What are the pros and cons of having a vasectomy?
I’ll stick to the cons (the vasectomy cheerleaders can chime in with the pros): # 1 The risk of chronic genital pain – Approximately 15% of men develop chronic testicular pain due to vasectomy. For about 2% to 6%, this pain is severe and can be sexually disabling. # 2 Post-vasectomy pain sydrome is difficult to treat and the options can involve more surgery (vasectomy reversal) which are not always effective in relieving the pain. # 3 The pain symptoms can arise years after the procedure and can involove testicular pain, pain on ejaculation, pain on erection, and obviously can affect sexual function or enjoyment of sex. #4 You may develop symptoms other than pain that diminish sexual enjoyment, such as decrease in ejaculatory force or volume, or decrease in the pleasure or intensity of orgasm. It is hard to link a reference for these symptoms, you have to go to online forums filled with post-vasectomy men to read these complaints. Unfortunately these forums are not that hard to find. #
