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My latest theory on what might be causing my varicocele, is that it is caused by pelvic pressure, due to intestinal infection.
What got the ball rolling was the following website about varicose veins by a certified herbalist from New Zealand, which mentions the following:
"The two main contributors to varicose veins are pelvic pressure and/or sticky blood. What those terms mean and what you can do about them are discussed below.."
"Pelvic pressure: causes & treatments
Pelvic pressure is what happens when 'something' in your pelvis or your lower abdomen puts pressure on the large blood vessels that supply blood to-and-from the legs thereby causing blood to pool and eventually give rise to the classic swelling of a varicose vein.
There are four main causes of pelvic pressure:
Excess weight
Pregnancy
Misalignment (of pelvis)
Abdominal bloating"
"Abdominal bloating
Bloating in the abdomen is another major cause of varicose veins. Not just about being overweight, this is when the belly has a taut, distended quality that is frankly quite uncomfortable!
The two most common causes for abdominal bloating are food intolerance - written up in detail here, or a chronic low grade infection in the gut - written up here"
He advices garlic or wormwood for treating the intestinal infection and when the infection is gone hawthorne to strengthen the heart so that blood gets pulled from the venous system more effectively every pulse. He says patients with antibiotic resistant infection would still eventually respond to wormwood and says wormwood is the most effective.
I have some abdominal bloating myself. Although not severe, when examined closely I can tell there is some there. Since I don't have the other 3 causes that are mentioned, this the only one left. The abdominal bloating is caused by the low grade intestinal infection. Maybe due to gas being produced, although I do not suffer from severe flatulence.
My personal experience so far after years of trying things:
- IP-6 managed to decrease my varicocele for a few hours. A Ray Peat forum member said this was due to the decrease in endotoxin.
- pushing my belly out decreases the varicocele significantly. Works especially when done by holding breath during diaphragmatic breathing. The pressure in the pelvic area is lowered by the temporary creation of more space in the area where the intestines sit by the expanding of the belly possibly.
- an erection also decreases my varicocele to a great extent. This might point to the venous network the penile veins and varicocele are both connected to, being congested.
This theory might also explain those anecdotal recommendations of vitamin C and garlic with people saying they had some success with these, both which can reduce endotoxins and kill pathogens in the gut. It also would explain why certain exercises work in decreasing varicocele severity, as they simply lower pelvic pressure through the pelvic floor muscles or other muscles.
There is 1 report online of a woman who says her husband had his varicocele disappear, and the only thing he did was take a probiotic. What probiotic was not mentioned, and the disappearance of this man's varicocele might be coincidental but this is still worth mentioning.
The herbalist treats his patients by giving 4 400 mg organic wormwood (artemisia Absinthium) capsules (1600 mg total) every night before sleep for 4 to 6 weeks.
Another way of doing it he says is taking 4 to 6 medium sized garlic cloves daily 2 to 3 times a week for 6 weeks.
I'm not sure if artemisia Absinthium (wormwood) is a good option because in another topic on here it was possibly named as a cause for neuropathy. This might be due the thujone in it among more. I also dislike garlic's blood thinning effect.
So I'm in need of good suggestions here of what I can use to put this theory to the test. I would prefer natural options first over drugs.
I was adviced the following 2 herbs in another topic: yellow dock root, sage.
I am open for antibiotics and drugs. So if there's safe antibiotics or drugs out there that I can use I would wanna hear about those too. I heard Ivermectin and albendazole being named in another topic.
Link to page on varicose veins of herbalist website:
Richard Whelan ~ Medical Herbalist
Page of his website on gut infection:
Richard Whelan ~ Medical Herbalist
Page of his website on wormwood:
Richard Whelan ~ Medical Herbalist ~ Wormwood
I would love to hear your guys suggestions!
@haidut @Blossom @Travis @Inaut @tara @raypeatclips @ecstatichamster @Dolomite @CLASH
What got the ball rolling was the following website about varicose veins by a certified herbalist from New Zealand, which mentions the following:
"The two main contributors to varicose veins are pelvic pressure and/or sticky blood. What those terms mean and what you can do about them are discussed below.."
"Pelvic pressure: causes & treatments
Pelvic pressure is what happens when 'something' in your pelvis or your lower abdomen puts pressure on the large blood vessels that supply blood to-and-from the legs thereby causing blood to pool and eventually give rise to the classic swelling of a varicose vein.
There are four main causes of pelvic pressure:
Excess weight
Pregnancy
Misalignment (of pelvis)
Abdominal bloating"
"Abdominal bloating
Bloating in the abdomen is another major cause of varicose veins. Not just about being overweight, this is when the belly has a taut, distended quality that is frankly quite uncomfortable!
The two most common causes for abdominal bloating are food intolerance - written up in detail here, or a chronic low grade infection in the gut - written up here"
He advices garlic or wormwood for treating the intestinal infection and when the infection is gone hawthorne to strengthen the heart so that blood gets pulled from the venous system more effectively every pulse. He says patients with antibiotic resistant infection would still eventually respond to wormwood and says wormwood is the most effective.
I have some abdominal bloating myself. Although not severe, when examined closely I can tell there is some there. Since I don't have the other 3 causes that are mentioned, this the only one left. The abdominal bloating is caused by the low grade intestinal infection. Maybe due to gas being produced, although I do not suffer from severe flatulence.
My personal experience so far after years of trying things:
- IP-6 managed to decrease my varicocele for a few hours. A Ray Peat forum member said this was due to the decrease in endotoxin.
- pushing my belly out decreases the varicocele significantly. Works especially when done by holding breath during diaphragmatic breathing. The pressure in the pelvic area is lowered by the temporary creation of more space in the area where the intestines sit by the expanding of the belly possibly.
- an erection also decreases my varicocele to a great extent. This might point to the venous network the penile veins and varicocele are both connected to, being congested.
This theory might also explain those anecdotal recommendations of vitamin C and garlic with people saying they had some success with these, both which can reduce endotoxins and kill pathogens in the gut. It also would explain why certain exercises work in decreasing varicocele severity, as they simply lower pelvic pressure through the pelvic floor muscles or other muscles.
There is 1 report online of a woman who says her husband had his varicocele disappear, and the only thing he did was take a probiotic. What probiotic was not mentioned, and the disappearance of this man's varicocele might be coincidental but this is still worth mentioning.
The herbalist treats his patients by giving 4 400 mg organic wormwood (artemisia Absinthium) capsules (1600 mg total) every night before sleep for 4 to 6 weeks.
Another way of doing it he says is taking 4 to 6 medium sized garlic cloves daily 2 to 3 times a week for 6 weeks.
I'm not sure if artemisia Absinthium (wormwood) is a good option because in another topic on here it was possibly named as a cause for neuropathy. This might be due the thujone in it among more. I also dislike garlic's blood thinning effect.
So I'm in need of good suggestions here of what I can use to put this theory to the test. I would prefer natural options first over drugs.
I was adviced the following 2 herbs in another topic: yellow dock root, sage.
I am open for antibiotics and drugs. So if there's safe antibiotics or drugs out there that I can use I would wanna hear about those too. I heard Ivermectin and albendazole being named in another topic.
Link to page on varicose veins of herbalist website:
Richard Whelan ~ Medical Herbalist
Page of his website on gut infection:
Richard Whelan ~ Medical Herbalist
Page of his website on wormwood:
Richard Whelan ~ Medical Herbalist ~ Wormwood
I would love to hear your guys suggestions!
@haidut @Blossom @Travis @Inaut @tara @raypeatclips @ecstatichamster @Dolomite @CLASH