Pain, blood, swelling into abdomen after vasectomy
Jun 21st 2009adminMiscellaneous symptoms after vasectomy
My husband had a vasectomy about 6 weeks ago. He has had nothing but trouble ever since. Hemotoma, swelling, pain. After four weeks, after having intercourse only for the second time since, he had a feeling like he “blew up” in severe pain during ejaculation and realized it was mostly blood. He has swelling on the right side about the size of a thumb and even swelling into his abdomon. and alot of pain that it is interfering with his work. He saw the doctor who told him he’d never seen anything like this before (no explanation) and has been taking strong meds for 2 weeks after with little or no relief. He has been in too much pain to have sex. He has been wearing supportive underwear which helps keep things from bouncing too much, but has a very active lifestyle/career and no down time. Although he did take it easy for the first days. What’s the problem and what should he do? He’s becoming very depressed.
Complications can occur after a vasectomy and scrotal hematoma is a known complication of the procedure. Complications such as a hematoma can be associated with variable amounts of bruising, swelling and pain. The resolution of the symptoms is equally variable. Unfortunately, only time will tell tell how quickly someone will improve after a complication from vasectomy. It is important to follow-up with a surgeon to help guide the patient through the slow recovery process. Oftentimes, several visits will be required to the surgeon’s office to ensure that the normal course of events is happenning.







