Marijuana And It's Effect On The Prostate/Sexual Organs

okay if you all dont believe weed can affect you your very stupid.. tell me how could a drug not harm you?? i quit weed then my testicles would hurt then when i smoked they would hurt more and weigh more.. i think i have epididymitis because i have all the stuff that comes with it, not all but alot like frequent pissing pain when shitting and ejaculation.. now when i smoke weed that makes my nut hurt and weigh more.. i have had an ultrasound and they found nothing thats why i believe its this. if it was cancer from smoking WEED, they wouldve found it right. so im going in today telling my doctor all of this to see what he thinks and im going to get another ultrasound done too see if it is caner.. SO for all you people that are stupid, YES smoking weed will harm you just alot of people are lucky or dont smoke weed that much. IF your going to smoke dont do it often and ull be fine, if your like i use to be and smoke a ho in a night with one buddy and smoke everyday non stop. slow down before you cant smoke anymore at all.. i wish i could have the odd puff but guess what? when i smoke weed my testicle hurts and weighs a ton, hope this helps people or there future with weed smoking. wish i wouldve known trust me...

lol stop getting stoned and playing with your nuts... of course they are going to feel weird. You wan't to talk about large nuts get a vacectamy... then you can complain about your nuts weighing 5 lbs each.
Ill take the obscure risk over the sexual side effects of xanax and zoloft any day...

derek69 said:

okay if you all dont believe weed can affect you your very stupid.. tell me how could a drug not harm you?? i quit weed then my testicles would hurt then when i smoked they would hurt more and weigh more.. i think i have epididymitis because i have all the stuff that comes with it, not all but alot like frequent pissing pain when shitting and ejaculation.. now when i smoke weed that makes my nut hurt and weigh more.. i have had an ultrasound and they found nothing thats why i believe its this. if it was cancer from smoking WEED, they wouldve found it right. so im going in today telling my doctor all of this to see what he thinks and im going to get another ultrasound done too see if it is caner.. SO for all you people that are stupid, YES smoking weed will harm you just alot of people are lucky or dont smoke weed that much. IF your going to smoke dont do it often and ull be fine, if your like i use to be and smoke a ho in a night with one buddy and smoke everyday non stop. slow down before you cant smoke anymore at all.. i wish i could have the odd puff but guess what? when i smoke weed my testicle hurts and weighs a ton, hope this helps people or there future with weed smoking. wish i wouldve known trust me...

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Are you suggesting that cannabis use caused your testicles to grow larger? or did they simply increase in mass with no correlated increase in volume?


i would prepare a worksheet with the following cells to be filled in by yourself, or a lab assistant:

Deez Nutz!
a study in testicular alteration through cannabis!

scrotal overall weight:
scale:
calibration method:

initial testicular mass testicle A:______________________Testicle B: ___________________________ Testicle C: (if needed)_____________Total: ________________________

Testicular mass during smokeoout: A: _______________________ B: ____________________________ C: ____________________________ Total __________________________

testicular mass after smokeout: A : _________________________B : ____________________________ C : ___________________________ Total: __________________________

Testicular diameter before consumption A: __________________________________ B: _____________________________ C: _________________________ Total: ______________________
during consumption: A: __________________________________ B: _____________________________ C: _________________________ Total: ______________________
after consumption: A: __________________________________ B: _____________________________ C: _________________________ Total: ______________________

get these numbers to us (no photo's needed) and we can do the math to find how how much of your coinpurse is made of pure THC.

I for sure have more testicular pain after i smoke marijuana. When i was about 21 I had a varicoelectomy, my nut was hurting all the time. Not sure if the mj had anything to do with that or not. Days after the varicoelectomy I smoked and realized it was a bad idea right away. Ball swelled up nicely, got a hydrocele within hours of smoking. Ball was huge for months if not years afterwords eventually it went way and for the most part my lovely nut recovered. Haven't been to the doctor yet, but pretty sure I have epididymitis right now. Smoking for sure makes it worse, i can go all day with only slight pain then smoke and have noticeable pain for hours afterwords.

I just joined this forum specifically to make this post in the hopes that it reaches somebody experiencing the same things I've been experiencing lately.

