Current medical status: testicals not in sack and has a very tight penis so doctor has said he is to be circumcised
Current medical treatment: to go into hospitel 4 circumsisation
Your male child probably has phimosis so circumcision is required.
If testicles can’t be found in the scrotum there are 3 possibilities: either the testicles are not descended yet (cryptorchismus) or a testicle(s) moves back and forth between the groin and the scrotum (retractile testes) or the testicles do not exist at all (aplasia testis).
Undescended testicles can usually be found in the inguinal canal and rarely in the abdomen.
If the testicles are in the abdomen the boy will need an ultrasound scan to locate them. The testicles can descend spontaneously in the first year of life but later he will need surgery (orchiopexy) which is typically performed when the boy is between 1 and 2 years of age. If he does have surgery he will be able to have children in the future.
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