[china]

Hi, my paartner shaun has a swollen right testical, started yesterday but today is today looks like somthing an elephant would be proud of.

He can't remember bumping it but does have a sick feeling in his stomach.i'm a little concerned.

Was just wondering if anyone else had the same, it can't be an infection as he is taking very strong antibiotics for the ostyomilitus, and has been on them for around four .


thanks maria

[joshuap]

china, on Feb 15 2009, 12:09 PM, said:

Hi, my paartner shaun has a swollen right testical, started yesterday but today is today looks like somthing an elephant would be proud of.

He can't remember bumping it but does have a sick feeling in his stomach.i'm a little concerned.

Was just wondering if anyone else had the same, it can't be an infection as he is taking very strong antibiotics for the ostyomilitus, and has been on them for around four .


thanks maria

He could have hurt it while transfering over from one place to another or it could be a hernia<---i think thats how you spell it...lol anyways one thing for sure he should get it checked out by a doctor.

[E-DOG]

I'm proud to say my left one is about 4 times a big as the right.

Being my most redeeming feature, I guard the sucker as would a lioness her cubs.
The Doc's at the VA hospital (who appeared drunk at the time, one stinking of gin, the other with dried vomit crusted upon his chin and shirt) told me not to worry about it, that it would probably dry up and fall off within a few days.

Thus armed with the belief that my embiggened testicle would be ameliorated, all my fears and anxieties evaporated slowly into the ozone, never to be heard from again.

Well, not exactly.

I was actually told it wasn't the testicle at all, but the sack within which it resides that was the guilty party. Sometimes the walls of the scrotum will get really thick with fluids and such and cause the aforementioned testes, one or both, to appear much grander than they really are.

Damn it Jim, I'm a paraplegic not a doctor! So I can't be sure of your friend's situation but I'd have him quick to a medical professional. They would know best.

E-dog / having gone from tenor to falsetto in the time it takes a testicle to drop off and roll to the curb

[Travelling Blackbird]

china, on Feb 15 2009, 07:09 PM, said:

Hi, my paartner shaun has a swollen right testical, started yesterday but today is today looks like somthing an elephant would be proud of.

He can't remember bumping it but does have a sick feeling in his stomach.i'm a little concerned.

Was just wondering if anyone else had the same, it can't be an infection as he is taking very strong antibiotics for the ostyomilitus, and has been on them for around four .


thanks maria

Go and see a doctor. It's a swelling, it's continuing, and he has nausea. Go and see a doctor. It could be a hernia, or a twist in the vessels supplying and/or draining the testicle.

[nomis]

Yep, get it checked by a doc as soon as.

[brandielaw]

Hey this happened to my husband about 2 months ago. Everything was fine when we went to sleep and then we woke up and his was HUGE. I was concerned about it and tried to talk him into going to the doctor but he wouldn't. Then the next day it was still huge and seemed to have a hard ball inside it. I made him go to the doctor. After hours of waiting it turned out to be nothing. He didn't remember hurting it but the doctor says it happens very often during transfers or sometimes at night when you toss and turn you may not relaize you have caught it. The doctor did give my husband some antibotics to help it go down faster. So you may want to check with a doctor, but it sounds like it isn't anything serious to worry about. Jsut tell your parnter to make sure he looks out for his "belongings" as my husband and I put it when we are kidding around about it. I hope this helps and helps ease your mind some.

[Illinois Boy]

If he uses indwelling catheters or caths daily, he could have injected some foreign material into his system. Happened to me once and I ran a 105 degree temp in the hospital with it. Unless he wants to keep it as a trophy like E-Dog, I'd get it checked out.......

Jim

[SuperDaz]

china, on Feb 15 2009, 06:09 PM, said:

Hi, my paartner shaun has a swollen right testical, started yesterday but today is today looks like somthing an elephant would be proud of.

He can't remember bumping it but does have a sick feeling in his stomach.i'm a little concerned.

Was just wondering if anyone else had the same, it can't be an infection as he is taking very strong antibiotics for the ostyomilitus, and has been on them for around four .


thanks maria

I had a swollen left nut just before xmas...i thought i had sat on it getting in and out of the car...4 days pasted and it didnt go away...i called the doc who gave me some meds for it.

Then after a week it didnt go down and my arse started to swell too......after an opperation to open my arse to drain the gunk and a 3 day spell in hospital it was gone...so yes get it looked at very soon unless you like the look of said swollen nut.

Cheers

Daz

[Scribbler]

Hi,

Years ago I had a swollen left ball due to a bad UTI, the infection had travelled into my ball via the Vas; its called "Orchitis".

I'm not suggesting your guy has the same, as there are numorous causes, which a Dr needs to diagnose.

Mine was painful plus I had high temp so it was a bad UTI... I ended up having my ball removed and the 'snip' to the other ball to prevent any more infections travelling down the Vas...

I hope he gets it sorted.

At least I can sing higher than E-Dog....

[nomis]

Quite rightly some people are posting that it can happen simply and soon go away. But also you can get a big swelling with cancer so just to be safe, get it checked. (treatment for a cancerous ball, by the by, is to remove it)

[Scribbler]

nomis, on Feb 17 2009, 09:19 AM, said:

Quite rightly some people are posting that it can happen simply and soon go away. But also you can get a big swelling with cancer so just to be safe, get it checked. (treatment for a cancerous ball, by the by, is to remove it)

Your correct Nomis, mine had cancer cells but I didn't want to say that and scare the guy.

One Ball Scrib's

[Travelling Blackbird]

nomis, on Feb 17 2009, 10:19 AM, said:

Quite rightly some people are posting that it can happen simply and soon go away. But also you can get a big swelling with cancer so just to be safe, get it checked. (treatment for a cancerous ball, by the by, is to remove it)

Exactly.

There are certain things that you should never wait and see with. A couple of examples: swelling when you don't remember any impact, or the impact was more than what you'd describe as "light"; tightness in your chest; headaches that last longer than a couple of hours and don't go away after drinking water/eating/resting; abdominal cramps that don't go away after you've rested. I know everyone here has spent far too much time with doctors and in hospitals, and in many cases these things might be nothing, but wait-and-see is a dangerous gamble with some symptoms.

I'll roll away from my soapbox now.

[china]

Thank's guys i got him to the doctors, they did a dip of his urine and the stick lit up like a christmas tree.

After the female doctor spent ages on her knees examining him (i think she just like the feel in her hands ) she got a male doctor in who said that it was a water infection.

They'v given him antibiotics to go with the ones that hes already taking, and if it dosn't go down within 48 hours then their goin to admit him for iv meds again.


Thanks again,

maria