How would i know if i had testicular torsion?

Severe pain: Testicular torsion cuts off the blood supply to your testicle and this universally causes severe pain as the testicle starts to die from lack of blood flow. There are other causes of severe pain, and other exam findings of torsion, so you should be evaluated as soon as possible in an emergency department if you are having severe pain.

Here are some ...: Hi! PaulH, Acute full-blown testicular torsion is the most commonly mentioned and discussed clinical event because of unbearable pain and terrifying scrotal swelling. Intermittent testicular torsion with spontaneous detorsion may be more common than its acute cousin yet much less discussed until recently due to its relatively minor pain; typically, it presents with a highly variable degree,....

High alert /good Hx: The picture of acute one-way course of full-blown testicular torsion has been the most common description in textbook. But any man with intermittent testicular pain of acute onset with highly variable intensity, duration, ; interval for months to years (even up to 10-15 yrs) with nausea ; referring pain in the groin deserves an urgent assessment for intermittent torsion with spontaneous detorsion.