Please help. recurring swollen testicle

[Nuck12]

Hello, I'm Garrison, 18 years old and over the past month i've developed something unwanted in my groin region.  First laying in bed one night (december 9th) i felt a lump beside my right testicle not on the "ball sack" but on the groin area beside it.  I thought it to be a hernia becauce i had just finished my senior football season and had been hitting the weights hard and running two miles everyday to get my 6 pack back and get some muscle back.  I went to my family doctor and it turned out to be a swollen lymph node and I was terrified when he mentioned testicular cancer.  I was very relieved two days later to know my blood work had came back normal.  Upon my doctor's request I schedueled a follow up appointment on dec 22nd.  After finding the lymph node I didn't work out, run, or masturbate.  After going to the doctor I  noticed my right testicle had swollen up one night and ached but returned to normal the following morning.  The ache lasted about about 4-5 days though.  For about 2 days after the slight pain subsided I had small amounts of urine when i used the restroom that was usually dark yellow and accompanied by a slight burning sensation.  When i returned to my doctor i told about the slight urination problems and he checked my lymph node which was now very very small and almost untraceable.  He said I was fine and whatever had gotten in there must have worked its way out. I left feeling very good.  The next day I went to the mall to do some last second christmas shopping but from about 7 to when i went to sleep around 12 30 I had a constant ache/pain on the right side of my lower back (kidney area).  The next day it went away so I didn't really pay much attention to it.  Today (dec 27) I masturbated for the first time since finding the lymph node.  After masturbation I found the ache had returned to my right testicle and it was swollen for about 4 hours and has now subsided but a slight hardly noticeable ache lingers.  Please help thanks!

[Ash Tewari, MD, M.Ch.]

You may need to see a urologist to rule out causes for your pain such as a urinary tract infection, epididymitis, or varicocele. Simple tests such as a urine analysis and ultrasound of the scrotum can help distinguish the causes for your pain.

[Nuck12]

Thank you for the help.  The pain has subsided i returned to my doctor who took a urine and another round of blood work.  Both came back normal and he said I was too young to worry about prostate cancer and said he believed it to be a minor case of epididymitis and said my body should work it out w/o antiboitics.  It may not be realted but i've the lower right back pain in my kidney area and lately a tingling sensation in my right foot/calf (same side as back pain and testicle problems) If you had any ideas about this or what my course of action should be it would be much appreciated.  Thank you and God Bless!