Question: Hi, Im 33. In shape and physically active. No history of any medical illness. About a week ago, i started noticing a slight ache in my left testicle. Which caused some tingling in my inner thigh. And discomfort while trying to sleep. No swelling, redness or anything. And no pain/blood during ejaculation or urination. My left testicle has always hung in a slight odd/horizontal position. But never caused me any ache/discomfort. But recently, i started having an ache and upon further inspection, I noticed my left testicle was rotated about 180 degrees backwards. With the bottom of the testicle facing slightly inward at about 2 o' clock. I could only sleep on my back, in fear that it would twist even more. Not knowing what to do, I vigorously searched online about causes and treatments for days. I read that you can manually untwist your testicles. So I gathered up some courage and proceeded. I turned it about 180 degrees clockwise and the ache and odd feeling subsided greatly. But not completely. Was still somewhat sensitive. My guess was because it had been twisted backwards for 6 days. My testicle felt and looked like it was back to its "normal" position for the most part. During those 6 days, random erections and "morning wood" were nonexistent.

I went to work today and all throughout the day, I could feel my testicle slowly moving back into the backwards postition it was in the days before, as my scrotum contracted/loosened throughout the day. Causing the same weird feeling as before. When I got home, I inspected and found it was twisted backwards again. Very frustrating. So I did some more reading online and read that masturbating can sometimes move the testicle back into its "normal" postition if something like this is happening. So I rubbed one out and it returned to its "normal" position without any manual untwisting. Before I untwisted it manally, masturbating wouldnt help any. I tried. So my question is, why is my left testicle suddenly acting up? I havent been sexually active and I have no swelling or redness. Coughing or laughing doesnt cause any pain. I feel no abnormalities of the testicle. Nothing the right testicle doesnt have. This is quite aggravating. Id hate to have to go to the ER, have everybody feel me up, only for them to tell me nothing is wrong?

Is there a chance of intermittent torsion or a condition called varicocole? Or something similiar? What is the chance that I have some veins twisted and it is pulling my testicle around? Would I have swelling if that were the case? Like I said, I have no swelling/redness or anything. Just a dull ache and the fact my testicle wants to twist around. It just doesnt make sense for this to suddenly happen out of nowhere. It is really effecting life. Makes every day movements uncomfortable. How long will this last? How soon should I go to the Emergency Room if my symptoms dont go away? Another week? 2?