Why does one male testicle become larger than the other?

Many male friends have recently discovered that there is something wrong with the size of their testicles. The sizes of the testicles on both sides are not the same. Therefore, they have some doubts in their hearts. They don't know whether this situation will harm the body and whether it is serious. In fact, it is normal for the size of the testicles on both sides of the male to be different, but the difference should not be too big, otherwise it will be very dangerous. Let's take a look at the reasons together.

1. The size of the testicles of a normal person is not the same on both sides, but the difference is generally not too big. If the size of the testicles on both sides was basically similar in the past, and one side of the testicle suddenly becomes significantly larger recently, you should go to the hospital for examination immediately. If the enlargement of one side of the testicle is accompanied by fever and local pain, it may be epididymitis or orchitis. If the enlargement of the testicle is not accompanied by any symptoms, you should consider the possibility of testicular tumors, and you should check it immediately and don't be careless.

2. Among normal men, some have different sizes of testicles since childhood, and the difference is sometimes very obvious. This is mostly caused by congenital diseases. For example, congenital unilateral testicular hypoplasia is manifested by one side of the testicle being very small and soft, like a baby testicle, while the other side of the testicle may be compensated and larger than that of a normal person, so the testicles on both sides are different in size, but this situation is generally rare.

3. Trauma can also cause the size difference of the two testicles. Trauma causes bleeding and hematoma in the testicles, which results in a blockage of blood supply to the testicles, leading to testicular atrophy. Therefore, the testicle on the affected side is smaller than the opposite side. The mumps virus can destroy the seminiferous tubule cells of the testicles, causing atrophy of one side of the testicle.

After reading the above three statements, I believe that male friends have a preliminary understanding of the problem of "one testicle is large and the other is small". Normal male testicles are originally different in size, but it is not very obvious. If the difference is really big, you should go to the hospital to seek help from a doctor.