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What Does A Lump Under The Left Testicle Indicate?

I found a lump under the skin and under my left nut. I found it a few days ago so I decided to squeeze it it, I felt s pop. Now the lump is bigger. It is not red nor is there any rash or pimples. You can only see it if I grad it. It is now about the size of a small walnut or ping- pong ball. It is sore if I bump it or mess with it... it kinda looks like a third but.what us it? Please help
Fri, 29 Jun 2018
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This type of pain and location is suggestive of epididymitis which is inflammation of part of testicle and this not uncommon in males especially in young age. This is usually treated with 10 days of antibiotics, usually Ciprofloxacin and there are no permanent consequences. Masturbation and intercourse should be avoided till pain persist, if possible since I may prolong inflammation course. Some more serious conditions such as tumors or torsion are rare but in doubtful cases you should do Doppler ultrasound or scintigraphy. In this particular case, I don’t think this is required and this should improve on antibiotic therapy.



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What Does A Lump Under The Left Testicle Indicate?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. This type of pain and location is suggestive of epididymitis which is inflammation of part of testicle and this not uncommon in males especially in young age. This is usually treated with 10 days of antibiotics, usually Ciprofloxacin and there are no permanent consequences. Masturbation and intercourse should be avoided till pain persist, if possible since I may prolong inflammation course. Some more serious conditions such as tumors or torsion are rare but in doubtful cases you should do Doppler ultrasound or scintigraphy. In this particular case, I don’t think this is required and this should improve on antibiotic therapy. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.