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Retractile testicles?
Hi all, my son is almost 23 months old. I took him to a pediatrican a little while ago. He wanted to check him over so he asked me to remove his pants and nappy. My son became very distressed and scared, probably because he didn't know what was going on. Anyway,the doctor wanted to check his testes, and while he was doing so, I was trying to calm my son down and the doc asked if I'd ever noticed his testes in his scrotum. I said,"Do you mean they are descended? Yes." I was surprised by his question because from birth and at all his check ups, they have noted his testes as 'descended'. But I must admit, while the doc was checking them, his scrotum did look really small and empty. Looking back, sometimes it does look smaller than others, but I thought that was just a natural reaction to the cold. I've been paying more attention when I change his nappy or take him out of the bath, and sometimes I can tell the testes are in the scrotum, but other times they look to be on either side of it.
I'm not sure what to do. Does anyone else have this issue with their son?
What I can't stand is people being rude in their answers. The doctor didn't give me any more information at all, which is why I asked if anyone else has had this issue. If you can't give an answer that is helpful, then don't answer.
DUH.
I have not repeated anything. Obviously, you don't have a son with this issue. Anyway, whatever. I have bigger fish to fry.
6 Answers
- justanothamothaLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
It is totally fine. My youngest was born with undescended testicles that came down in the first month. In fact his are often retracted. I have seen Dr's about it. He is 26 months now & they all assure me it's fine. There is something that can happen where they can get stuck up there when they go back & forth, but it is rare. So I am supposed to just take a quick check WHILE he is in a warm bath, as they should automatically drop then. So far so good. They are always there when in the warm water. This may or may not go away with age. It is possible for some men to have their testicles be able to go into the body cavity, most cannot. Since he is so little he cannot check himself yet. When he is older I can show him what needs checking & he'll likely already know.
The vast majority of the time it really is nothing to worry over. At that age it is not uncommon for testicles to hide in the body cavity from time to time. Most often it just goes unnoticed. Usually by puberty it stops for most men & some retain it for life like I said. As long as it's not painful & they can come out when warm, it's of no real concern. Just keep an eye on it until he's old enough to be able to do that himself. If you ever do find that it hasn't come out in a warm bath just make an appointment. The risk would be in infertility due to overheating (which you are talking if it were up there a lonnngggg time) and potentially (if it went on for years without correction) testicular cancer is more likely. It is totally correctable IF it were to actually get stuck. That is why I don't stress. If it happened, I wouldn't be happy (and neither would he), but it's not a medical emergency or anything.
- Anonymous9 years ago
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- Anonymous9 years ago
Well? What a dumb question.
Didn't you just return from the doctors? Didn't he tell you what the problem was?
DUH.
P.S. What I cannot stand is people repeating their dumb questions. If the doctor did not give one more information, isn't it logical that one changes one's doctor?
DUH DUH DUH
