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Can chronic numbness and nerve pain in the testis from foraminal stenosis for half a year with no treatment yet cause permanent testicular damage?

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See remark: With your description,and foraminal stenosis (a doctor must have seen you for that diagnosis) + numbness, please please consult a urologist ,maybe the one you saw or someone else.At your young age ,don't neglect the symptoms

Dr Rhoads agreed

Answered 10/25/2015

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