TYRONE Bowd carries a burden no young man should.

His condition, scrotal lymphoedema, makes his scrotum swell, growing bigger than a watermelon and reaching his knees.

This puts his life at risk with infections that make his temperature soar, his heart race and his body turn septic.

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And it seems to be a medical curiosity in this country, putting him beyond the expertise of 100 Australian doctors.

Doco grabs ratings but draws critics

An Ipswich Hospital urologist told Ms Bowd she would be signing her son’s life away by attempting reconstructive surgery here.

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It was a revelation for Ms Bowd was finding the story of Wesley Warren Jr, the US man whose self-described ordeal as “a living freak show” was detailed in the UK Channel 4 documentary The Man with the 10 Stone Testicles.

Click here to read more about the only man who can help Tyrone, and the young man’s heartbreaking words to his mother as he begged for help.

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