When I heard that Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow was hospitalized with an "undisclosed illness," I reflected on the nature of undisclosed illnesses and decided maybe they should all be undisclosed. This is someone's personal medical history we're discussing here. For everyone else that is something kept in the strictest of confidence (it can be punishable by law to discuss), yet for athletes, we read about their health everyday in the paper.
So it brings me no joy to inform you that Winslow spent 4 days in a hospital being treated for swollen testicles. Ok, that brought me a little bit of joy.
According to profootballtalk.com went to the Cleveland Clinic because he testicles swelled to the size of grapefruits.
That may be an exaggeration but there is a condition known as hydrocele, common in newborn infants, that results in swollen testicles. Usually it isn't serious, but it can be a symptom of testicular cancer.
Monday, October 13, 2008
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3 comments:
how do you know he had a hydrocele?
from his clinical presentation I think he may have had epididymitis
If he did have epididymitis then he needs antibiotics and scrotal elevation
therefore wearing a cup and running is probably out of the question
austin
I don't know if it was hydrocele for sure. Like I said, it's an undisclosed illness.
But everything I know about swollen testicles points to hydrocele.
I believe epididymitis and hydrocele often present concurrently in adults.
But I love how Austin always explains these ridiculous things in medical jargon with an overly serious tone.
First of all, this is all speculation, unless you are privvy to info about Kellen Jr's medical records.
Paul, I believe that you are incorrect about hydroceles...and Austin may be correct.
A man in his 20s would not suddenly develop hydroceles on both sides unless there were a more serious underlying problem affecting blood pressure and lymphatic flow.
Sadly, the two most likely causes of bilaterally swollen testicles in a man of Kellen Jr's age would be an infection (ie. epididymitis--STD or orchitis--mumps, STD.
Developing bilateral testicular cancer is not unheard of, but it does not typically present symtpomtically in BOTH testicles at the same time.
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