Scrotal Swelling

🩺When to See a Doctor

• 1Seek emergency care immediately for sudden
• 2severe scrotal pain and swelling
• 3particularly in adolescents and young men
• 4since this can indicate testicular torsion
• 5a time-critical emergency where the testicle can be lost within hours if not treated promptly. Painless
• 6gradually developing swelling should still be evaluated soon
• 7as it can occasionally represent a hernia or
• 8rarely
• 9a tumor.