shrinking testicles? - Men's Health Message Board

helpmeet2steven · 12-27-2007, 06:19 PM

My husband was telling me yesterday that he thinks his testicles are shrinking. I didn't probe if they were losing firmness or mass etc., etc.

Here are a few problems that he does have and a few things that I've noticed.

He is an incredibly light sleeper and is constantly tired. I have heard that these are symptoms of adrenal fatigue. He works overnights 6pm-6am and he thinks that his problems with being sleepy and being a light sleeper are just related to his job.

Over the last year or two his beard hair and neck/back hair have herged and the hair on his face is starting to travel up to his eyes. He also has hair on the tip of his nose that he shaves off as well as on his ear lobes. This might be normal but somehow I don't think so. He is not a terribly hairy man. Just the normal hair on his chest but thats really it. He isn't a gorilla. KWIM?

He does have herpes and has been taking Valtrex for the entire time I've known him (going on 6 years). The only thing close to surgery he has had has been some wart removal in like 2004 in his pubic area.

He doesn't take any other medications or vitamins.

I have thyroid and adrenal problems and he seems to match a lot of symptoms for that as well. He carries a lot of weight around his midsection. His waist is currently about 50 inches vs. having a 30 inch waist when we met, yet he still has chicken legs and looks normal everywhere else.

Any thoughts? Anything else I need to post about?

helpmeet2steven · 12-27-2007, 06:24 PM

oh yea, I also wanted to add that his testicles were already small. Always have been. But his penis is rather large in size. That doesn't look likes or feel like its getting smaller.

helpmeet2steven · 12-28-2007, 09:27 PM

bumping for a reply

orion · 12-29-2007, 12:08 AM

Sounds more like sleep apnea. Does he snore when he is sleeping? Light sleepers often can't get into deep sleep because their apnea cuts off the air and they have to wake up again. You can sleep for hours but wake up totally unrefreshed.

Testosterone is a maximum in the morning but if he isn't getting a good sleep its possible all his hormones are decreased for that reason alone.

hayfarmer · 12-30-2007, 10:12 PM

Why not just go have his hormones checked to see what's going on there. Then we have something to work with. Test for total T, LH, FSH, prolactin, estradiol, total estrogen and throw in cortisol which requires fasting and an AM test.

Typically shrinking testicles would result from low LH which will also cause low Testosterone. Sleep apnea and low T often go hand in hand but I"m not sure which is causing which.