What causes vertigo sensations when looking towards my genital area?

Santi2c · « **on:** 09/03/2005 04:12:17 »

What's up with that!?

It's happened a number of times. When well high up and looking down, different people experience different things. Some people faint, and others are cool with what they see. How come I get this crazy numbing but slightly pulsating pain down below when I'm looking . . . down below? (clever, eh?)

It's definetly not just me, I've heard other reports. but I AM suspecting it's only a male thing. Who's with me? Who's gonna testify for their testicles and how did they get all tied up with this emotion anyways?

neilep · « **Reply #1 on:** 09/03/2005 09:09:40 »

Can't say I've noticed volts going through my family jewels when I'm high up and looking down, however, I can imagine how it could happen when the vertigo hits you it probably sends like a shiver down your spine which manifests in eletric balls !!....it's gotta be a nerve thing......lets hope a passing altitude testicle expert wil pass by and confirm.

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

Santi2c · « **Reply #2 on:** 09/03/2005 10:58:37 »

yes lets hope.. but why would it end there? yeah, its obviousyl a nerve thing, but I want details!

chris · « **Reply #3 on:** 10/03/2005 10:24:16 »

Has anyone experienced that rather strange sensation in the nether regions ellicited by driving rapidly over a humpback bridge ?

What's that all about ?!

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
- Groucho Marx

Santi2c · « **Reply #4 on:** 10/03/2005 15:18:30 »

i cant tell if your serious, cuz some humpback bridges are covered maybe its just the way u wrote it but ...
ive gotten something from bridges too, but i think its related again to the heights thing. driving in a big commercial bus over bridges is the worst, the walls of the bridge suddenly look way too short for comfort. and i think the speed thing just adds to the nerves.

but i still want answers!

chris · « **Reply #5 on:** 10/03/2005 20:21:45 »

I was actually referring to the physical sensation experienced in the pelvis and groin area which coincides with the car going over the humpback bridge very fast. Nothing to do with the view, purely the motion of the vehicle !

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
- Groucho Marx

neilep · « **Reply #6 on:** 11/03/2005 00:33:30 »

quote:
Originally posted by chris

I was actually referring to the physical sensation experienced in the pelvis and groin area which coincides with the car going over the humpback bridge very fast. Nothing to do with the view, purely the motion of the vehicle !

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
- Groucho Marx

....Yep...I have Chris.....most disconcerting !!....sometimes I've even noticed it going up and down stairs coinciding with each step !!.....Could it be akin to acupressure ?.....

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

Santi2c · « **Reply #7 on:** 11/03/2005 04:44:19 »

ok, yes im gotten that too.
how bout cuz of vibrations

gsmollin · « **Reply #8 on:** 11/03/2005 14:39:14 »

I think it is a part of the fear reaction. The genitals are pulled upwards into the body cavity. You may be feeling that.

Santi2c · « **Reply #9 on:** 12/03/2005 11:19:03 »

hmm makes sense, do u know why that happens?

Corbeille · « **Reply #10 on:** 14/03/2005 23:13:39 »

AAAAARRRRRGH!

Please write in proper English, not as if you were sending a text to a friend!

It makes you look an illiterate idiot!

OK - rant over.

Nah pop no style, a strictly roots!

chimera · « **Reply #11 on:** 15/03/2005 00:38:14 »

Maybe they use those Mini Macs? [

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Santi2c · « **Reply #12 on:** 15/03/2005 03:04:39 »

They? Do I represent the idiotic teenage community? Lovely. As far as illiterate, I'm far from it, thank you very much, I just choose to write in abbreviated format when I can, but obviously I can't without getting hassled here. "If you would be so can kind as to" give me your email, rather, electronic mailing address, we can exchange our own great works of written English in the future, that would be fun!

gsmollin · « **Reply #13 on:** 15/03/2005 14:19:16 »

Geez guys, chill, I thought we were all friends here.

Santi2c, I'm not an expert on this subject. Flight-or-fright reactions involve a number of physiological changes to the body. Blood pressure rises, heartbeat increases. Eye pupils constrict. Skin becomes flush, and sweaty. Breathing deepens. This is all so that the body is prepared to defend it's life. The family jewels need safe keeping at this time, so pulling them up into the body cavity seems like a good plan.