I've been diagnosed with prostatitis. I had been noticing that my prostate didn't seem swollen or painful at all when I woke up in the morning, but as soon as I hit the vaporizer (vape, not smoke, so I don't think this is an issue re: smoke itself) whoaaaaaaaaa man, like night and day difference, suddenly it feels like a baseball is up my ass and I'm getting random pains in my pelvis and down my left leg.

So I looked up marijuana/cannabis and prostatitis and that admittedly full-BS herballove website first came up. Yes, THAT site is BS, that much is obvious. BUT, I still think there may be some truth to the claim that cannabis may make the symptoms of prostatitis worse:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11586213

"Immune cells can produce the natural opioid beta-endorphin at the site of injury, which may modulate pain."

"We observed a correlation of higher prostaglandin E2 and lower beta-endorphin in symptomatic men with chronic prostatitis. Increased oxidative stress and inflammation may induce prostaglandin E2 production that would inhibit beta-endorphin release."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6289843

"Preliminary data [S. Burstein and S. A. Hunter, Biochem. Pharmac. 27, 1275 (197] showed that cannabinoids at levels of 1 microM or greater elevated the concentrations of prostaglandins in cell culture models."

"These findings lend support to the hypothesis that some of the in vivo actions of the cannabinoids are due to modulations in prostaglandin synthesis at various tissue sites."

...so if I understand all of this correctly, it seems quite plausible that cannabis use could be causing the body to produce prostaglandin E2 in the prostate which, in turn, inhibits beta-endorphin release in the prostate. Since beta-endorphins are essentially your body's natural pain killers... the end result is you could end up feeling the effects of your prostatitis a lot more after cannabis use.

So anyways, if you're reading this because you have prostatitis and have been noticing that cannabis use has been making it worse... IT'S NOT JUST YOU. I'm in the same boat as you, dude, and it sucks. Hard. This data I just found leads me to believe that this isn't just in my head.

I agree i GOT SO DAMN STONED LAST NIGHT i sat down on the couch with my baggy gym shorts on & sat down on my nuts...fucking wed

anonymous12 said:

I just joined this forum specifically to make this post in the hopes that it reaches somebody experiencing the same things I've been experiencing lately.

I've been diagnosed with prostatitis. I had been noticing that my prostate didn't seem swollen or painful at all when I woke up in the morning, but as soon as I hit the vaporizer (vape, not smoke, so I don't think this is an issue re: smoke itself) whoaaaaaaaaa man, like night and day difference, suddenly it feels like a baseball is up my ass and I'm getting random pains in my pelvis and down my left leg.

So I looked up marijuana/cannabis and prostatitis and that admittedly full-BS herballove website first came up. Yes, THAT site is BS, that much is obvious. BUT, I still think there may be some truth to the claim that cannabis may make the symptoms of prostatitis worse:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11586213

"Immune cells can produce the natural opioid beta-endorphin at the site of injury, which may modulate pain."

"We observed a correlation of higher prostaglandin E2 and lower beta-endorphin in symptomatic men with chronic prostatitis. Increased oxidative stress and inflammation may induce prostaglandin E2 production that would inhibit beta-endorphin release."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6289843

"Preliminary data [S. Burstein and S. A. Hunter, Biochem. Pharmac. 27, 1275 (197] showed that cannabinoids at levels of 1 microM or greater elevated the concentrations of prostaglandins in cell culture models."

"These findings lend support to the hypothesis that some of the in vivo actions of the cannabinoids are due to modulations in prostaglandin synthesis at various tissue sites."

...so if I understand all of this correctly, it seems quite plausible that cannabis use could be causing the body to produce prostaglandin E2 in the prostate which, in turn, inhibits beta-endorphin release in the prostate. Since beta-endorphins are essentially your body's natural pain killers... the end result is you could end up feeling the effects of your prostatitis a lot more after cannabis use.

So anyways, if you're reading this because you have prostatitis and have been noticing that cannabis use has been making it worse... IT'S NOT JUST YOU. I'm in the same boat as you, dude, and it sucks. Hard. This data I just found leads me to believe that this isn't just in my head.

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@Anonymous12: I'm right with you regarding the symptoms/connection. Prostatitis symptoms started kicking in for me over a span of a couple weeks. I visited a urologist who prescribed me cipro. Cipro cleared up all symptoms in 3 days. A couple days later I started smoking again and the symptoms recurred. Just curious -- Have you visited a doc to discuss the issue? Would be curious to see what they said. I didn't bring up the weed smoking with my doc...

