Intermittent testicular torsion in teen DS? Help, please

[BellissimoGecko]

NC for this to save DS's blushes.

DS (16) was playing footy at the weekend when he had a sudden pain in one testicle. He hobbled off the pitch and I took him to A&E.

The sore testicle was higher than the other and forward, and hard to touch. DS was examined in Urology and the doc didn’t think it was a torsion, based on lack of pain when examining, and the fact that his testicle had gone back to normal.

DS thinks it was an intermittent torsion, and he’s terrified to go back to footy or do any exercise (doc said to take a few days off and take it easy).

Does anyone have any experience of this, or advice?

The doc prescribed antibiotics for epididymis, just in case, but doesn’t think that DS has an infection.

What to do now? How likely is it that it will recur? Has anyone's H or DS had the operation to stitch the testes to hold them in place? Any pros or cons?

Thank you.

DS9 was suspected to have this, but it turned out to be a torsion of the testicular appendix - there is a little flap on the testicle that can somehow flip over and it hurts a lot. Did the Urology consultant mention anything like that? It's much less serious but still very uncomfortable. It shows up as a sort of bruise, like a dark spot that's visible through the scrotum.

No, this wasn't suggested. Thanks. Will Google.

One of my DS's had this while he was away at uni 8 years ago. A&E said the same - probably epididymis. It caused him a lot of anxiety and he is still (more than men usually are) super aware of his testicles. He recently had a similar issue and saw a GP who reassured.
I think google is very alarming on the subject of testicular tortion and not surprisingly they worry about it.

So the torsion came back, Potty?

@Poffy , sorry!

No, the original issue wasn't tortion and nor was the recent one. Just that on both occasions that's what DS thought it was due to the pain.

Hmm, I wonder if that was the case here too...