Editing Testicle (section)

===Protection and injury===
{{Further|Testicular pain}}
* The testicles are very sensitive to impact and injury. The pain involved travels up from each testicle into the abdominal cavity, via the [[spermatic plexus]], which is the primary nerve of each testicle.<ref name="Kulkarni">{{Cite book|last=Kulkarni|first=Neeta V|title=Clinical Anatomy: A Problem Solving Approach Author|date=2015|publisher=JP Medical Ltd|isbn=978-9-35-152966-8|page=621|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrlEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA621|access-date=2022-07-07|archive-date=2023-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629160801/https://books.google.com/books?id=vrlEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA621|url-status=live}}</ref> This will cause pain in the hip and the back. The pain usually fades within a few minutes.
* [[Testicular torsion]] is a medical emergency. This is because the longer it takes to access medical intervention with respect to extending ischemia, the higher the chance that the testicle will be lost. There is a 90% chance to save the testicle if de-torsion surgery is performed within six hours of testicular torsion onset.<ref name="Ovadia">{{Cite book|last1=Ovadia|first1=Aaron E|last2=Yang|first2=Hailiu|last3=Neiderberger|first3=Craig S.|last4=Ho|first4=Christina|last5=Sabia|first5=Michael|last6=Seftel|first6=Allen D.|title=Urogenital Pain: A Clinicians Guide to Diagnosis and Interventional Treatments|chapter=Scrotal Pain|date=2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-3-1945794-9|page=108|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPKhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA108|access-date=2022-07-12|archive-date=2023-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629160807/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPKhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA108|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Testicular rupture]] is severe trauma affecting the tunica albuginea.<ref name="Bucci">{{Cite book|last1=Bucci|first1=Stefano|last2=Rizzo|first2=Michele|last3=Liguori|first3=Giovanni|last4=Umari|first4=Paolo|last5=Chiriaco|first5=Giovanni|last6=Bertolotto|first6=Michele|title=Atlas of Ultrasonography in Urology, Andrology, and Nephrology|chapter=The Testicles: Trauma, Inflammation and Testicular Torsion|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa-MDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA500|date=2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-31-940782-1|page=500|access-date=2022-07-07|archive-date=2023-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629161041/https://books.google.com/books?id=fa-MDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA500|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Penetrating injuries to the scrotum may cause [[castration]], or physical separation or destruction of the testes, possibly along with part or all of the penis, which results in total sterility if the testicles are not reattached quickly. In an effort to avoid severe infection, ample application of [[Saline (medicine)|saline]] and [[bacitracin]] help remove debris and foreign objects from the wound.<ref name="Wessells">{{Cite book|last=Wessells|first=Hunter|title=Urological Emergencies: A Practical Approach|date=2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-62-703423-4|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RapDAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|access-date=2022-07-12|archive-date=2023-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629161013/https://books.google.com/books?id=RapDAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jockstrap]]s support and protect the testicles.