Pain in my left testicle

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Hello. I'm 20, Male I've been getting periodic pain in my left testicle. Sometimes it gets a little swollen, red-ish and I feel like the testicle is split in two. It's not extreme but I feel it, while walking or just laying in the couch. The pain stays for like 5 mins-60 mins, then all's good again. It happens like once in a week or so. I went to the doc and he prescribed me some kinda antibiotics? for 5 days with pain killers. It went away. But then it came back. I have an appointment scheduled for tomorrow. Any kind of help/suggestions would be great. Thank you (:

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    Hey Nicholas...I wonder why your doctor prescribed antibiotics instead of doing an ultrasound to get to the root of your problem?  When I was around your age and had that same type of pain (but on my right testicle), I ended up having a hernia operation, which resulted in me losing that testicle. Not saying that's your issue, but have your doctor thoroughly check you out.

    You might be developing symptoms of a hydrocele as well. Good Luck!

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      Hey Aravindh...Thanks! But it's no problem, because these things happen with men. And mine was the result of the hernia, so I'm cool with it. That's why it's important that we tend to these things right when they happen instead of waiting days, months and years...then something drastic happens.window.post_1496748430230_11 = function(win,msg){

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      I don't know what happened after I wrote my message...

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