Groin Injuries on the Rise in Teenage Boys

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Most groin and testicular injuries to boys and men are a result of sports injuries. But, as crazy as this sounds, there is a game among teenage boys called “sack-tapping” where boys hit each other in the groin as a sort of test of manhood- as in “how much pain can you endure”. Some of it is just plain bullying and all of it is stupid and dangerous. MSNBC has an article describing the new “cultural phenomenon” and it is pretty disturbing. As the author points out, with the growth of viral communications like YouTube, this sort of thing can spread very quickly and really points to how cruel and mean our society is becoming.

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Though most won’t admit it unless they have to, more teen boys are being treated after cringe-worthy attacks in which they’re slapped or punched in the groin, sometimes causing serious harm requiring surgery, doctors say.

An msnbc.com poll of 100 urologists, conducted by Truth On Call, showed that 30 percent of the doctors had seen or treated pre-teen and teen boys for testicular trauma in the past year, including severe injuries caused by so-called “sack-tapping,” in which boys ambush others at school and elsewhere.

“There definitely has been a rise in the number of cases,” said Dr. Anthony Atala, a pediatric urologist and department chairman at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and spokesman for the American Urological Association. “We know it is going up.”