Can one testicle produce children?

Every man has two testicles. The testicles are where sperm is formed and stored. Some people only have one testicle. There are two main reasons for this. One is hidden testicles caused by congenital underdevelopment, and the other is the loss of one testicle due to trauma or disease. Perhaps, for male friends who only have one testicle, it is a very inferiority complex because it involves the issue of future fertility. So let's find out whether one testicle can lead to fertility!

As long as one side of the testicle functions normally, it will not affect future sexual life and fertility.

Generally speaking, the lack of a testicle is caused by two factors: congenital and acquired. Congenital absence is more common in unilateral cryptic testis, ectopic testis, etc.; acquired absence is more common in surgical removal of one side of the testicle due to testicular diseases, such as testicular tuberculosis, testicular tumors, etc. In addition, surgical removal of severe damage to testicular tissue caused by car accidents, work injuries, war injuries, etc. is also often the main cause of testicular absence. Since many congenital unilateral testicular absences are generally just one side of the testicle that has not descended into the scrotum but is "hidden" in other parts of the body, it is not a real testicle. Despite this, since this cryptic testis is in the high temperature of the human body, it basically cannot produce sperm, so from the perspective of fertility, it can be mentioned together with the latter.

As for whether you can still have children if you lack one testicle, this needs to be analyzed based on the specific situation. We know that sperm is the seed of life, and testicle is the factory that produces sperm. Generally speaking, if only one side has a healthy testicle, the chance of infertility is quite high. But objectively speaking, we cannot talk about fertility issues based solely on the existence of several testicles. Take varicocele as an example: when one side is diseased, the affected side can transmit metabolic products and other adverse factors to the healthy side through the communication branches. Similarly, there are two testicles but no fertility. For some unilateral testicular diseases, timely surgical removal can avoid affecting the healthy side, so the remaining testicle can be enlarged compensatorily, and the work of both sides can be taken over by one side, and fertility can be normal without affecting it. Therefore, the key issue is still the quantity and quality of sperm.

Even so, the fertility situation of missing a testicle is generally not optimistic, but there is no need to worry about it. As long as you grasp the opportunity, grasp the woman's ovulation period, and have intercourse at the right time, the hope of having a baby boy is not absolutely impossible to achieve.