Marty, I don't know anything about the services Levine provides, but I think "nonbacterial epididymitis" is a con job.

CONSIDER THIS: other problems can *mimick* epididymitis. The concept is referred pain -- the origin could be from kidney stones, or an inguinal hernia, or even someplace else, but you FEEL it in your balls. This explains why even denervation doesn't work -- it's not fixing the problem.

Remember, even guys who lose an arm sometimes feel pain in that arm -- it's called "phantom limb" syndrome. Weird, right? But pain is weird.

Before I'd let anyone get close to my nerves I'd work very hard and repeatedly to get other possibilities checked out. In my case the answer turned out to be inguinal hernia, characterized by pain that's mostly mild in the morning, then gets worse, especially from sitting. If that's you, I'd run first to a hernia surgeon -- someone who does NOTHING else who knows that hernias, especially tiny ones difficult to detect, can express themselves that way.

Note hernias can also cause recurrent infections, and other urinary symptoms; or just pain that FEELS LIKE those things.

See below.

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PAIN
Pain occurs from hernias for several reasons, and can and does often vary in character (sharp, dull, burning etc.) and severity from patient to patient. Pain can occur because the tissue at and around the hole is being stretched or torn and therefor in some fashion damaged. This usually will cause pain directly at the site of the hernia and is Localized Pain. Pain may also occur as a result of irritation of or damage to area nerves as a result of the hernia and its contents pushing into or pinching the nerves. This too may cause localized pain, or may cause pain at a more distant area and is called Referred Pain. If the abdominal contents have become trapped or damaged within the confines of the hernia, as is the case with hernia Incarceration or Strangulation, the pain may well become more generalized in location and may even involve the entire abdomen if secondary peritonitis develops.

REFERRED PAIN
If the hernia irritates, inflames or damages nearby nerves, the pain felt from the hernia may not be at the site of the hernia, but rather at the area to which these nerves are traveling. For example, pain from an Inguinal Hernia may be felt as discomfort in the scrotum of men or the labia of women, or the back, upper leg and /or hip area. This is because nerves that supply sensation to these remote areas travel through the inguinal canal (site of the hernia) and may therefore be irritated or inflamed by the hernia itself.