One of the main causes of painful scrotal swelling is testicular torsion. This is an injury or an event that causes a testicle in the scrotal sac to twist and cut off blood circulation. This very painful injury could cause tissue death to the scrotum in a matter of hours. Medical conditions and diseases can also cause the scrotum to swell.
As said, credit and debit cards (cartes bancaires or cartes bleus) are widely used in France. This is also practical as automatic payments are common in France for things like train/metro tickets, parking, motorway tolls, etc.
As in six liters of cream, with a higher-than-normal butterfat content of 35%. (Most heavy cream in France is 30%, and is sometimes hard to whip, and often ultra-sterilized. Good quality crÃ¨me fraÃ®che, a cultured cream, is sold in tubs in supermarkets and fromageries. Itâs easily available and seems to be used more often than liquid cream.)