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Balls4Pain -> RE: Dangers of revealing your lifestyle in public... (10/9/2009 11:00:39 PM)
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Both methods are used on animals. I am not a vet, but I would say they probably
have similar rates of safety (or lack of) to surgical castration in an animal.
Remember that in an animal, there is less control of keeping any surgical site
clean. So, both of these "closed" methods have some advantages to animal owners.
Neither method is a good medical choice for humans. The reason is that surgery
by a trained professional is much safer. (Legaly, it needs to be a doctor, but in reality there are good cutters that can castrate safely, but would not be good at open-heart surgery).
Crushing the cords that supply the testicles will work, however it would be
painful for the remaining day (about 5 hours or so after a good complete
crushing). I am not a vet, nor have I ever seen this done on humans, so I do not
know the risks. I would, however, assume that a blood clot could develop in the
veins retuning from the testicles. Probably not likely, but could be very
serious.
Using an banding method stops the blood to the testicles and the scrotum.
Without blood (with white blood cells), the scrotum will become infected.
However, without blood there also will be no response to the "infection", thus
no reaction. They will simply "rot" away. The risk will be when they "fall off".
This will leave an open wound that can be infected. Also, there could be risk of
bleeding when they fall off.
I would never recommend either method on a human becuase surgical castration is
much safer. However, I can understand why someone without the resources or
knowledge would want to go this method. Surgical castration by someone untrained
is much more risk that any of the banding-type methods.
The potential complication from surgical method is infection (easily prevented)
and, more seriously, bleeding. The arteries to the testicles are a branch from
the aorta, and have strong blood flow. If they are tied correctly, this is a
simple procedure. They are often just tied with the veins and all by tying the
cords (from what I have seen in online, underground videos). If not tied tight
enough, they can bleed, and if tied too tightly, they can cut through and bleed.
Using a larger diameter thread and going tight may be more "idiot proof" but you
can see how a simple procedure has a few important details. Finally, if
something does go wrong, and the cords retract back into the body, trying to
recover then (find and pull them back out) can be extremely difficult. Add to
this that fact that everything looks very similar in the body (something as
simple as telling the difference even between an artery and vein in a living
person is a challenge many times).
Surgery by someone trained is low risk, but by someone untrained, there are
risks that most do not even know, and it can be serious.
Does that make banding or crushing safer? No, just that the risks are not as
serious (worst case scenario, slow death vs, fast death). Slow death can usually
be treated in time, while fast cannot as easily.
I would never advise anything risky. However, I cannot stop anyone. Just make
sure you have access to medial care if needed. I do not think anyone wants to
show face in a hospital after a castration gone wrong, but either have a doctor
you know and trust to go to (who cannot do the procedure, but who can treat you
after) or do not hesitate to see one if you need to do so at any time.
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