# Do ovaries hurt like testicles do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ovaries-hurt-like-testicles-do/368994 "2006-08-16T19:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ovaries-hurt-like-testicles-do/368994/22 "2025-07-21T15:22:23Z")
I suspect that it would be extremely painful to traumatize _any_ internal organ (except for the brain). The testicles just happen to be the least internal of internal organs. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ovaries-hurt-like-testicles-do/368994/23 "2025-07-22T20:01:49Z")
Do ovaries hurt like testicles do? Reproductive organs, two by two? \*thanks for the Roger Miller earworm. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ovaries-hurt-like-testicles-do/368994/24 "2025-07-24T10:01:22Z")
Just flicking through the TV channels today, and came across a reality medical channel. Woman hospitalized in pain, immediate surgery because of fear of appendacitis endangering fetus (at 3 months). Surgeon found a cist causing twisted ovarie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ovaries-hurt-like-testicles-do/368994.md?page=1)