Duration of pain
Without complications and with normal wound healing, the pain should stop after about one to a maximum of two weeks. However, there are individual differences here; in insensitive patients with optimal healing, the pain may be gone after a few days, in more sensitive men it may take up to two weeks without this being a cause for concern. However, it is important that the pain decreases steadily, even without the use of painkillers.
Pain due to complications
If the character of the pain changes in the course of the days after the vasectomy, this may be an indication of a complication. Common complications are bleeding or infection in the surgical area. If a small bruise has formed during the operation, this may be noticeable as a blue coloration or pressing pain.
However, as with normal bruising, this should disappear within a few days. Renewed bleeding after surgery is extremely rare in a minor procedure such as vasectomy. In the case of an infection after vasectomy, the pain tends to increase or remain the same over time.
The character of the pain corresponds to that of an inflammatory pain, the wound on the testicles can throbb, feel overheated and swollen. Also a spreading of the pain to the entire testicle or to the groin area can be an expression of an infection or inflammation. If the pain persists or changes in the character of the pain, the operating urologist should always be consulted.
Localization of pain
Usually the wound on the testicle hurts, occasionally the entire testicle hurts with swelling or bruising. In some cases, the pain may also radiate into the groin, since the spermatic cord runs through the inguinal canal there. Even in the event of complications, the pain is limited to the testicles and the groin.
In the case of inflammation of the epididymis, the pain also manifests itself in the testicular region.However, pain in other parts of the body, although occurring close to the time of the vasectomy, is not necessarily related. If these pains persist, a doctor must be consulted in any case. You can find out what other causes pain in the testicles can have in our article: Pain in the testicles
