Extra Large or Swollen "Ball"

It may be a hydrocele which just means that fluid is trapped in the testicle. Nothing dangerous but may have to be drained. You can put a flashlight to the testicle and if it illuminates you know it's a clear fluid as opposed to a mass or bluid up of blood.

My son had this and it was a hernia. He had outpatient surgery and he was bouncing around and climbing within hours--which he wasn't supposed to do but it's not easy keeping a 4 year old boy down!

Get him to the doctor asap! My son had the same thing when he was nine - its called "Torqued Testicles". I believe it is an infection and if not treated immediately can cause serious problems. Not to mention the pain it causes. Best of luck to your son!

When my son had this happen at 18 months of age, we took him to the doctor right away. He had a hernia and had to have surgery. It was a simple surgery, but still scary when they are so young. Don't mess around, our doctor said if we did not have the surgery done, he could become sterile and we did not want that to happen.

My son had what they call a hydrocoele, which is basically a fluid hernia in his testicle. It happens when the testicles drop from the body but the hole doesn't close up. His pediatrician noticed it around 1 year. I hadn't noticed anything, nor had a previous medical staff. We watched it for a year and it didn't go down on its own, as we hoped, so my son had minor surgery to close the hole, done by a pediatric urologist. He's fine now. His main symptom was swelling. It never turned colors though. I would have him checked ASAP, even if you have to go to the ER.

His seminal vesicle could be tangled up with the artery that supplies blood to that testicle, causing the blood flow to be reduced or even stopped. You need to get him in to see the dr as soon as possible. If blood flow has been stopped for more than 2 hours, his testicle could become necrotic and have to be removed. It could also just be inflammed. He needs to be seen as soon as possible.

It could be any of a multitude of conditions= wait for the doctor to examine it and follow through with any diagnostic tests prescribed. If you trust your doctor, wait on their diagnosis. It will not do you any good to read these opinions (great as they are!) It will only make you more anxious.

My son had that, and it turned out to be just a bruise.

Not sure, maybe it's a hernia.

J.,

Barring any physical injury I'd say your son has a form of hernia where fluid seeps into the sac and can't get back out. A year ago next month my then 1 year old had surgery for this defect and while his little body was sore and bruised for about a week, the swelling was gone within a few months. His testicles had gotten progressively larger and it took a church nursery worker to point out that they had gotten too large. Once I really paid attention I did see just how bad they were, one side in particular. He saw a urologist and was diagnosed with a hydrocele. The surgery lasted over an hour but like I said before, his recovery was relatively evernt free and he is a normal little boy today.

K.

My son gets that...ped called it a hydroseal. if it doesn't hurt and doesn't look like it's rash-y or irritated, it is probably fine and will probably go down on its own. My son's comes and goes. Just redistribution of fluids.

take him to your doctor at once that is not normal get his opinion the go from there good luck