Testicle size 'really is what matters'
September 23, 2007
Testicle size is what counts for a clean bill of health and being able to produce children.
Most men are unaware of how important the size of their testes is in relation to their health, Professor Rob McLachlan, director of Andrology Australia, told Fairfax newspapers.
"I've seen men coming in with (testicles) the size of a sultana and they haven't realised (it's a problem) - it happens all the time," Prof McLachlan said.
Men need to be aware of their testicle size, to measure their own health.
"They don't know how big their testes should be - what's normal and what's abnormal," Prof McLachlan said.
Small testes can indicate there is a testosterone deficiency. This can make a man feel tired, lose muscle, gain fat, lose sex drive.
It could lead to osteoporosis or thinning of the bones. And it can also be a sign of infertility, with a higher risk of developing testicular cancer, Prof McLachlan says.
Genital examinations, which take about 30 seconds, are crucial for men and opens the channel for a diagnosis.
"You want to pick these conditions up in men when they are younger if you can because then you have the chance to intervene and give them 30, 40, 50 years of quality of life and protect them from issues such as thin bones," Prof McLachlan says.
To raise awareness of men's health, the male reproductive health centre Andrology Australia is producing orchidometers or different-sized beads.
They range from 1 ml to 35 ml in volume, which help doctors identify reproductive health disorders.
Testicles measured from 15 ml to 35 ml are in the normal range.
"If a man's testicles are the size of a sultana he should see his doctor," he said.
Which seems like a really odd thing to use as a unit of measurement, since in my experience they can vary widely in size from slightly larger than a pea, to slightly smaller than a Brazil Nut....
Re: Just checking mine, nope, I'm fine
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:04 pm
by dales
I dug out the old mircormeter from the tool box and am pleased to state that I'm off the scale.
on the low end
Re: Just checking mine, nope, I'm fine
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:10 pm
by Lord Jim
I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those threads that's going to provide me with a lot more information than I need...
Come to think of it, it already has...
Re: Just checking mine, nope, I'm fine
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:22 pm
by Joe Guy
dales wrote:I dug oout the old mircormeter from the tool box and am pleased to state that I'm off the scale.
on the low end
I'm impressed that you knew exactly the right tool for the job.
Re: Just checking mine, nope, I'm fine
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:43 am
by loCAtek
No really, there's something to this! I knew a guy who had suffered from testicular torsion of one testicle as a youth from a bicycle accident. (Yes, that's as painful as it sounds.) In spite of rushing to the emergency room and assurances from the doctors that he would be fine; from then on, one ball was slightly smaller than the other.
Conclusion: A big ball is a healthy ball!
Re: Just checking mine, nope, I'm fine
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:17 am
by tyro
A sultana is a raisin.
And if yours were the size of a sultana, it wouldn’t be a raisin’ either.
Re: Just checking mine, nope, I'm fine
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:53 am
by SisterMaryFellatio
Torsion of the testes is more common than most men think we see around one case a a week in the ED I work at.
I have great testicle stories.....
The testicles and the boat winch!
The testicles and the 500km bike ride.
The testicles and the naughty horse!
and My 5 year old daughter hates my testicles!!
Oh and last nights was a corker...hadn't seenthis friend for 15 years and he comes in with an abscess on his left nad!! Poor bastard didn't know where to look!! lmao
For some reason all my colleagues (which are female) Tell testicle tales with great relish...we all love them the fave is the testicles and the boat winch as its particularly gruesome and the our Doc (male) just about managed not to pass out when the Urologist pulled the testicle out, (scrotum was mangled, his balls had fallen out, held it up to the light and stated "if we get him to theatre now I reckon I can save this bugger"
Re: Just checking mine, nope, I'm fine
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:26 am
by Lord Jim
I suppose I should mention that we're about to sit down to dinner....
