What does a healthy scrotum look like?

Few people look exactly the same. Even identical twins have some differences. So people have different feelings when judging whether some organs are healthy. The testicles are part of the male reproductive organs. What does a healthy scrotum look like? If you understand the condition of a healthy scrotum, you can judge whether your scrotum is normal.

1. How to judge testicular health

Self-judgment of whether the testicles are generally normal is mainly through palpation. During the examination, you should stand up and the room temperature should be appropriate and not too cold, otherwise the contraction of the scrotum and levator testis will cause the testicles to be lifted up and difficult to palpate clearly.

First of all, we should pay attention to the shape. Normally, it is oval, with a small protrusion on the upper back of the testicle, which is the epididymis, which is connected to the vas deferens. The surface is flat and smooth, with a slippery feeling, and it is easy to slip out of the hand after holding it. The texture is medium hard and tough, and there is mild pain and soreness when squeezing it with a little force. The testicles on both sides are not necessarily the same size, but the difference is not great.

It can be measured by comparison. Use your hands to squeeze the testicle under the scrotum skin to show the outline of the testicle, then use potatoes, carrots or plasticine to cut or knead small oval pieces of the same size as your own testicles. First, inject a certain amount of water into a graduated cylinder, then put the small piece into the water to immerse it. The volume that rises after the water level rises is the volume of the testicle. Some hospitals now have a ready-made testicle measuring unit for measuring testicular volume. It is a testicle-shaped hard object of varying sizes, numbered 1 to 25 according to its size. Use different sizes of measuring units to compare with the testicles, and the one with a similar volume is the testicular volume.

When palpating, you should also pay attention to whether there is one testicle in each scrotum, whether there is occult testis or polytestis (polytestis is extremely rare), and whether there is hydrocele, which is sometimes mistaken for an extra testicle. If you encounter the above situation, you should also ask a doctor to check it out and don't jump to conclusions.

How are the standards for male testicles defined? If you find that the surface of your testicles is rough, or the texture is too hard or too soft, or there are local nodules, or there is obvious tenderness over the entire testicle, or there is obvious tenderness at the nodule site, or the tenderness is very slight or even numb, these are all abnormal phenomena and you should see a doctor.

Testicular cancer is not common, accounting for only 1% of all cancers. However, according to statistics from the American Cancer Society, men aged 15-35 are most reluctant to see a doctor and are even less willing to talk about their testicular problems, so men in this age group have the highest risk of testicular cancer. In recent decades, the number of patients has been increasing worldwide. In the United States alone, the number of testicular cancer patients has increased by 25% in the past 20 years.