March 24th, 2014
Have you ever had a sudden severe pain in your scrotum and testicle? If you have you may be suffering from a Testicular torsion, which is also known as, a Testis torsion. This is a serious medical emergency that requires surgery immediately to save the testicle. Testis torsion happens when the spermatic cord that provides blood flow to the testicle that turns and becomes twisted. Usually cold temperatures, a medical condition, exercise can cause testis torsion it also can be caused when the person is a sleep, when the testis grow rapidly during puberty and after they have had an injury to their scrotum. Although, sometimes the cause is not know of why this happens. When the spermatic cord becomes twisted it cuts off the blood supply to the testicles and will cause sudden severe pain and swelling of the testicle.
Symptoms and signs of testicular torsion can include a severe pain that comes on suddenly in the scrotum. The scrotum is the loose bag of skin under the penis that holds the testicles. Another sign of testicular torsion is swelling of the scrotum especially on one side. Nausea and vomiting and severe pain in the abdomen are also symptoms. When looking at both scrotums, one scrotum can appear to be higher than the other.
When the patient goes to the doctor, the doctor with examine their scrotum, abdomen, groin and testicles. The doctor might test their reflexes by pinching or rubbing the inside of their thigh. Usually this will cause the testicle to contract and move. This movement usually won’t happen if it is a testicular torsion. There are three tests that the doctor can do to determine if the spermatic cord is twisted. The first one is called a doppler ultrasound. This makes an image from hi...
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...ntly gone through puberty. However this condition can happen in males at any age. This can also affect newborns and infants. If a patient has had pain in their testicles before and the pain went away it is mostly likely to happen again. If a patient has this pain frequently it is very likely that their testicle will be permanently damaged. Testicular torsion can be hereditary.
During my research on testicular torsion, I learned how serious this condition could be. It is scary to know that if a patient doesn’t go to a doctor or hospital right away that they may loose the ability to father children when they are older. Since testicular torsion most often happens in boys that have just gone through puberty, a boy at this age may feel to embarrassed to go to their mom or dad to talk to them about it and try to cover it up until it is too late and the damage is done.
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