Pathogenesis and treatment of intervertebral disc-originated testicular pain in traditional Chinese and Western medicine:An update
ZHENG Yi
LI Yan-feng
Abstract：Of the complex causes of testicular pain,intervertebral disc degeneration is a nonnegligible one,which,however,of-ten fails to get sufficient attention from doctors in clinical practice and consequently leads to misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis.This pa-per presents an overview of the pathogenesis and treatment of intervertebral disc-induced testicular pain in traditional Chinese and West-ern medicine,aiming to improve clinicians'understanding of this problem and provide some reference for the diagnosis and treatment of unexplained testicular pain.According to traditional Chinese medicine,the pathogenesis of intervertebral disc-induced testicular pain may be associated with exogenous cold and dampness,damp-heat invasion of Yin organs,qi and blood stagnation,and closely related to the liver,kidney and governor meridian.Western medicine believes that its pathogenesis may be related to nerve root stimulation,nerve root entrapment,Waller degeneration,referred pain,nerve hypersensitivity and other factors.
Keywords：intervertebral disc-originatedtesticular painpathogenesistreatment
Publication Date：2024-07-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 653-657 )