​Consider the facts: There is ZERO SCIENCE on diet and varicocele, zero on the effects of pornography on varicocele, zero on the effects of posture on varicocele, and little to none on the effects of lifestyle and environmental factors on varicocele.

Contrast that with the tens of thousands of publications on surgery for varicocele.

Answer: $$$$$$$$$$$

Surgery is however as a matter of fact NOT a cure. Varicocelectomy is a procedure that aims to ligate the testicular veins. Ligation is essentially cutting the vein at two ends. Ligating (cutting) veins is NOT curing them. The risks associated with varicocelectomy are likely as high as the potential benefits. Learn more: varicocelehealing.com/surgery-risks

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Only 12 results on "Varicocele" + "Prevention", 9 of which are from 20+ years ago, and 6 are simply citations! (0.07% of all results!)

"Varicocele" + "Lifestyle": Only one result. The second result is a citation for the first. The science publication is from 2008...! (0.012% of all results)

"Varicocele" + "Nutrition": Only ONE result, and it's an irrelevant citation on the influence of varicocele on testicular nutrition from 1880!  (0.000% of all results)

"Varicocele" + "Yoga": Nothing...! (0.000% of all results)

"Varicocele" + "Physical Therapy" OR "Physiotherapy": Again Nothing! ​(0.000% of all results)

Over 30% of all scientific publications on varicocele are about varicocelectomy or embolization. Contrast that with the 0.152% search results found above.
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​There is little or no research done at all to identify potential root-causes for varicocele. Moreover, almost zero work done on finding safe alternatives to these procedures. All of the above search terms account for only 0.152% of all results. ​

Hey guys, Daniel here. I was diagnosed with a grade 3 left-sided varicocele in my early 20s. When I started, there was no alternative to surgery. But, a safe and natural alternative needed to exist. After a ton of research, I started found few treatments that worked. It took me years to develop a treatment program for my varicocele. I wrote the Varicocele Healing Guide to share what worked for me with other varicocele sufferers! Now, over the past 7 years, with Varicocele Healing, we have identified over 400 reasons why varicocele develops. We have built the most comprehensive program for varicocele treatment and have helped over 20,000 men. I can now confidently say that our natural treatment program is the best treatment option for varicocele.

The Benefits in Number Needed to Treat (NNT) stands for how many people need to be treated before one benefit is attained. For example, the NNT for surgery is 7, meaning that for every 7 men who undergo the procedure, 1 additional pregnancy will be attained. The NNT for pain relief is not established, nor is the NNT for improving testosterone is not established.

Note that just because your sperm count increases by for example 70%, that doesn't necessarily translate to a successful pregnancy.
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But, notice what the NNT this does not say: It does not say that the swelling will be gone. It does not say that you will not develop chronic pain after the procedure. It does not say anything about the harms of the procedure.
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​So, we also need to educate ourselves about the Number Needed to Harm (NNH). The NNH stands for how many people need to be treated before one harm occurs. For example, for about every 3 men with right-sided varicocele who undergo embolization, 1 redevelops varicocele. Another example, for every 100 men who undergo microsurgery, 1 testicular loss occurs due to arterial damage.

Notice that there still isn’t a real discussion about the most important thing: Alternatives! What other, non-invasive alternatives do you have? How effective are those alternatives in contrasted to surgery and embolization? What are the NNTs? What are the NNHs? Are there more effective alternatives? Especially, if you’re looking for improving your fertility, are there alternative that are both safer and more effective? For pain relief, and restoring normal testosterone too; what are the alternatives? 
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​So, you see, knowing about the NNT, helps you ask very specific questions. Don’t just believe “high rate of success”. Ask questions! “High rate of success, for what specific benefit?” “What is the NNT to attain that benefit?” “How strong is the evidence supporting each specific benefit?” “What are the associated harms, and my likelihood of suffering from one of them?” “Are there any alternative treatment methods, especially non-invasive, or lifestyle related that I need to know about?”
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​Truly, learning about and asking about the NNT and NNH is about practicing your right to informed consent. But, the real problem is that most doctors are so rushed for time that they will almost never give you the complete picture. But, it’s time that we demand not more from our medical practitioners. It’s time that we do our own research when it comes to potentially harmful procedures. It is time that we begin to practice our right to informed consent.
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"NNT not established" means that there is a lack of scientific backing for the treatment effectiveness. This is the case for varicocelectomy and embolization because researchers are not gathering enough testosterone and pain data. They are not concerened with pain relief or testosterone levels in their experiments. It is indeed a strange thing.

