[Jinleng undershorts palliates varicocele].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effect of Jinleng undershorts on the elevated scrotal temperature induced by varicocele as well as on other clinical symptoms of the disease.


METHODS
Fifty-one varicocele patients received the treatment of wearing Jinleng undershorts for 30 min twice a day for a course of 90 days. Comparisons were made between the scrotal temperatures and other clinical symptoms of varicocele before and after the treatment.


RESULTS
After 90 days of treatment with Jinleng undershorts, the left scrotal temperature of the varicocele patients was significantly reduced from (32.16 +/- 0.79) degrees C to (31.53 +/- 0.77) degrees C (P < 0.01), and the right scrotal temperature decreased from (31.91 +/- 0.73) degrees C to (31.81 +/- 0.63) degrees C (P > 0.05). Compared with pretreatment, significant improvement was found in such symptoms as wetness, fever and swelling of the scrotum, backache, headache, dizziness, fatigue and anxiety (P < 0.05), as well as in testicular pain (P < 0.01) and IIEF-5 score, which was increased from 15.89 +/- 6.13 to 20.04 +/- 3.87 (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Jinleng undershorts can be used for the treatment of mild and moderate varicocele.
Department of Andrology and Sexology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China. jihongliang@126.com
Ji-Hong
JH
Liang
Xian-Zong
XZ
Meng
Guang-Yu
GY
Li
Xun
X
Zhang
Shi-Kun
SK
Liang
Chun-Hui
CH
Zhu
Wei-Ru
WR
Song
Guo-Qiang
GQ
Wei
D001831:Body Temperature; D003020:Clothing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D012611:Scrotum; D014646:Varicocele / Q000628:therapy*