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How Can Swelling And Inflammation In The Testicles Be Treated?

i am a care taker for a gentleman that is bed bound. He does wear depends but due to minor bed soars on and off we only keep him on chuck pads and change every two hours but he seems to have red and firm testicles maybe larger than normal for him what should i do
Mon, 8 Jan 2018
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Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query. I am Dr. Rommstein, I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can.

Well, it sounds to me like possible skin irritation and you should apply mild steroid cream, however if there is swelling and pain then this may be suggestive of epididimitis which is inflammation of part of testicle and this not uncommon in bed bound people.
This is usually treated with 10 days of antibiotics, usually ciprofloxacin and there are no permanent consequances. 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.
I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.
Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.
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How Can Swelling And Inflammation In The Testicles Be Treated?

Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query. I am Dr. Rommstein, I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. Well, it sounds to me like possible skin irritation and you should apply mild steroid cream, however if there is swelling and pain then this may be suggestive of epididimitis which is inflammation of part of testicle and this not uncommon in bed bound people. This is usually treated with 10 days of antibiotics, usually ciprofloxacin and there are no permanent consequances. 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. I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time. Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.