{"id":15641,"date":"2021-04-26T21:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T21:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/overwatch-pro-danteh-rushed-to-hospital-after-testicular-torsion-surgery-succesful"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:11:58","slug":"overwatch-pro-danteh-rushed-to-hospital-after-testicular-torsion-surgery-succesful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/overwatch-pro-danteh-rushed-to-hospital-after-testicular-torsion-surgery-succesful","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch pro Danteh rushed to hospital after testicular torsion, surgery succesful"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Houston Outlaws announced<\/a> that star DPS Danteh Cruz would miss the match against London Spitfire in week 2 of the Overwatch League 2021<\/a> due to illness, fans speculated about the nature of his ailment.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, it wasn’t COVID related, but rather a case of testicular torsion, which occurs when a testicle rotates, twisting the spermatic cord that brings blood to the scrotum, Danteh revealed via Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

danteh on Twitter<\/span>Yesterday’s SurgeryRead: https:\/\/t.co\/FqOJZg6lbs— danteh (@danteh) April 26, 2021<\/span>danteh<\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

The 22-year-old explained that on 25th April he noticed parts of his testicles swollen while preparing for the match against the London Spitfire.<\/p>\n

“I ended up getting to the office fine but I was still in a lotta pain even after I went to the bathroom. I was also a lot more swollen than I was when I left my house.”<\/p>\n

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Danteh shared a photo from the hospital (Picture: @danteh)<\/span><\/p>\n

General Manager and former Outlaws player Matt “Coolmatt Iorio alongside coach Harsha Bandi rushed Danteh to the hospital, where despite a painful pre-surgery, everything went turned out just fine according to Cruz.<\/p>\n