HELP!!! I have a lump DOWN THERE

I guess it's actually at the top of the testicle, though not actually the testicle itself.

If you're not joking, check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymitis

Does that fit?

Seriously you really need to get to an emergency room, check out Testicular torsion.

I am freaking out wrote:

I'm 20 years old and have never had any problems with my stuff before, but I just now I realized I have a lump the size of a marble or so to the side of one testicle. It doesn't hurt by itself, but any time I squeeze even slightly I feel pain. It feels fairly hard.

I'm freaking out but don't want to go to the emergency room. I figure I'll wait until morning and then go to student health if it's still there. Does that seem like an okay plan? Any idea what this is?

my friend described the same thing to me a few months ago and promptly passed out when i told him he should get it checked. turned out he was just feeling a body part that everybody has.

No no, it's only on one side. I think it's the epididymis. I, uh, choked the chicken last night and didn't notice anything, but what it feels like now I don't think I could have missed if it was there yesterday.

How much to ER visits cost? $500? I have health insurance but am not sure what the deductible is.

Yes this is serious.

A solitary lump is unlikely to be torsion- that would be diffuse pain and swelling. This could be epididymitis, a cyst, or a tumor (benign or malignant). No need to run to the ER, but you should get it checked out in the next week or so, they'll probably check a urine test for infection (including chlamydia and gonorrhea, if you're having sex), and get an ultrasound to define whether it's solid or fluid. Don't ignore it.

-MN MD

I had a pretty disconcerting discovery of a hard lump feeling thing down there one day during an intense week on the bike. I freaked out a bit, made an appointment with the physician at my university health center. He did an exam and said that it wasn't anything on the actual testes (it could move relative to the testes), but was a swelling of the epididymus. I has to sadly tell him that I hadn't been sexually active in two years, but that I rode my bike 350 miles that week. To that, he responded to get off my bike and start flirting with some girls. Just go see a doctor, I'm sure it's fine.

Unless you're feeling pain all the time (without messing with it), just go to the dr. tomorrow. According to webmd.com "Symptoms of testicular torsion include sudden and severe pain, enlargement of the affected testicle, tenderness, and swelling." I just had to look that up. yeesh.

yeah, I didn't think it was torsion, though the thought of losing a nut is pretty scary.

I actually had a small lump on my penis a few days ago that I squeezed a little to find it had gone away by morning. I'm not sexually active... could I still have an infection of some kind? I get little pimple things in my pubic hair folicles sometimes, but I wouldn't think that'd be connected to an infection down in the epididymis.

Regardless, I'll get checked out in the next few days if it's not gone by tomorrow morning.

1.) it's your ball pulled up in there

2.) it's a hernia

3.) it's a cancer

4.) it's a lymph node

-go to student health. if it's still there, you need an ultrasound.

if it in fact is "torsion" as aforementioned by a poster, then you need to go to the ER immediatly, as the blood supply to your testicle will become cut off, and your testicle will die. no joke.

be calm, but do get to a doctor or your school health clinic simply for your peace of mind. If it's nothing serious, great. If it is, please let a medical person detect it early enough to treat it. I'd guess it's a minor infection, but don't rely on me.

Yeah I knew a guy in college who lost one due to this. He was the uniballer long before Lance came along.

dickdoc wrote:

if it in fact is "torsion" as aforementioned by a poster, then you need to go to the ER immediatly, as the blood supply to your testicle will become cut off, and your testicle will die. no joke.

Two different hernias. One two the right of where you describe and two years later to the left. Both, I was in the shower and felt the little lump to the side. Hernia. Then again on the other side...hernia. No big deal it was a laser type fix. I'm hoping thats all ya got. I was like 23 and 25 then. Like you say a lump about the size of marble.