Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help me, I have a friend who in the last 2 days has had a bad infection down in his scrodum area. It looks like it is or was a boil, maybe it still is. But I had him soak in a warm tub, wash really, really well there. Then dried it very well. Had him drench it with peroxide and then but some triple antibiotic ointment on it with gauze to keep it away from his thigh. Well we are going on a 3rd day and his testicals look very swollen and looks red and kinda going up and into the top like. idk the groin area? If thats what its called. He refuses to see a physician and/or a ER visit. He's been sleeping alot and i'm worried.... what else can I do for him. Also I have been having him keep a warm compress on it, hoping it will bring it to a head. I have been keeping it monitored. It seems to be that it might have popped but it still looks pretty bad, not to mention that it feels like a swollen limpf node and kind of hard stiff ummm mass under his skin/scrodum. Like a tube or sumthing like that. Wonder if anyone can help me out with some ideas. Please and soon !!! very worried for him. Also he says its a hernia, can that also be a hernia and a boil? Please respond ASAP!!! Thank you