What do balls feel like?

The testicles should feel smooth, without any lumps or bumps, and firm but not hard. You may feel a soft tube at the back of each testicle, which is called the epididymis. If you notice any changes or anything unusual about your testicles, you should see a GP.
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Are balls supposed to feel hard?

When you feel your testicles through the scrotum, they should feel smooth, without any lumps or bumps. Your testicles should feel firm but not hard if you give them a gentle squeeze.
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What does Balls pain feel like?

Testicular pain refers to pain or discomfort felt in one or both testicles. The pain may be acute or chronic, dull, sharp, or a sensation of soreness or vague discomfort/ache. The primary role of the testicle is to produce sperm and the hormone testosterone.
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Does tapping your balls hurt?

Why does it hurt so much? Genitals are densely packed with nerve endings. This small area contains a higher concentration of them than other parts of the body where nerves are more spread out. This is why any type of touch can result in some major feels — good or bad — depending on the amount of pressure.
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What should you look for when feeling balls?

Gently roll the testicle between your thumbs and fingers.

Look and feel for any changes to your testicle. These could include hard lumps, smooth rounded bumps, or new changes in the size, shape or consistency of the testicle.
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Why do doctors make you cough when holding your balls?

By asking you to cough while cupping your testicles, the doctor is checking for the possibility of a hernia – a lump which can occur from a weakness in the wall of the abdomen which pushes through to your scrotum. Hernias are rare in young men and if caught early can be fixed with a small operation.
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Why is the left nut more important?

The reason why is because it drops from your body first, and when the left one follows, it drops below the right one so that it isn't within the body still. Also, testicles aren't even because if they were, it would probably be a bit painful for every guy to have a mini Newton's cradle between their legs.
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What happens when your balls pop?

Testicular rupture, like testicular torsion and other serious injuries to the testicles, causes extreme pain, swelling in the scrotum, nausea, and vomiting. Surgery is needed to fix the ruptured testicle.
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What hurts more giving birth or getting kicked in the private?

To sum it up, there's no proper way to compare the two and as it's a subjective experience with too many variables. So finally, if you keep the duration of suffering in mind, childbirth is hands-down worse. In fact, nine out of ten mothers face more pain during child birth than a guy when kicked.
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Why do my balls go up when I'm hard?

When you climax, it's normal for testicles to "ride up" into your body. In some males, an "overactive" cremaster muscle pulls one (or both) of the testicles all the way out of the scrotum up into the groin. This condition, called retractile testicle, may explain your experience.
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How big should your balls be?

The average length of a testicle is between 4.5 to 5.1 centimeters (about 1.8 to 2 inches). Testicles that are less than 3.5 centimeters (about 1.4 inches) long are considered small.
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What is the equivalent of a man giving birth?

New research has found what some men deem to be the male equivalent to the pain of giving birth – and it's not what you might expect… Football fans have admitted that the pain of having a club relegated is the male equivalent to the pain of childbirth.
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What is more painful than giving birth?

According to a US survey, over two thirds of gout sufferers deemed the pain as the worst imaginable. And gout sufferer Martin Kettle wrote in The Guardian that his female GP, a mother of four, confirmed that 'gout was indeed a worse pain than childbirth. '
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Is childbirth the most painful thing?

While both have elements of pain, some may last longer depending on the type of surgery, the location of the incision or surgery, and the health of the individual. Needless to say, recovery from surgery can be more painful than childbirth.
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Can your balls fall off?

Sometimes balls can actually pop up into the body, in a place called the inguinal canal, and then pop out again. This can happen in extreme cold, or if you get frightened, or even through laughing really hard. It's also possible to tuck testicles up into the body too.
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How long does it take for a man's balls to fill back up?

Your body produces fresh sperm every day, and your sperm supply gets replenished at least every 64 days.
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Can a doctor touch your private area without consent?

In the majority of U.S. states, it's legal for medical providers, typically medical students, to go into an operating room and, without a patient's consent, push two fingers into an anesthetized patient's vagina and perform a pelvic exam.
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Why does the military check your balls?

Discovery and Diagnosis of testicular cancer in the armed forces. To ensure that testicular cancer can be caught early, it is important to self check and be aware of the symptoms. Regular checks are essential, so that you know what is normal for you.
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Should I shave pubic hair before delivery?

However, modern childbirth finds that it's not necessary to shave your pubic hair before delivery. Clinical research shows that shaving or not shaving pubic hair doesn't necessarily affect birth. Also, shaving doesn't affect the risk of infection on the perineal tears.
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What is the most painful thing in the world a human can experience?

The full list, in no particular order, is as follows: Shingles. Cluster headaches. Frozen shoulder.
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What is the most pain a human can experience?

The full list, in no particular order, is as follows:
  • Shingles.
  • Cluster headaches.
  • Frozen shoulder.
  • Broken bones.
  • Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
  • Heart attack.
  • Slipped disc.
  • Sickle cell disease.
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Can a girl get pregnant by another girl?

The short answer to this question is no, not through sexual intercourse. Two cisgender women (meaning assigned female at birth) in a relationship cannot become pregnant without some form of assisted reproductive technology (ART).
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Can boys get pregnant?

People who are born male and living as men cannot get pregnant. A transgender man or nonbinary person may be able to, however. It is only possible for a person to be pregnant if they have a uterus. The uterus is the womb, which is where the fetus develops.
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How do I get pregnant?

The sperm and uterus work together to move the sperm towards the fallopian tubes. If an egg is moving through your fallopian tubes at the same time, the sperm and egg can join together. The sperm has up to six days to join with an egg before it dies. When a sperm cell joins with an egg, it's called fertilization.
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How much sperm can a man hold?

A fertile male human ejaculates between 2 and 5 mililiters(ml) of semen (on average about a teaspoon). In each ml there are normally about 100 million sperm. If the concentration falls below 20 million sperm per mililiter there is usually some trouble with fertility.
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