I know that from PM or BO you eventually get that infamous aching of the balls/testicle. What I’m curious about is what exactly is going on there? What reactions are going on in there to cause the aching in the first place?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I'm no expert but I believe the estrogen in PM and BO shut down the testosterone production in the testicles and they begin to loose function and start to shrink giving you pain. Had the pain after about a month or so on PM and SP.Check Lotus's post she is the expert
First of all, there is a similar thread going on here:
https://www.breastnexum.com/showthread.php?tid=31556
It makes sense to keep an eye on both.
If you search online, the issue of testicular pain is common but it has never really been studied. The pain is a dull ache, like the aftermath of being kicked in the balls, but not immediately after the kick. Also it could feel similar to when someone holds your balls and squeezes a bit too much: no jolt of pain but a serious discomfort.
The pain seems to go away after a few weeks, and can occasionally come back if you stop and restart taking estrogens. After the pain goes away it's not uncomoon to notice that the testicles are smaller than they were, and they never go back to full size again. They won't lose their function, sperm quality seems to be just as good as before in early stages of NBE or HRT, and sex drive is back to normal when stopping the estrogens.
It's an interesting phenomenon and it's a clear indicator that the estrogens are working.
@Lotus thanks for the explanation. I have no idea why you got angry. My "first of all" was literally to say that people reading this thread may want to read the other one too because other users could reply to one and not the other. Actually I think that there are 3 active threads discussing the same thing right now.
Regarding the scientific explanation (thank you for that) , I confess that I am ignorant enough to not know that the term "negative feedback" even existed. Let alone that it was linked to HRT or testicular pain. I, like I would imagine other people, searched on Google for "Testicular pain on HRT" and couldn't find anything. Even using this forum's search function, if you use the title of this post as the serach key, the search results would not answering the question "what exactly is going on there" asked by Jimmy.
We, the non experts, may struggle to find the answers if the right question requires much knowledge to start with.
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Oh thank you for this! I was unaware of DHEA cream. I will look into this and am following along this interesting convo.