Patient's question:
The baby is almost 100 days old. At birth, it was discovered that one of the testicles was particularly small. The doctor suspected there might be symptoms of cryptorchidism and recommended waiting to see how things develop. However, over the past three months, there has been no change in the size of one of the testicles. I would like to ask, what are the symptoms of cryptorchidism in infants?Doctor's answer:
Undescended testes refer to the condition where the male testes are not located in the scrotum. Ultrasound is typically required for the diagnosis of undescended testes. Infants under one year old with undescended testes may naturally descend without treatment. For children over one year old whose testes have not descended, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) therapy can be attempted first. If the testes do not descend into the scrotum after hCG treatment, the child should be taken to a regular public hospital as soon as possible for testicular fixation.