{"id":12709,"date":"2016-08-21T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=12369"},"modified":"2013-08-21T06:30:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:30:20","slug":"132-scrotum-l0821","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/132-scrotum-l0821\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Man With The 132-Pound Scrotum”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Surgery to remove the mass is expensive. Warren needed help.L0821<\/figcaption><\/figure>A Las Vegas man is recovering after surgeons removed a 100+ mass from his body. Wesley Warren was diagnosed with scrotal lymphedema, a rare medical condition that makes the scrotum swell. In Warren\u2019s case, his scrotum ballooned to 132 pounds.<\/p>\n

TLC follows Warren<\/strong><\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s struggle is documented in a one hour TLC special that will air this Monday.\u00a0 The show called, \u201cThe Man With a 132 Pound Scrotum\u201d follows Warren through the entire medical process, including interviews with Warren about the embarrassing condition.<\/p>\n

“There are a lot of people that will look and laugh and stare in shock and awe and amazement,” Warren told TLC. “It’s tough to deal with it, you know, because essentially, this is a sort of living and breathing freak show.”<\/p>\n

Doctors told him he needed an expensive surgery to fix the problem. Warren went on the Howard Stern show asking for help and found a California doctor willing to do the surgery for free.<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s condition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A urologist specializing in rare conditions like Warren’s offered to do the surgery for free.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to CNN<\/a>, scrotal lymphedema, also known as scrotal elephantiasis, is a “massive enlargement” of the scrotum due to thickening of tissue and accumulation of fluid. Doctors say the condition involves blocked vessels that aren\u2019t able to drain fluids properly.<\/p>\n

The actual number of cases in the U.S. is so small that statistics are hard to come by.\u00a0 Warren\u2019s doctor, Dr. Joel Gelman, hopes the show will shed light on this condition.<\/p>\n

Warren is doing well. He\u2019s able to walk and go about his normal life. He will need a follow up surgery to remove some additional skin that was damaged by his condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Las Vegas man is recovering after surgeons removed a 100+ mass from his body. Wesley Warren was diagnosed with scrotal lymphedema, a rare medical condition that makes the scrotum swell. In Warren\u2019s case, his scrotum ballooned to 132 pounds. TLC follows Warren Warren\u2019s struggle is documented in a one hour TLC special that will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t