Pre-Operative Risks:

• Local Anesthetic
  

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Pre-Operative Risks:

• ​General Anesthetic
  • Hypotension
  • Hypoxia
  • Arrhythmia

Intra-Operative Risks:

• Loss of Ipsilateral Testicle (1 in 100)
• ​Bleeding (NNH not established.)
• Failure at attempt (1 in 20)
• Preperitoneal insufflation (NNH not established.)
• Injury to pubic nerves (1 in 20)

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Post-Operative Risks:

• Hematoma
• Shrinking of the testicle on the side of the surgery (1 in 100)
• Hydrocele (1 in 15)
• Persistent/recurrent varicocele (1 in 15)
• Genitofemoral Nerve Injury
• Scrotal Emphysema
• Umbilical Granulomas
• Infection at site of surgery (1 in 100)
• Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) (1 in 20)
• Pulmonary embolus (PE) (1 in 100)
• Onset of pain where there was none before (1 in 100)
• Failure to relieve pain (1 in 6)
• Continued infertility (1 in 1.16)
• Fertility impairment (NNH not established)
• Scarring at incision site (NNH not established)
• Impaired testosterone (NNH not established)

Pre-Operative Risks:

• Local Anesthetic 
• Minimal risks​

Pre-Operative Risks:

• ​General Anesthetic

Intra-Operative Risks

• Adverse reaction to x-ray contrast dye (1 in 66)
• X-ray radiation exposure (1 in 1)
• Bleeding from vein perforation (rupture) (1 in 100)
• Thrombosis of pampiniform plexus (NNH not established.)
• Failure at attempt (1 in 5)

​Post-Operative Risks

• Coil migration resulting in testicular loss (1 in 100)
• Hematoma (1 in 50)
• Hydrocele (1 in 6)
• Persistent/recurrent varicocele (1 in 5)
• Pain pills (1 in 1)
• Failure to relieve pain
• Onset of pain where there was none before (NNH not established.)
• Decreased fertility (NNH not established.)
• ​​Lowered testosterone levels (NNH not established.)

Our treatment program is very simple:

1. Identify and treat the root-cause of your varicocele, infertility, and pain symptoms
2. Follow symptom-specific treatments (infertility, pain, low testosterone, etc.)
3. Improve testicular and vein health

If you treat the root-cause, alleviate the symptoms, and improve testicular and vein health, then you will no longer have nay disease. It's as simple as that! Learn more.

As it turns out, when it comes to varicocele, the worst thing that you can do is: Wait! Both varicocele grade and severity increase with time if left untreated. So, telling you to "do nothing" and "wait and see" is the same as telling you that there is nothing that can be done to improve your condition other than to wait until it is bad enough for you to be forced to have surgery. Yep, setting you up to fail.

Don't wait for surgery. If you have a varicocele, there is a lot that you can do. Sign up for the 100 Free Varicocele Treatment Tips & see for yourself.

If you have varicocele pain, it is pretty normal for your doctor to recommend temporary pain relief medication. But, the problem is that these medications typically have the symptom of worsening digestive health. Poor digestive health is a varicocele risk factor. So, when get off these medications, when you get off them, your symptoms typically worsen!​

Constipation, poor digestive health, irregular bowel movements, and bloating all varicocele risk factors. They exacerbate the Nutcracker Syndrome. So, if you have any of those risk factors, you'll notice improvement of your varicocele and symptoms by correcting them!

I find this one really backwards. Doctors treat testicular varicocele as if it is a varicose veins in the legs, and recommend that you wear compressive undergarments to help improve testicular blood circulation. While it sounds like it makes sense at first, it completely ignores that the testicles are completely different than the legs... Sure, compression helps, but, normal scrotal support underwear overheats the testicles, and at the same time prevent the testicles from dropping down to cool. Oops, they missed the only reason why you have a scrotum. ​

Proper scrotal support underwear takes into consideration that your testicles need both scrotal support and maximum cooling. Avoid generic brands. Get STUD Varicocele Therapeutic Underwear.

Which is better: Embolization or varicocelectomy? ​

Both surgery & embolization are bad options! Don't fall for the surgery vs embolization marketing tactic. Embolization is typically sold as a "non-surgical" alternative to varicocelectomy (surgery), with only a small "small incision", "no general anaesthetic", and on an "out-patient bases". Hmmm, that sounds great, right? 

Hmmm, I think we forgot something... Oh yeah, Results! Will it treat your varicocele? Will it improve your fertility and help you attain successful pregnancy? Will it cure your pain? Well, as it turns out the answer to all of these is "likely no", and "we're not certain". The science is really lacking on embolization. Surgery is likely also fairly ineffective for pain relief and improving pregnancy rates. The results for both surgery and embolization are uncertain.
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But, you know what is certain? The risks of both surgery & embolization! ​Comprehensive: Surgery & Embolization Risks & Benefits >

Actually, when it comes to varicocele, infertility, testicular pain, etc. there is a lot that you can and should be doing! Here is a quick and easy example: When it comes to infertility, even if caused by "varicocele", is there really nothing that you can do? What about being more active? What about cooling down your testicles? What about improving your diet and managing your stress?

There are many specific varicocele lifestyle risk factors, and many at home varicocele natural treatments. Now, again, just sign up for the 100 Free Varicocele Treatment Tips and see for yourself. Or, start with one of my Varicocele Natural Treatment Programs now & get varicocele under control!