Testicular Health: Knowing your Testicles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798392761166)

The testicles are two small egg-shaped glands, held in a sac below the penis (the scrotum). This is where sperm form and mature. From there, sperm moves into the vas deferens (a "tube" behind the testicles) and out the urethra when ejaculated. The testicles also make male hormones like testosterone. Testosterone controls the sex drive in men and starts the growth of muscle, bone and body hair.

Healthy testicles have a firm, slightly spongy feel. The firmness should be the same throughout. The size of both testicles should be about the same, though one may be larger than the other.

Testicular disease happens when cells in the gonad develop to frame a growth. This is intriguing. In excess of 90% of testicular tumors start in the microbe cells, which produce sperm. There are two kinds of microbe cell diseases (GCTs). Seminoma can develop gradually and answer to radiation and chemotherapy. Non-seminoma can develop all the more rapidly and can be less receptive to those medicines. There are a couple of kinds of non-seminomas: choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, teratoma and yolk sac growths.

There are additionally uncommon testicular malignant growths that don't shape in the microbe cells. Leydig cell cancers structure from the Leydig cells that produce testosterone. Sertoli cell cancers emerge from the Sertoli cells that help ordinary sperm development. Testicular growths can be made of more than one kind of cell.

The sort of testicular malignant growth cell found, side effects and different elements will assist with directing your treatment.

Author: Ivy Crouch
ISBN-10: 8392761162
ISBN-13: 9798392761166
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2023
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d