Right now he's on cortisone treatment to bring down the swelling and an anticoagulant.Right now he's on cortisone treatment to bring down the swelling and an anticoagulant. Um," He paused as he consulted the notes before him, "Dicumarol. Hopefully it can break down the blood clotting that has occurred in his testicles. The problem is that he'd shouldn't be given a pain killer, something like Acetaminophen, at the same time. "Why?" I asked. "It increases the effect of the anticoagulant. It can be hard to determine the end result, but it's very likely that the testicular bleeding might start again. I've drained the boy's scrotum already. The fluid buildup is what caused most of the swelling of course. The boy's testicles are still very distended. The Alclometasone, that's the cortisone-based drug, will take care of that in a few days. |