Testicular Cancer Symptoms
Many types of testicular cancer have no symptoms clear up to the stage that has already occurred in the same spread to other organs, and even in other cases the symptoms can lead to confusion with other different diseases.
* The clearest symptom is the appearance of a testis of a mass or lump that does not usually cause pain or discomfort, or stretching or swelling in the testicular area. Another symptom is the feeling of heaviness or pain in the lower abdomen or scrotum.
* The growth of the breasts (gynecomastia) is a symptom that rarely is usually found. Such growth is due to certain types of tumors secrete high levels of chorionic gonadotropin hormone, which affects the development of the breasts.
Sometimes they do not exhibit any symptoms, the disease was detected only as a result of exploration motivated by other pathologies. There are also many different diseases from cancer cells can produce symptomatology similar to testicular cancer. Inflammation of the testicles (orchitis) may be painful. This disease is caused, among others, bacterial or viral infections, a risk factor may be the contraction of mumps in adulthood.