finger needs to be inserted into the inguinal canal on each side of the scrotum to check for hernias. The first time he did it during a physical, I was surprised at how far he inserted his finger and I was lucky that my scrotum was loose enough to allow his finger in. Seems like it was hot weather although the exam room wasn't hot so that probably helped. My balls were sore for at least a couple of hours afterwards. He even told me that my balls would probably be sore for awhile.

The second time I saw him for a physical, my scrotum was so tight that he complained that he couldn't do the hernia exam that way. I didn't have any control over how loose or tight my scrotum was so I was surprised that he complained as though I could control it. Anyway, he tried a couple of times to insert his finger and couldn't do it so he just did the hernia exam the other old way by cupping my balls and having me cough on each side. Again, I ended up with some slightly sore balls from his two attempts to stick his finger in my sack.

This was the same doctor that had me jumping up and down in my briefs for a minute or two during the first exam to check my exercising heart rate. But I don't remember him making me do that the second time so maybe that made a difference in how tight my scrotum was the second time.

I guess I do not have a tight scrotem when being examined by a doc as its never been an issue----but i do get a tight scrotum every so often I do not know why---It doesnt hurt so i do not care----but does anyone know why a guy will get a tight sctoum just anytime???

I tend to have a tight scrotum but I concur with many here that the number one factor that causes me to have tight scrotum is cold temperatures. If the exam room is cold due to excessive air conditioning or not enough heat in the winter time then that leads to tightness. I would certainly like the exam room to be very much on the warm side but that isn't always the case. I have noticed when I am in a hot tub my scrotum is very loose and extended. Maybe I should request a hot tub be installed in the waiting room prior to my annual exam.

The exam rooms are almost always cold, so one's scrotum will tighten up...being nervous about an exam would not help the matter much either. However, I am sure the doctors know this as they work in these cold exam rooms every day, so they know how patients will react and probably think nothing of it being in any way abnormal. It is just a normal body reaction to a cold room or to a nervous situation.

My scrotum is generally tightly contracted due to anxiety and cool room temperature.

I had a urologist pull each testicle down firmly into the sack before he rolled them around firmly then checked the cords. However, most other doctors just do a cursory feel of each side.

Mine usually retracts due to anxiety so exams can be difficult sometimes.

A doctor's finger being inserted into the scrotum to check for an inguinal hernia is called invagination. The finger is inserted near the top of the scrotum on each side. And it is uncomfortable at the time and after that. Had it done at sports physicals. The doctor had me on my tiptoes with his finger stuck upwards inside the top of my scrotum like I was trying to get away from his finger, which I was. I looked it up and the doc's finger is really going into the outer inguinal ring through which the testicles descend into the scrotum because that is a weak spot where hernias happen. Not as invasive as a rectal exam but it was a surprise.

Done properly, the inguinal invagination should not be painful. Uncomfortable, yes.

If the doctor starts the exam at the top of the scrotum, it's gonna hurt. The scrotal skin is extremely elastic while the abdominal skin is not. When I teach this exam, I instruct the students to start near the bottom of the scrotum but in front of the testicle. It's that elasticity that doesn't lead to pain.

Of course it's harder if the scrotum is tight due to temperature or anxiety but it's still doable with skill and care.

Has anyone's scrotum ever tightened up so much during an exam that it has been difficult to examine them? What happened?

As several others have mentioned, my scrotum too contracts usually due to the cool air on it. It's never been much of an issue for them to be examined though as my testes can still be pulled gently away from my body to examine them still. Just probably takes a few extra seconds for the exam.

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Jds4med, I don't recall that the doctor sticking his finger up into my sack to check me for a hernia was painful as with a sharp and sudden pain, but it was really uncomfortable during and after that type of hernia exam. He was an older cranky doc so skill and care, as you called it, was not his thing, if you meant going slow and being persistent. He didn't ram his finger in and up, but he didn't go slow either. The first time I was really surprised for him to do that as I hadn't seen a hernia exam done that way. I said that he was old school so maybe doctors stopped examining for hernias this way long ago. It made me wonder whether this technique is unnecessary or doctors just don't want to be that invasive during that part of the exam. Of course, a rectal exam is more invasive so hard to say that this method is out of line. Anyone else had a hernia exam this way? Recently or long ago?

Yes, my scrotum gets very tight and also my penis gets small during exam, but it was never a problem for doctors 😃

I tnink, it´s because i´m nervous at the real doctor

I've had similar experience but it didn't seem to be a big issue for my urologist. I have had problems with epiditimitis and so she usually spends a fair amount of time feeling around for that as well as normal examination of the testicles.

I have a Doctor friend who is semi retired and works in an occupational medical office doing young men's employment physical examinations. He has told me most young men's scrotums are taught toward the lower abdomen when their briefs come down for hernia exam. He cups the sack in his palm to loosen it so it becomes pliable for the examination and allows a more comfortable exam for the young man usually being 18 to 24 years of age. As he holds the sack in the warmth of his palm he gazes at the penis though it is not part of the examination but why not.

This has happened to me several times. My last physical, though, I was about the most relaxed I've ever been ... and my scrotum was too. I was happy because I want my doctor to see my testicles hanging loosely in my scrotum. It just turns me on that he can see that.

Pic of my last exam here: http://www.zity.biz/gallery/image/105815

This has happened to me several times. My last physical, though, I was about the most relaxed I've ever been ... and my scrotum was too. I was happy because I want my doctor to see my testicles hanging loosely in my scrotum. It just turns me on that he can see that.

Pic of my last exam here: http://www.zity.biz/gallery/image/105815

Hot pics.

Thanks! Please comment. That turns me on too! 😃

It contracts some, if the room is a little chilly, but, as a rule, my scrotum tends to hang a little low.(Which is why I wear Lycra trunk style underwear. It gives me the support and comfort I need.) If the room is very cold, of course, then everything shrinks up. Since my healthcare is through the VA, most exams are "Strip as you go," so when we get to the "drop 'em" stage, everything is still pretty warm.

In the case of this happening during a physical, The care provider usually cups the scrotum for a minute or so until everything down below warms up enough to do the exam.

The exam room always seems to be a little cold so my sac seems to tighten up.