GENITAL INJURIES

- THOMAS E,SPORTS MEDICINE
GENITAL INJURIES
 Male Genitalia

Male genital injuries

 Injury to the genitalia is frequent in men, and they must be referred for medical attention. Male athletes should be encouraged to wear suitable protection for the scrotum and penis during competition and training. Traumatic injury to the scrotum may occur from contact with another athlete or dancer or equipment. The immediate result is usually incapacitating pain, and serious long-term effects may be precipitated.
 Injury to the testicles may occur during and after cycling. The same remedies may be used according to the symptoms. Torsion of the testicles usually presents as a painful testicle and must be referred to a doctor.
 Priapism, or persistent erection, caused by cycling may respond to Cantharis, but the patient should be referred to a doctor or a professional homoeopath.
 Cold applications may help to relieve the pain but the following remedies will be more effective. Only give one at a time in the 6c
 potency:
 Arnica
 If given immediately, Arnica will relieve the pain, prevent haemorrhage, bruising and swelling, and encourage healing. If given later it will reduce swelling and bruising. The scrotum feels bruised and sore. The person may be in shock from the injury, but will say that he feels fine. He avoids further injury and touch.
 Dosage: One Arnica 30c three times in one day will also reduce the possible development of haematorrhoea.
 Bellis Perennis
 This remedy has a special affinity with soft tissue injuries, and haemorrhages following blows to parts consisting of such sensitive tissue. The pains may be throbbing, aching or squeezing, and are so unbearable they drive him to distraction. He may have become chilled after being hot, and wants to keep moving to keep warm. He cannot bear touch, but is better from cold applications.
 Dosage: One Bellis 30c for up to six doses, if Arnica has not relieved the pain and discomfort.
 Cantharis
 Painful, continuous erection with burning, smarting, cutting and raw pains with secretion of semen. Constant desire to urinate, but urine is passed only drop by drop. Excessive sexual desire. Blood in semen. Extremely hyperactive, not just sexually, with anxious restlessness. Shivering. Better from warmth and rest.
 Dosage: One Cantharis 30c every twenty minutes for up to six doses, or until the condition eases if this is earlier.
 Conium Maculatum
 This remedy has the reputation for preventing serious repercussions from genital injury. It could be taken routinely after an injury.
 Dosage: One Conium 200c daily for three days.
 Euphrasia
 The genitals retract spasmodically with a feeling of pressure above the pubic bone. Tingling pain in the testes. Sore, burning pain when touched. Lancinating pain in the glans penis.
 Dosage: One Euphrasia 30c daily for three days.
 Hypericum
 Shooting pains in the genitals after a blow. The genitals are very painful and sore and very sensitive to touch, even from clothing. Movement is very painful, and he is afraid of jarring.
 Dosage: One Hypericum 30c three times daily for three days.
 Natrum Arsenicum
 This remedy, if taken immediately after the injury, will relieve the feelings of nausea after a blow to the genitalia.
 Dosage: One Natrum Arsenicum 30c should be sufficient.
 Rhododendron
 When the testes are swollen, painful, feel crushed, and are drawn up after injury. The scrotum may be inflamed. There is a drawing pain from the spermatic cord into the abdomen and thighs. Injury to the glans penis when that feels crushed. The pain may be tearing, and he feels paralysed. He feels worse in cold, wet windy weather.
 Dosage: One Rhododendron 30c daily for three days.
 Rhus Toxicodendron
 The scrotum and penis become thick, swollen and oedematous. The pain is shooting, tearing and stitching, and is worse at night. He cannot find a comfortable position in which to sleep, and must keep changing position. First movement is painful. He is very restless, and has to move all the time because continued movement relieves the pain. The genital condition may have resulted from a blow, overlifting or overexertion.
 Dosage: One Rhus Tox. 30c. Repeat if necessary.

Female Genitalia

Female Genitalia Injuries

 Injury to the female genitalia may become more common with the increased popularity of soccer and rugby for women. Arnica is the first remedy to use for bruising. If bleeding from the vagina or labia occurs as a result of injury and has not been stopped by Arnica, one of the following remedies may be useful. It is imperative that if bleeding continues even a short time after the injury, the woman should see a doctor for assessment and treatment.
 Female participants in long distance and stamina events who develop sore nipples will find that Calendula cream relieves this, and that Arnica or Causticum taken orally before the event helps to prevent the soreness becoming too painful.
 Bellis Perennis
 This remedy has a special affinity with soft tissue injuries and haemorrhages following blows to parts consisting of sensitive tissue. The pains may be throbbing, aching or squeezing, and are so unbearable they drive her to distraction. She may have become chilled after being hot, and wants to keep moving to keep warm. She cannot bear touch, but is better from cold applications.
 Dosage: One Bellis 30c every few minutes for up to six doses if Arnica and Hamamelis have not stopped the bleeding.
 Hamamelis
 The vagina feels bruised and sore, tender, swollen and inflamed. There is bleeding, but she seems surprisingly unconcerned and tranquil about it. The abdomen may also be sore and feel bruised. She does not want to move, and prefers to keep warm and stay indoors. She does not want ice or cold applications.
 Dosage: If Arnica has not stopped the bleeding, give Hamamelis 30c every fifteen minutes for six doses while awaiting medical attention.