Doctors Are Removing Testicles for This - superb episode about (often misdiagnosed) pelvic pain in men
Doctors Are Removing Testicles for This | Dr. Susan Macdonald
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- May 5, 2026
- Last updated on Podsmoker
- Length (minutes)
- 1 h 41 min
- Language
- English
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- The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show
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- sciencehealthsociety
Most men don’t know they have a pelvic floor, and most doctors aren’t trained to look for dysfunction in it. The result: testicles are being surgically removed for pain that’s actually neuropathic, at double the rate of a far more effective nerve-sparing procedure.In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Susan Macdonald, a board-certified urologist, surgical program director at Penn State, and one of only ~30 U.S. specialists treating chronic pelvic pain in men, to discuss:Why “prostatitis” is often the wrong diagnosis, and how rounds of antibiotics mask the real problemThe male pelvic floor anatomy almost no medical school teaches, and how to recognize dysfunction in yourself or a patientOff-label medications (Cymbalta, gabapentin, amitriptyline) that are quietly transforming chronic pelvic pain treatmentWhy erectile dysfunction is rising sharply in teenagers, and the role pornography plays in rewiring young brainsWho actually qualifies for a penile implant, and what the surgery really…
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