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" Question I damaged my back when I was about 14 and as a result I suffer from chronic back pain.  Sometimes the pain travels down into my testicles. So this has never worried me, but last night in the shower I decided to give myself another check after reading an article about testicular cancer.  To my horror and dread I found a lumps, not really hard, but definitely not soft, on my left testicle, sort of on the inside of it.  This testicle has always been more sensitive than the right for years, and now while feeling this lump, I got a kind of sick feeling in the testicle.  Is this just some kind of growth or do I have something serious to worry about?  I am joining a new GP today to make an appointment with him next week, but at the moment I am just scaring myself to death.   Answer I&amp;#039;m sorry to hear you have given yourself this fright. With any sort of screening, the downside is that you will find something innocent, but until it is proved to be ok, you will have some anxiety.  If the lump is not hard and craggy, then it is probably a normal structure. It is easy to confuse parts of the anatomy of the testicle, and the epididymis and associated veins are easily confused with lumps.  Young men come all the time having &amp;amp;#8216;discovered&amp;amp;#8217; these and only need reassurance.  Remember too that testicular cancer, although it rightly attracts publicity, it is a rare condition. And also, it is eminently treatable &amp;amp;#8211; remember Bob Champion, the jockey who recovered and went on to win the Grand National.  Of course you are right to go to your new GP and get this checked out, and you must do this, but I hope that you will come away feeling a lot happier. Yours sincerely The NetDoctor Medical Team   Other Qs &amp;amp; As Ache on my right testicle Hard lumps on the testicles I found a lump in my testicle I have a lump in my testicles! The tube coming from my left testicle is larger   Last updated 02.11.2011 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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