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By Mayo Clinic staffSeek emergency care for sudden or severe testicle pain. While your signs and symptoms may be caused by another condition, if you do have testicular torsion, prompt treatment can prevent severe damage or loss of your testicle.
- If the testicle is untwisted within six hours, it can be saved in 90 percent of cases.
- After 12 hours, chances of saving the testicle fall to about 50 percent.
- After 24 hours, the testicle can be saved only about 10 percent of the time.
Seek prompt medical help if you've had sudden testicle pain that went away without treatment. This occurs when a testicle twists and then untwists on its own (intermittent torsion and detorsion). Even though the testicle untwisted on its own, you still need to see a doctor because surgery is needed to prevent the problem from recurring.
