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A male asked:

My left testicle feels like it is shrinking and my right testicles has grown about 3-4 times bigger than my left one. it is very noticable. any idea?

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Dr. Klaus d Lessnau
Pulmonary Critical Care 38 years experience
Check with your doc: This should be checked by a professional asap.
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Dr. Michael Amster
Specializes in Pediatrics
Get it looked at: While it'd like to be reassuring, if a testicle is actually changing noticeably, then you want go get that looked at. Infection and torsion are too big a deal to ignore, or any kind of vascular anomaly that could cause testicular changes.
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Last updated Jan 5, 2019

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