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Men’s Health – checking for testicular cancer self examination
men’s health is best protected by a lifestyle that includes regular testing testis. Early detection of tumors of the testes significantly increased survival.
Sixty seconds is all it takes to test yourself your own testicles. It is recommended that all men between the ages of 14 carrying out a testicular self-examination once a month. This is the best way to familiarize yourself with your own anatomy, so that all changes are immediately noticed.
Here is the four-step procedure for a testicular self-examination (TSE). It is recommended to do the self-examination after a warm bath or shower, when the structures are relaxed in the scrotum. p> Holding the scrotum, rather than rolling a testicle between the thumb and finger and felt the entire surface of the testicle gently between your thumb and fingers. There should be no lumps or bumps smoothly. Keep feeling the feeling around the testicles and promotion to the top where you should be able to epididymis. It could even be extended a little bit behind the testicles. It could submit a little, when pressed, but a comma would “feel-shaped structure. Move the epididymis and locate the spermatic cord. It will feel like a rush. It should be soft and flexible. Repeat on the other testicle and testicular your own review is completed. It should not exceed 60 seconds.
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testicular cancer is by removing the affected testicle (orhiectomy) and radiotherapy respectively. Chemotherapy as treatment if necessary treated. Testicular self-examination is the best way to ensure early detection of tumors of the testicle. If detected early and treated, the survival rates in the vicinity of 90%.
Only one testicle is required for male fertility and normal male sexual functioning, even though testicular cancer to be detected and treated early, the orchiectomy should not affect sexual activity or plans for family expansion . Prostheses are feeling for the normal and restore the appearance after the removal of the affected testicle.
early detection through self-examination is the best strategy for health promotion for the protection of mens health. Like his female counterpart, breast cancer, testicular cancer is not preventable in the sense that the exact mechanisms of the cause is not clearly known. p>
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