Understanding Testicular Torsion

This video contains a visual explanation of testicular torsion, aimed at helping students of medicine and healthcare professionals prepare for exams.

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[tomatoboy]

I live in constant fear of getting testicular torsion. Its in my top 3 greatest fears along with chimpanzees and accidents

[NiegelDK]

This happened to me last year. By far the most painful experience I’ve ever had. Also it at grown to twice the size and was rock solid like a glass marble. They had to remove it, not because of torsion, but rather because they realized during surgery that I had testicular cancer. It was quite a traumatic experience but I’m glad the doctors were able to act fast.

[untouch]

This happened to me at 14, woke up left testicle was in extreme pain when I felt it, I noticed that I’ve had twist before but it would untwist but this time it was completely torqued. I threw up on the way to the hospital. Doctors tried to untwist it manually which relieved some pain. Went into surgery and was glad to have kept my nut. Recovery isn’t bad at all healed up completely in a couple weeks

[shoobzy]

Literally discovered this like an hour ago and have never been so paranoid and on edge ever....some things are seriously best left forgotten and this is one of them. All the shit I keep seeing from people who've experienced it make it sound like a horror story.

[WarDuke]

I m a medical student and this happened to me with the symptom of only extreme abdominal pain. Was misdiagnosed with a kidney stone as there was a small stone in the kidney as found in USG. the delay caused necrosis and removal of the testicle.
Later life complications other than infertility as the senior urologist said that I will have testicular cancer so also get the remaining testicle removed after I have tried for the children.
I hope this complication never happens to anyone even not to my enemies.

[TraeFury]

Had this when I was in middle school. Caught it early. Had surgery. It was corrected. No issues! Got 2 beautiful kids to prove it!

[big-ajaybee]

I just got my surgery done 2 days ago. I am so glad that it’s done and I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I have the bell clapper deformity but my case was different from most. One day I woke up and my left one was really hurting. It was the worst pain I had ever experienced and I couldn’t really walk. The testicle seemed to be slightly elevated and it was almost poking out of my pants. I went to school but a couple hours in I told my parents the pain was unbearable. I went to my pediatrician who examined it and told us to go to the ER. I went to the first ER where they gave me an ultrasound but when I laid down for the ultrasound the pain completely went away. This was four hours after the pain had started. I later inferred that this was when my testi naturally untwisted. Since I wasn’t feeling pain at the time of the ultrasound, they did not know what to do and sent me to another ER. There they confirmed it had been torsed and untorsed. Because there was blood flow to the testicle, I didn’t need emergency surgery. They still wanted me to get the surgery because I had a bell clapper. I wanted to wait it out until baseball was over and take the risk of it happening again, but get it done after baseball. Luckily, in the three weeks following I was fine and baseball finished up. I just got the surgery done and I’m feeling a little sore but overall pretty good. It is important to get this looked at if you experience pain and not wait. I was lucky but some people have to lose their testicle.

[smithy]

great my 35 years of prehospital practice I've dealt with two confirmed received IV pain relief and surgical was 14 yrs the other 20.

[fireknuckles]

This is so hard when you don’t have a father, no one to talk to about it when you’re feeling pains

[dailydoseofmedicinee]

To perform a testicular self-examination, grasp and roll the testicle between your thumbs and forefingers, feeling for lumps, swelling, hardness or other changes.

[Ivanpie]

This happened to me twice. First time the testicle actually corrected itself, not sure how, but it did. I was only 15 at the time. Second time around, I was 17 and I woke up one morning with a weird pain in my waist. Felt it in my stomach too, felt nauseous, then about 10-15 mins later, the pain got worse. I knew something was wrong. Rushed to the hospital, did a quick test with a nurse then threw up. Got sent to another nurse who gave me an ultrasound and found that my testicles twisted around each other. At this point, I was in excruciating pain. I thought I was going to lose my life. My mother said the life drained out of me, and I was white as a ghost. Thankfully, I got into the operation room at the right time, and had my testicles put back in place.

To anyone who has both testicles and has gone through this pain, I'm sure after you went through that pain, you no longer took your testicles for granted. It's truly important to take care of them, as they are the key to reproduction (if you care about that). One day, I would love to have a child with a woman I love, and hopefully my experience with testicular torsion doesn't affect my chances of doing so.

It's been 9 years since it has happened and I haven't felt any pain down there since. Please, take care of your balls!

[Namiko]

This has shown up in my recommendations. It was very useful for my Biomed revision.

[soullesshollow]

Y’know I could’ve went my whole life without knowing this, but now that I do, this has become one of my greatest fears 😭😭

[scroob]

Happened to me in the middle of the night last night. I actually thought I had appendicitis but my right testicle hurts so bad I couldn’t even touch it. I went to the bathroom at 2 AM and twisted it counterclockwise., and the pain immediately went from 10 to about 3. I was finally able to fall asleep and get comfortable. Today it’s still sore, but not nearly as bad as it was. Still gonna get checked.

[petersteele]

Literally recovering from this operation as I had it 48 hours ago. Hospital discharged me with no meds… safe to say it doesn’t tickle and I’ve just come from the pharmacy with a tonne of meds

[alexanderthegreat]

My buddy in third grade got testicular torsion, i remember how he complained the whole day about is balls being in extreme pain. He later went to the doctor and the balls unscrewed themselves. So in the end it was all good for him.

[SirPeekALot_]

i had this when i was 13 because i jumped off a table in school and landed unlucky. the pain came in waves and got stronger and stronger every hour. i was ashamed of telling my parents that i had pain in my balls so i waited very long until i told it. when the pain got insanely strong, my mom drove me to the hospital and they did emergency surgery the same evening. if i would have waited till next morning i would have lost one ball, the doctors told me. one of the most painful experiences in my life for sure. be careful with your balls boys.

[IamthNight]

The most painful thing I ever experienced. I would rather get rid of my testicles than ever feel that pain again. 😢

[dobbyzefreelf]

I went to the hospital because I felt some mild pain in my right ball, it wasnt torsion. They said something about the vein that got swollen, this happened to me because I lift really heavy weights. And as some say, goes away when sitting down or laying down, the pain went away. But they said that there can be some surgery done to "prevent" this so it can happen less. Still havent done it but surely will one day

[TheAnimeMen]

I just had this at 21. I woke up at 3 am, starting throwing up, and had the worst pain in my balls ever. Went to emergency and had to have surgery immediately, luckily the saved my balls🤣 I don’t wish this pain upon my worst enemy