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391686 tn?1225168008

1y4mth old son - undescended testicals

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Hi,

For the past two days I have not been able to locate my sons testicles whilst changing his diapers.  My wife thought it was unusual so I checked myself.  My wife and I can't remember if this is unusual looking or not but the scrotum is there looking/appearing normal.  But squeezing the scrotum feels very empty.  Does that mean my son's testicle is undescended??  Whilst squeezing the scrotum and gently pressing around the base of the penis/abdomen area my son does not look like his in pain.  Can someone please tell me if my toddlers testicles are meant to hide or drop down into the scrotum for his age?

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647273 tn?1292091141
Hi,

I'm a 44 y/o male who was born with undecended testicles. The left testicle settled in the scrotum between the ages of 1 and 2. My right testicle did not go into place untill I was about 8. I can't remember what my parents had menioned, but I believe that the right testicle could be felt in the inguinal regeon by the time that I was 6.
From that time on I was told to ly down after bath time and either had my parents or myself try to manipulate the testicle down towards my scrotum.
When the right testicle came down on its own by the age of 8, it usualy retracted to the inguinal chanal when I was cold.

My wife and I are blessed to have three children now, one boy and two girls. The oldest my son was born with both testes in the scrotum. I'm not a medical expert, but I believe that surgery at the age of one might be premature.

My parents took in a foster son being at the age of four at the time. This boy received surgery to correct the left testicle. There inguinal are turned purple for a few days after the surgery. Yet this little guy did not seem to let it have much impact on him.

I don't know if it is is directly related, but in 2006 I underwent emergency surgery for an incarcerated hernia at the area of the right inguinal region. Even prior to this hernia, my right testicle would still retract when I was cold.

It seems sort of ironic to me. In 1999 I had a vasectomy that resulted into a hematoma on the left side and had emergency surgery to get the blood clot removed. This area never healed and had a small fistula. In 2000 I received emergency surgery to have a necrotic left testicle removed. Yet the right testicle which was undecended did not give me problems other then the hernia.

I hope that your son's testicles will settle in the scrotum without medical intervention.

One thing that you could do as father and parent since he still is this young, is to take a him in a bath with you. Have the water as warm as he can handle. The skin on his scrotum will relax. It then would be much easier to palpate the testicles if the hare higher up in his scrotum. After the bath, you can have him ly down on a hard floor and gentily palpate the crease of the inguinal region. It might be possible for you the feel the testicles in this region.

I don't think that it will be any less painful or traumatic to have the surgery at the age of 4, rather than at the age of 1. I also would prefer to wait till about 4 or even 6 at the latest to correct this medicaly. The aneastethic on a young child poses some risks as well.

God bless,

Ron
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Hi,
    How are you? If they were present at birth and only now they have been pulled into the abdomen then this condition is called as retractile testis. Retractile testicles are very common and it merely means that although your testicles hang normally in your scrotum most of the time, they are pulled up by certain muscles into the groin area in certain circumstances.

The cremaster muscle pulls the testicle upwards and in some men into the inguinal canal that lies just above and behind the crease at the top of the leg where it joins with the abdomen. This happens too when you are nervous or anxious as a result of stress hormones, as well as during sporting activities.

I would suggest that you visit a urologist to confirm the cause for this condition in your child. Hope this information helps.
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391686 tn?1225168008
Hi,

I dont recall but I'm sure they were there at birth.  As I remember the Birth Dr checked and did not mentioned anything about undecent testicles.  I guess its only recently we only noticed their not there in the scrotum
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     How are you? At birth, in a male child in the scrotum testicles should be present. But in case after birth on examination if testicles are not present then we say it as a condition called as undescended testicles. In your child’s case, at birth were the testicles present in the scrotum? Is it that the condition has manifested only now?

Most patient’s with undescended testicles, recover by the age of one. But in case, if the testicles do not descend into the scrotum by the age of one year then surgical treatment would be required.

Testicles don't seem to mature normally when they aren't in the scrotum, so the risks of testicular cancer and infertility are increased if undescended testicles are left in place for over two years. In very rare cases, an undescended testicle can become twisted, often called torsion, cutting off the blood supply and causing pain in the groin or scrotal area.
I would suggest that you visit a urologist for examination and further assistance regarding treatment.
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