Symptoms of scrotal edema in newborns

Many parents will notice the phenomenon of scrotal edema in newborns, and they will naturally be more worried, anxious and afraid about this problem, which will have more impact on the health of the newborn. Therefore, we will give you a detailed introduction to the causes and symptoms of scrotal edema in newborns, so that it can be discovered and treated as soon as possible.

Scrotal edema is a common urinary disease in newborns, with an incidence of 6%, and is often accompanied by hernia. In the scrotum, the testicles are surrounded by a cyst like a water bag, which is scrotal edema, also known as scrotal hydrops. The degree of edema depends on the amount of fluid accumulation, which can be as small as a testicle or as large as a papaya, with a capacity of one to two thousand cc.

symptom

There will be swelling in appearance, or one side of the scrotum will be larger than the other, which is inconvenient and easy to get hurt. Sometimes it will be accompanied by swelling and pain. Excessive fluid accumulation may even affect the blood circulation of the testicles. Over time, it will cause testicular atrophy, affect the ability of the testicles to produce sperm in the future, and cause infertility.

reason

Edema can be divided into congenital and acquired types, and the causes are as follows:

Congenital scrotal edema: occurs in newborns because after the testicles descend into the scrotum, the channel between the abdominal cavity and the scrotum, the processus vaginalis, is not completely closed, causing ascites to flow into the scrotum, surrounding the testicles and forming congenital scrotal edema.

Acquired scrotal edema: mostly occurs in adults. Local trauma, impact to the scrotum, radiation therapy to the scrotum and testicles, acute and chronic inflammation of the epididymis, tuberculosis invasion of the testicles and epididymis can all cause scrotal hydrops. In addition, men under the age of 40 who suddenly develop scrotal hydrops must consider testicular tumors because the stimulation of the tumor causes scrotal hydrops. In 10% of testicular tumors, symptoms first appear as scrotal edema.

The above is some common sense about scrotal edema in newborns. After analyzing and introducing these contents, everyone should pay attention to them. If we want to effectively avoid the influence of more adverse factors, we need to pay special attention to these common sense, so as to avoid other problems as much as possible and affect the health of newborns.