Hi everybody,

I’ve been smoking pot since 18. I’m 28 now. I had prostatitis for the first time in December 2011, and for 6 months, the symptoms were recurrent and intermitent, not healing totally until over a year past my first diagnosis. I’ve never cuted off using cannabis, because I never thought that weed could cause prostate not to heal properly, till I found this thread.

The story is that last month I went to Amsterdam for 5 days, you know, coffeeshop sightseeing. I had been smoking a lot of pot there, and when I returned home, fewer days later, my prostatitis went back.

I have read the theory of increasing PGE2 levels when using THC. And actually, when I smoke now, my prostate gets worse. I don’t know if all of this is on my mind, caused by the high. But it makes sense, and is the only reason I’ve figured out explaining my prostatitis (non bacterial).

I went to the doctor, and he told me to take cipro for 5 days. It seems that I got better, but I have not cleared at all.

I’m now starting my period of cutting off smoking weed, to see if it heals.

Does anybody have experience in this situation? I know that there are lots of interests demonizing weed, but I wanna know if there’s other people with the same feelings.

Thank you!

Well it is a fact that smoking of any type will decrease your immune system, so try making canabutter and eat it

"I was in india in december and got bad stomach cramps, causing me to be on the toilet quite alot. In doing so i caused a reflux of urine (from using my stomach muscles so much) and i developed what i believe to be an epididymitis.

Anyone who has gone to india (Goa) knows that the charras (hash-like solid) they sell there is AMAZING! anyway.... i smoked every day while i was there, and every day since...."

So wait you got sick in India and you blame it on the weed? Interesting....

hi i have epididymitis, was wondering if i have to stop smoking forever or just for a while?
and has anyone actual tried a vaporizer or cooking with it that has epididymitis?
ive had it about a week now tried to smoke and didn't go so well

I'm so glad I found this thread. I was diagnosed with prostatitis about two weeks ago and have been taking doxycycline 100mg twice a day for it and it seems to be getting better. Unfortunately, I had been consistently noticing my inflammation getting worse after toking (which I used to do everyday) and I also had shooting pain in my groin/testicles and sometimes my inner thigh. it was starting to drive me crazy because I love to smoke and nothing else I'd done seemed to trigger it. I smoke cigs when I'm drunk and ate ~2 grams of psilocybin this past weekend and those didn't cause any pain or inflammation so I highly doubt my pain was caused by vasoconstriction, also, vaping caused the same effects as bong or paper.

This isn't the worst timing, I suppose, considering the job I am applying for drug tests new employees for the first six months, but I would appreciate if someone who has been cured would post regarding whether they were able to go back to smoking after they recovered. I don't want to give it up forever :/

This thread is noob central. They are coming out of the woodwork to register and post in this thread.

guy incognito said:

This thread is noob central. They are coming out of the woodwork to register and post in this thread.

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What does that matter? I apologize if it was annoying of me to post in a thread that was dead, but where are people supposed to go to discuss these kinds of things if not a subforum devoted to marijuana and sexuality?

It doesn't make us noob cannabis or drug users. I have an account on bluelight and shroomery, that I use for drug discussion, but there was already a thread for this subject on this site with lots of personal accounts so I thought I'd contribute with my situation.

Glad to see you guys are so friendly to newcomers.

Edit: And the fact that this thread has 12k views shows that it's at least of importance to a decent number of people.

Hello everyone, I'm a 21 year old male who has also experienced Prostate pain, shooting pain in the sides of my pelvis where my lymph nodes are after I smoked and lay in bed, all of which symptoms are seemingly linked to excessive Cannabis abuse.

I used to smoke here and there, small amounts to laugh at movies, relax and sleep, and even as an aphrodisiac. Which became a bit more than a recreational thing and I started habitually using Cannabis, a year or so later I when I smoked I couldn't sit down for long at all not comfortably my Prostate would ache or I would have sudden pain in it. I ignored this symptom and carried on abusing Cannabis and I got Gastroenteritis (Not linked to Cannabis use) but I was smoking at my window as usual before bed smoking a nice bridge full of some nice weed when my Prostate started throbbing and basically aching and this happened again, and again, and again before that but I ignored it, it got so bad I quit Cannabis over-night and now I refuse to go near the stuff.

