Can unilateral orchiectomy affect sexual function? Will unilateral orchiectomy affect the future?

Testicles are related to male sexual and reproductive functions. Generally speaking, a man has two testicles. If you have to surgically remove a testicle because of accidental injury or some diseases, will it affect your sexual function after removing a testicle? Will unilateral orchiectomy affect the future? Let's have a look.

1, the influence of unilateral orchiectomy

If one testicle is removed, the secretion of testosterone is obviously reduced by half, and the testosterone level in the blood is reduced, but the other testicle is still alive and functional. And after a long time, the testosterone secretion here will be compensated. Therefore, after unilateral orchiectomy, most people can still erect, maintain complete sexual function and still have children. If both testicles are removed, the source of testosterone in the body will be cut off, and the level of testosterone in the blood will drop sharply or even disappear. At this time, a small amount of androgen secreted by adrenal cortex can not be compared with testosterone secreted by testis in quality and quantity, so it loses the ability of sexual life. However, with the improvement of medical level, if vasoactive drugs such as papaverine, phentolamine and prostaglandin E 1 can be injected into Tintin's cavernous body; Or through surgery, insert Tintin prosthesis into Tintin's cavernous body to support Tintin, and still restore sexual ability.

2. The finer it is, the more fragile it is.

However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. In terms of productivity and quality, the quality of this machine is indeed superior, but it also pays a high price for fine monitoring-the nervous system is densely distributed and extremely sensitive, which really "can't afford to hurt".

As we all know, at the beginning of a football match, the referee will bounce a coin into the sky with his thumb to decide the kickoff party. Let's take the action of tossing a coin as an example. If its force acts on most parts of your limbs or trunk, it is estimated that you will not feel pain, but only feel moved. However, if it's your ball instead of a coin (think of that famous joke, playing with JJ to death), then you are out of luck. According to people who unfortunately have this experience, this kind of pain will not last long, but the bioelectric current is very large and the pain is extremely strong, just like the feeling of being electrocuted.

Fortunately, the long evolution has made our ball have excellent elasticity and certain toughness. As long as it takes a few tens of seconds, it will often be fine. But in some cases, its damage will get out of control. If you don't deal with it in time, you will not only suffer long-term and profound pain (similar to being repeatedly electrocuted, life is worse than death), but more seriously, you will have to give up what you love and remove it. Of course, if only one of them is removed and the other one can be kept healthy, then your reproductive function will not be affected.