Sometimes we look at our body but often we are unable to see small changes. Yet, even if small, it doesn’t mean they don’t matter. In fact, not all symptoms are immediately evident. Listening to the body, after all, is not at all easy. And this happens in both women and men, even in the most intimate parts. Out of shame or out of habit we often don’t pay attention to the changes that even the genitals can undergo.
Yet this underestimated symptom in men could hide these serious pathologies. This is what is often an imperceptible change in the testicles. A whole series of causes and possible consequences are associated with it. Let’s see together the symptoms and how to act if they arise.
A risky condition of the male organ
Observing a decrease in the volume of the testicles is really difficult. But for those who know their body, noticing this change can be fundamental. Testicular hypotrophy is, in fact, the reduction in the volume of the testicles. On average these organs measure 50x30x30 in adulthood. At 70/80 years there is a decrease of about 30%.
But when this decrease occurs at an early age it means that the organ is in pain. Symptoms include decreased muscle and sexual desire, weight gain and mood swings. Furthermore, testicular hypotrophy has consequences such as lowering the level of testosterone and the reduction of spermatozoa, therefore of fertility. This will either depend on the reduction of germ cells, or fertility, or Leydig cells, or sex hormone.
This underestimated symptom in men could hide these serious pathologies
The causes so far connected to this symptomatology are different. In fact, testicular hypotrophy can be caused by other pathologies, such as viral infections or orchitis, AIDS, syphilis, dilation of the veins around the testicle, testicular torsion. Or, it occurs as a result of chemotherapy, use of steroids or estrogen drugs while treating cancer. Furthermore, unhealthy habits such as excessive alcohol consumption are also a cause. It should be remembered that testicular cancer also has as a symptom the reduction of the volume of the same.
The verification of the sudden decrease of one or both testicles is verifiable by the patient through self-examination. But it is always necessary to contact your doctor. In fact, it is necessary to find the specific causes and only then to agree on a treatment. This can be surgical or pharmacological. The control and diagnosis are made thanks to blood tests or a spermiogram.
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