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What Causes Painful, Swollen Knot On Scrotum?
I have a knot that has came up on my scrodem by the base of my penis it appeared Monday night the size of a pea and is almost the size of a golf ball now it is painful when walking and seems to be causing everything else to swell any ideals on what this is please help an thank you
Wed, 6 Jan 2016
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Thanks for query .The painful knot on the scrotum near base of the penis is mostly a Staphylococcal infection of hair follicle in a stage of induration .
You need to take broad spectrum antibiotic like Augmentin along with anti inflammatory medication like Diclofenac twice daily for 10 days .
If it does not regress with this treatment you will need to consult qualified General Surgeon for evaluation and to get it incised and drained .
Dr.Patil.
Thanks for query .The painful knot on the scrotum near base of the penis is mostly a Staphylococcal infection of hair follicle in a stage of induration .
You need to take broad spectrum antibiotic like Augmentin along with anti inflammatory medication like Diclofenac twice daily for 10 days .
If it does not regress with this treatment you will need to consult qualified General Surgeon for evaluation and to get it incised and drained .
Dr.Patil.
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