Untreated torsion years go

[bob938]

I am 24 years old now, when I was 11 or 12 I believe I had teaticular torsion. I was in extreme pain in my left testicle and it swelled up like crazy. I ended up just going to bed and slept it off. Since then my left ball hangs 180 of the right, I can tell because the part that connects the vein is on the bottom rather than the top.

I have very rare aches in the teaticle maybe once or twice a year but never severe at all, and it has never gave me any grief. I am just asking this question because I was just reading about testicular torsion and read it needed to be operated on immediately.

If I do not experience any problems with it is it possible my body coped with it naturally? I have never even mentioned it to a doctor. I have a physical in a few weeks and will probably tell him or I assume he will notice.

Has anyone hear if untreated testicular torsion being ok?

[bob938]

Alright, I will talk to him, I just figured that if it had done damage it would have done it already and I would have noticed problems in the 12 years since.

[solace21]

Hi,
   It is very important that you discuss this issue with your doctor during the physical and let him have it examined. Normal testicular torsion is supposed to be damaging to the testicle and from the symptoms you mentioned, it appears to be a case of torsion, unless there has been some other physical injury to the testes and it got healed by itself.
Take care,
Solace