I'd like to say all those not in favor of this thread need to pipe the fuck down because this is a real issue that needs to be discussed, I am now having urinary problems. Since stopping smoking the prostate ache has seemingly dissipated, however recently in the past 3-4 months I have been having cloudy bad smelling urine that develops a white mucus like sediment at the bottom which could very well be linked to Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatis.

I've recently gone to the Doctors about it and they told me to get an STI/STD screening which I did even though I knew I didn't have a sexually transmitted infection/disease, as I knew they would the results came back negative. I've gone back to the Doctors and they are testing a urine sample of mine which contained white mucus sediment to hopefully identify what the cause of it is. I am also having a blood test next week to rule out any kidney/liver problems. I also had irritation/discomfort in my urethra which I home remedied by taking a multi vitamin & iron supplement however the cloudy urine remained.

Many people here are arrogant and naive to think Cannabis is harmless, of course there is side effects for Cannabis abuse. There are side effects for abuse for every substance known to man. I will keep everyone updated on this situation so that we can better understand the drug and it's risks. I have attached a photo below of a bottle 3/4 filled with urine and a substantial amount of mucus like white sediment, if anyone else has encountered this issue or is currently experiencing this problem please step forward.



Edit: I no longer have prostate aches or pains, or shooting pain in my inner pelvic region since quitting Cannabis entirely, I'm just hoping to resolve this one last issue with my urine and I'm home free.

I also had problems urinating while smoking, it would take me up to 20 seconds to start the flow of urine, sometimes I had to sit down to relax because it was so bad and I couldn't urinate, surely that suggestions that marijuana causes inflammation of the prostate and other effects on the prostate.

I first smoked when i was 15 but hardly ever done it because i didnt react to well with it (i would whitey and get dizzy a lot). When i was 18 i started smoking again and ended up smoking basically every day for 2 years, eventually it caught up with me and i would get a tingling sensation when i urinated and also near my prostate, which felt like something was enlarging there. ive stopped smoking for a month now and the only time i feel them sensations again is if i puff on a joint. it is upsetting because i had a lot of good times smoking it and it would make me feel happier if i was down. i geuss some people can smoke it and not have any problems but i definatly do not react well with the weed, the high is not the same as it first was. If any of you are experiencing any of these feelings i would say it is best to give it up as soon as you can.

suubz said:

I'm so glad I found this thread. I was diagnosed with prostatitis about two weeks ago and have been taking doxycycline 100mg twice a day for it and it seems to be getting better. Unfortunately, I had been consistently noticing my inflammation getting worse after toking (which I used to do everyday) and I also had shooting pain in my groin/testicles and sometimes my inner thigh. it was starting to drive me crazy because I love to smoke and nothing else I'd done seemed to trigger it. I smoke cigs when I'm drunk and ate ~2 grams of psilocybin this past weekend and those didn't cause any pain or inflammation so I highly doubt my pain was caused by vasoconstriction, also, vaping caused the same effects as bong or paper.

This isn't the worst timing, I suppose, considering the job I am applying for drug tests new employees for the first six months, but I would appreciate if someone who has been cured would post regarding whether they were able to go back to smoking after they recovered. I don't want to give it up forever :/

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hi just curious how are things going on now, cause i was firstly diagnozed with epidimidis and prescribd with some antibiotics and after 10 days after taking them i felt better, and after that i decided to light up a joint... big mistake cause all symptoms came back and became worst, it was so bad i ended up in hospital where they told me i have prostatitis and gave me cipro, after few days things again became better and then i had sex and next few days were worst so did you or any of u have problems after ejaculation., and will i ever be able to smoke weed again...?

FingerStickingGood said:

grow up. All the best

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Dude that's the problem . They're not gonna grow up. Your're asking the impossible.

I actually developed Epididymitis when I joined the military and completely stopped smoking for around a year. I was doing a program to enter the Navy with an EOD contract and the type of exercises we did, mostly swimming, running, cross-fit rotines actually was the cause. So I was medically discharged and obviously started smoking the ganja again, and using free weights like a real man and the problem went away. So, with my lack of any real evidence I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say.. MARIJAUANA CURES EPIDIDYMITIS

P.s. Antibiotics wouldn't work for me. Then I got 10 shots in my groin and "change purse" in one fucking sitting, yeah that didn't work either. It still flares up for me unfortunately. I was told that I let it go too long and I developed cysts on the cord that attaches to my ball, so they have the chance of exploding and causing even more pain. I hate everything