Causes of small male genitals

Small male genitals are also called short penis. There are many causes, including congenital genetic reasons and some disease-related reasons. For example, if some children have abnormal thalamic secretion function in infancy, it will often cause abnormal gonad secretion, which will affect the development of the child's genitals. In addition, if there is a problem with foreskin and phimosis, this is also a cause of small male genitals.

Causes of small male genitals

1. Pathological causes of short penis

Abnormal brain tissue structure: Children with anencephaly have no hypothalamic secretion function. Even if the pituitary gland develops normally, the lack of gonadotropin-releasing hormone leads to low testosterone secretion, resulting in a small penis. Congenital pituitary agenesis, hypothalamic dysfunction caused by partial corpus callosum dysplasia, occipital encephalocele with movement disorder and other gene abnormalities of midline brain development. All of them cause small penises due to insufficient gonadotropin secretion. In addition, it also leads to multiple malformations of other systems.

Congenital gonadotropin-releasing hormone deficiency with brain tissue abnormality: Micropenis caused by this reason is more common than the former. The specific cause is unclear. Most of them are various syndromes, such as Kallmann syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Lawrence-Moon-Beidel syndrome, etc., often accompanied by multiple malformations. According to research, it is related to chromosome and gene abnormalities. There are also deficiencies of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and luteinizing hormone caused by endocrine and biochemical metabolic abnormalities.

2. Physiological reasons for short penis

The size and shape of the penis, like other organs in the body, are controlled and influenced by genetic genes.

3. Endocrine disorder is also one of them

Due to insufficient male hormone levels, swelling of the testicles or scrotum may cause the penis to "retract", which may lead to a short penis.

4. The zinc, male hormone, vitamin E and related protein nutrients taken during the adolescent development period are insufficient, lacking acquired energy supplementation and failing to strengthen the sexual organs;

5. Internal body coldness, fear of cold, and insufficient yang energy make the penis unable to protrude completely, and part of it is retracted into the abdomen; excessive sexual activity, physical weakness, or excessive masturbation during the early development period of adolescence make the kidneys lack the energy to enlarge and develop sexual organs during development, resulting in a short penis.

6. Suffering from orchitis , cryptorchidism, testicular dysplasia, endocrine imbalance, and androgen deficiency.