Varicocele is a disease that can seriously affect male fertility, and the possibility of recurrence is relatively high, causing trouble to many men. Now let me tell you about whether varicocele can be exercised? Can I exercise with varicocele?
Can people with varicocele exercise?
Relevant surveys have found that exercise can prevent the progression of varicocele. Appropriate exercise can promote blood circulation in the body, and through blood Rapid flow can take away harmful components accumulated in diseased blood vessels and bring nutrients, thereby improving blood quality and repairing diseased blood vessels to a certain extent.
Many patients with varicocele want to exercise to improve blood circulation. In fact, the more they exercise, the worse the condition may be. Proper exercise can improve our physical fitness and promote blood circulation. However, varicocele is like a time bomb for men's health. Trying to relieve varicocele through exercise is tantamount to touching this time bomb that may explode at any time. Exercise has little effect on the treatment of varicocele. Patients should undergo examination and treatment as early as possible to avoid delaying the best time for treatment, which will increase the difficulty of treatment.
Not all exercise is good for patients’ health. Many people think that more exercise can promote muscle contraction and compress veins, helping blood flow back to the heart. In fact, if you want to exercise, you should choose gentler exercises. Exercises that require too much effort, such as mountain climbing, long walks, running, etc., should be avoided as much as possible. As for swimming, it has certain benefits for patients with varicocele because of the assistance of water pressure.
Can I exercise if I have varicocele?
You can exercise appropriately, but you cannot do heavy exercises, which will aggravate the condition or cause recurrence. Everyone should do it when exercising. Notice.
Dangers of varicocele
1. Cause male infertility. Due to varicocele leading to local temperature increase, hypoxia, pH value changes, toxic substance retention and other reasons, the sperm number decreases, the sperm motility decreases and the proportion of abnormal sperm increases, thereby reducing male fertility and leading to male Infertile. But not all patients with varicocele will be infertile.
2. Cause secondary varicocele. Among the dangers of varicocele, we cannot ignore secondary varicocele. However, the secondary chance of spermatic varicocele is very small, about one in 10,000.
3. Cause neurasthenia. A few people also have neurasthenic symptoms such as emotional instability, insomnia, dreaminess, listlessness, and fatigue.
4. Cause sexual dysfunction. Some men will experience sexual dysfunction such as reduced sexual desire, decreased sexual pleasure, erectile dysfunction, and premature ejaculation.
5. Cause scrotal discomfort. Some patients with varicocele will have uncomfortable feelings in the scrotum and other parts of the body, which are mainly manifested as swelling of the scrotum and testicles, clammy scrotum, distended pain, and dull pain. The uncomfortable feeling often spreads to the perineum, groin, and waist on the same side. Radiation, symptoms will worsen after exertion, long-term walking, strenuous exercise and sexual activities, and can be relieved after lying down and resting.
Causes of varicocele
The cause of primary varicocele is mainly due to stasis of blood flow in the spermatic vein. Varicose veins are prone to occur because a person's blindness affects the upward return flow of the spermatic vein; the vein wall and its surrounding muscle tissue are weak or the cremaster muscle is underdeveloped; the venous valve is defective or insufficient.
Secondary varicocele Secondary varicocele may have a history of primary diseases such as renal tumors and hydronephrosis. When the patient stands, the scrotum is distended, with a feeling of heaviness and distension, which can radiate downward to the perineum. When walking, the patient has a distended feeling in the lower abdomen, which radiates to the lower abdomen, groin or waist. Sometimes there are symptoms of neurasthenia or sexual dysfunction.