Santi2c · « **Reply #14 on:** 15/03/2005 15:01:41 »

thankyou.

OldMan · « **Reply #15 on:** 16/03/2005 01:43:09 »

Yeah could be a way to get them out of harms way. Then again the body might be saying, "mate, if we're going to be running for our life those things are just going to get in the way so how bout we tuck 'em up in preparation eh?"

Tim

DrPhil · « **Reply #16 on:** 16/03/2005 14:06:21 »

Getting them out of harms way makes a lot of sense.

Another possible contributing factor could be that during the fight-or-flight stress reaction blood flow is diverted to the muscles and away from the genitalia. The decreased blood flow may cause the testicles to move up closer to the body in order to stay warm.

memasa · « **Reply #17 on:** 01/06/2005 17:46:54 »

My brother's baby, age 1+, can actually reflexly pull 'em up!
However, I don't remember what the doctor called the reflex.
What a wise kid. It would also be interesting to know how
common this reflex is, or do everybody have it when they're
born.

Someone from Finland

chris · « **Reply #18 on:** 01/06/2005 19:05:59 »

It's the cremasteric reflex :

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Detour · « **Reply #19 on:** 01/06/2005 19:33:46 »

Over bridges and steep hills I get this sensation of my stomach dropping and then rising again fast. When I was a child I used to beg my mom to drive fast over hills near our home so they would "get my belly", but it's also a sensation that extends further down to my groin. It also triggers an intense and sudden thirst. I've felt this sensation on looking down from great heights, riding or driving over bridges, hills, roller coasters, elevators, and once or twice while swimming. I'm female.

memasa · « **Reply #20 on:** 01/06/2005 22:00:25 »

chris said:

quote:
"It's the cremasteric reflex..."

Now that I think of it I have feeling the doctor called it the
scrotal reflex, but the cremasteric reflex sounds just as rea-
sonable.

Someone from Finland

memasa · « **Reply #21 on:** 01/06/2005 22:45:13 »

quote:
"...The involuntary scrotal reflex is based on temperature: warmth causes relaxation of the dartos muscle, whereas cold causes contration."
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Dartos

"A smooth muscle in the scrotum that causes the surface to wrinkle when it contracts."

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drkev · « **Reply #22 on:** 01/08/2005 01:53:50 »

Why does my willy tingle when I drink alcohol? Also my balls ache as well. Is this the alcohol or an underlying problem I need to get checked?

Live long and Love life

Kevin Fisher

neilep · « **Reply #23 on:** 01/08/2005 02:48:30 »

quote:
Originally posted by drkev

Why does my willy tingle when I drink alcohol? Also my balls ache as well. Is this the alcohol or an underlying problem I need to get checked?

Live long and Love life

Kevin Fisher

....Are you dipping the end of your willy in sparkling water when consuming alcohol ?....perhaps as a mixer ?[

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Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

ukmicky · « **Reply #24 on:** 01/08/2005 04:18:06 »

Why didnt i think of that. Maybe its because i've never tried it.

Andrew K Fletcher · « **Reply #25 on:** 02/08/2005 12:42:03 »

I can't write for laughing Neil

"The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct."
K.I.S. "Keep it simple!"

neilep · « **Reply #26 on:** 02/08/2005 14:15:59 »

quote:
Originally posted by Andrew K Fletcher

I can't write for laughing Neil

"The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct."
K.I.S. "Keep it simple!"

Thanks Chum [

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Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

zaney · « **Reply #27 on:** 11/01/2006 11:45:48 »

Any body have any idea what it means if your testicles pulsate for no apparant reason?? There is no pain at all just really weird feeling like someone attached an electric shocker to your balls and let rip!

I would love to have the answer to this cos I am looking everywhere!

Expat living in Bahrain!(of all places)

cheryl j · « **Reply #28 on:** 03/12/2011 05:26:30 »

I also think its a flight or fight response. But I feel it in my knees. Maybe because I'm female.

imatfaal · « **Reply #29 on:** 03/12/2011 09:21:00 »

Quote from: zaney on 11/01/2006 11:45:48

Any body have any idea what it means if your testicles pulsate for no apparant reason?? There is no pain at all just really weird feeling like someone attached an electric shocker to your balls and let rip!

I would love to have the answer to this cos I am looking everywhere!

Expat living in Bahrain!(of all places)

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