Testicular Health
Learn the shape of your body from a young age. Get actively involved in your self-care! Let's break the ice about testicular health.
Five tips to take care of your testicles
- Check them
- Use loose undergarments and bottoms
- Clean them
- Avoid hurting them
- Stop smoking
What could be the consequences of neglecting testicular health?
- Pain
- Lumps
- Infertility
- Testicular Cancer
Ask for specialized advice
A urologist can help you understand if what you feel is normal. They will teach you how to make a correct auto exploration and to diagnose any testicular disease.
What can we do?
Educate teenagers and young men on the benefits of knowing their bodies.
More than half the young men won’t check their testicles since they are embarrassed. Sometimes, being scared of the doctor’s exploration or the possible diagnosis stops them from requesting a professional opinion. Caretakers must inculcate the habit of self-care, especially male adults who should portray a good example.
End with the myths and taboos about testicular health
- For the urologist, it is a regular screening
- Forget about the shame. Taking care of your body is your responsibility
- Hitting your testicles does not cause testicular cancer
Take care of your family! Have conversations about testicular health
- Follow up on preteens development
- Invite teenagers to do self-exploration
- Accompany them in their visit to the urologist
Learn the numbers
- Are at a higher risk. An early diagnosis saves lives!
- Young men
- is the more affected group age
- 15-35 y.o.
- of cases in the localized stage have a high survival rate
- +95%
What to look for in self-exploration?
- A healthy testicle is soft but firm
- It must have the same consistency all around the circumference
- Temperature and color must be constant
- It should be sensitive but painless
- Normally, their volume varies, although a sign of alert is if it is too uneven
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