🩺 Symptom Guide
Scrotal Pain
Assess urgently for testicular torsion, epididymo-orchitis, incarcerated hernia, trauma, referred pain, and other acute scrotal emergencies.
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Red flags
- Sudden severe unilateral scrotal pain
- high-riding or abnormal lie of testis
- nausea or vomiting with acute scrotal pain
- absent cremasteric reflex if assessed
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first if unwell
- record full vitals, pain severity, and assess for vomiting, systemic symptoms, and trauma
- clarify onset, exact location, unilateral versus bilateral symptoms, progression, swelling, dysuria, urethral discharge, fever, abdominal or flank pain, trauma, sexual history where relevant, and prior similar episodes
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