Pain in testicle

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

Ds has come home from school with pain in his left teste. I’ve had a quick google but there’s not much in the way of diognoses. Should I try and get him a dr appt? He’s 11. I’ve given him ibuprofen but no improvement and he’s walking like John Wayne!

Yes get him an appointment as soon as possible or ring 111. It could be a twisted testicle which is a medical emergency.

A&E job - I'm a children's doctor. It might be nothing, but not worth hanging around on this one.

Second Callow. Tell them it's testicular pain. In a young boy that possibly could be a torsion (or infection which is more likely)

If it's a twisted testicle it can lead to infertility. Do not delay in seeking medical help.

Go straight to hospital. My son had a painful testicle last year and was in surgery 2 hours after we arrived in A&E. If it is twisted they have about 8 hours to save it or else it dies.

Be prepared for surgery.

Fuck this sounds bad. Argh! Will have to call dh home from work.

Currently sat in A and E

Ouchie my bosses son had this and was rushed in with possible testicular torsion. Thankfully the pain subsided on the way in or it would have been surgery

So weird, my 12 year old son has just said the same thing but he says he has been having pain off and on for a while, so I'd assumed (maybe wrongly) that it wasn't an emergency. Fingers crossed your son is ok, please let us know what happens.

He’s going down to surgery.

Sorry to hear! My son had a torsion at 11 days old. It was only diagnosed days/ weeks later as his groin was still swollen from the birth. Unfortunately they had to remove the testicle and stitch the other one in place. It felt traumatic at the time as he was still so tiny.
I have heard of men being fertile with only one testicle so I am hoping he is not affected in that department!
All the best to you and your son!

um, so has he got a diagnosis?

Oh no OP.

Deep breath. He's in good hands

Poor kid. Hope surgery achieves what it’s meant to and he doesn’t feel too rough from
The anaesthetic.

Possible testicle tortion (?). They can’t be sure, could be just inflammation but only way of knowing is to open it up.

Just sat on a ward at the mo. He’s prepped but having to wait until someone comes to get us.

wow... DS had a mystery swelling that came & went but never got worse (wasn't torsion). Sorry your poor lad has to go thru this. Hang in there.

How is he OP?

Recovering nicely on the ward thank you. He’s slept soundly (I havent!) and doing well, 👍 much happier!

What was the problem? My ds had severe testicular pain and the diagnosis was mumps.

Thing is they have to do surgery to check if it’s a torsion or not. No other way to tell. They did surgery on my DS but it turned out it wasn’t, but not worth the risk to do nothing.

Glad you were seen and that he’s recovering.

So did your son have a torsion, OP?

Oh shit, my DS12 has just started complaining his right testicle is hurting. Not excruciating, and he's eating and walking ok. He says it hurts to touch. DH looked at it and didn't see anything wrong with it - no redness or swelling.

On that basis I was going to "wait and see" till tonight/tomorrow morning. If the pain increased over today I would take him to A&E, and if it was just the same tomorrow I was going to get into the GP. Sounds like I should just go to A&E now?

My ds had pain like this too. It was orchitis (infection of the testicle). Came on out of the blue and had to go straight to hospital to have torsion ruled out. I didn’t realise how common this was.