I’m not his brother but I can share my experience.
Testicular pain, shortness of breath, etc. I ended up in the hospital. I would go out of breath sitting down, moving an arm. Fuck that noise.
No cancer or diabetes. No underlying health issues. I was in moderately decent shape prior to this. It took me more than a year to get my lung function back, but it may be since I’m young I can bounce back faster. Older people might be fucked.
However, I now have (or had) what my doctor suspects to be covid induced hypogonadism. My balls hurt sometimes daily, but it isn’t much. Just a slight ache. My quality of life isn’t where I want it to be (prior to covid), but test gives me a lot of energy, and I’m slowly making a comeback.
My test levels fluctuate. Doctor doesn’t really know why, but we/I believe Covid did this to me.