Effects of orchiectomy on men

Does orchiectomy have any effect on men? Testicles are male reproductive organs and are very important to men. However, a large number of men have long neglected their testicles, which has led to testicular disease and even forced removal. So what are the effects of orchiectomy on men? Will it make men lose their sexual ability? Will it cause men to lose their fertility? In this regard, experts have made the following introduction.

The first disease that causes a man to have a testicle removed is testicular cancer. In fact, testicular cancer only accounts for 1% of all male carcinoids, but it is more common in the elderly than other cancers, and testicular cancer specifically targets sexually active young people. Caucasians are more likely to get testicular cancer, and the incidence rate in China is less than 1/100,000.

Although rare, testicular cancer can destroy a man's self-confidence and even shake his masculinity. But this is completely unnecessary, because the cure rate of testicular cancer is quite high, and after recovery, sex can be as vigorous as before.

Does orchiectomy affect sexual desire?

If both testicles are removed, sexual desire will indeed be affected, but this problem can be solved by appropriately increasing male hormones (in fact, after orchiectomy, hormones need to be increased for a long time). Moreover, testicular cancer generally only affects one testicle, so if only one is removed, sexual desire will hardly be affected. Most people whose sexual desire is affected are still thinking too much and have psychological shadows.

Anxiety and depression can lead to a decrease in libido, which usually recovers after a period of time after surgery. And with the help of hormone therapy, patients can still have normal erections and experience orgasms.

Another reason for the need for testicle removal is testicular congestion, but surgery is only considered in extremely serious cases. The main function of the testicle is not to enable men to have a normal sexual life, so there is no need to worry too much about it.

Another thing to note is that the function of the testicle is to produce sperm. If one testicle is removed, the other will still produce sperm. It's just that the male hormone secretion will be higher than others in the initial stage, but it will return to normal after a period of time.

From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that the main function of the testicle is to produce sperm, rather than affecting the male sexual function. As long as the other testicle is normal and can produce sperm, then removing one testicle will not have much impact on men, and male friends do not need to have too heavy a psychological burden about this.