Oh the things you learn from randomly being serious about something that was probably written in a playful way. Anyway, this is a thing.
(A
varicocele is an abnormal enlargement of the
pampiniform venous plexus in the scrotum. This plexus of
veins drains
blood from the
testicles back to the heart. The
vessels originate in the abdomen and course down through the
inguinal canal as part of the
spermatic cord on their way to the
testis. Varicoceles occur in around 15% to 20% of all men.
[3][4] The incidence of varicocele increase with age.)
Apparently the learning never stops.
(There are three main theories as to the anatomical cause; the first has to do with the geometry of the veins, wherein the vein on the left side connects to the larger outflowing vein at a right angle, which tends to fail; the second is that valves that are supposed to prevent backflow fail (venous insufficiency); the third is due to excessive pressure in upstream arteries, created by
nutcracker syndrome.
[8])
And more.
(The
nutcracker syndrome (
NCS) results most commonly from the compression of the left
renal vein (LRV) between the
abdominal aorta (AA) and
superior mesenteric artery (SMA), although other variants exist.
[1][2] The name derives from the fact that, in the
sagittal plane and/or
transverse plane, the SMA and AA (with some imagination) appear to be a
nutcracker crushing a
nut (the renal vein). Furthermore, the venous return from the left gonadal vein returning to the left renal vein is blocked, thus causing testicular pain (colloquially referred to as "nut pain"). There is a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and diagnostic criteria are not well defined, which frequently results in delayed or incorrect diagnosis.
[1] This condition is not to be confused with
superior mesenteric artery syndrome, which is the compression of the third portion of the duodenum by the SMA and the AA.)
Going to stop now. Since i already have regular slight freakout appointments with webmd.