Hello doctor, My father is 63 years old and is diabetic. He is suffering from swelling of testicle. Before this, he suffered from urine infection from E.coli bacteria and the treatment lasted for one month. Initially, he underwent his treatment in my hometown and later went to the nearby city for treatment. Doctor suggested to take antibiotics for 10 days and wait for 15 days and asked to come for re-checkup. Doctor told us if there is no improvement, then he suggested my father to remove his swelled left testicle. Please find previous reports and the recent one as well. Could you please explain the report and disease and also let us know is it something serious? Should we change our doctor? Is testicle swelling cannot be cured with medicine? Kindly suggest us whether my father should undergo operation? If so, kindly let us know is there any side effect and risk associated with the operation as my father is a diabetic and he is concerned about it? Can a laparoscopic specialist treat urology disease?
Hello. I have seen the reports. (attachment removed to protect patient identity).  He is suffering from epididymo-orchitis of the testis. As already antibiotics course is over, the report still shows epididymo-orchitis. This shows that it became a chronic case. What are his present symptoms? Does he have a fever, pain in the testis or urinary problems? If the symptoms are severe symptoms then it is better to remove the testis. If there are no symptoms then we can wait, but the swelling will take four to six months to resolve. Testis removal is a minor surgery and he can undergo the surgery, no need to worry about. And no need to change the doctor as his treatment is fine. MS general surgeon and laparoscopy surgeon can perform surgery, no problem.