The agonizing pain known as "blue balls" is well known to just about any man who was ever a teenager, an ache caused by prolonged arousal without release — a condition often referred to by urologists ...

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Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MDMedically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD Blue balls is a slang term for a medical condition called epididymal hypertension. This occurs when prolonged sexual arousal ...

“Blue balls” is the achy feeling you might get in your scrotum when you get sexually aroused but don't have an orgasm. Doctors call it epididymal hypertension, though it's not considered a medical ...