Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, explains to a reader why he developed something that resembles a lump that is dragging his testicle and how he could treat it.
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to the final episode in the month of May when we're talking
00:05 about various forms of scrotal abnormality that may or may not result
00:10 in sexual dysfunction. And this week we're going to talk about accumulation
00:14 of fluid inside the testicle.
00:18 Exactly how does fluid get into the testicle? In fact there are two ways. One
00:27 form is called hydrosil. Imagine that the testicle is surrounded by fluid that
00:33 allows it to move and sometimes that fluid itself can get accumulated
00:37 actually from fluid directly from the abdomen or sometimes it can be secondary
00:43 hydrosil that is caused by infection or cancer of the testicle. The fluid itself
00:49 can cause enlargement. On the other hand there may be another fluid accumulation
00:54 caused by something called epididymosis. In fact nobody knows why
00:59 epididymosis occur but it's very common up to 10 to 20 percent of general
01:04 population. Epididymosis itself can accumulate around epididymis and can get
01:10 quite big and it's difficult to differentiate between epididymosis
01:14 and hydrosil. So does that cause sexual dysfunction? Well unless it becomes so
01:22 big that it is so uncomfortable, yes it might but overall it doesn't associate
01:29 with sexual dysfunction. And the operation itself is a simple operation
01:34 what we actually will correct the actual hydrosil or on the other hand excise the
01:43 epididymosis to make the testicle less dragging and less heavy and for the
01:49 patient to be less uncomfortable when they have sexual intercourse. So
01:54 indirectly the accumulation of fluid itself might create anxiety and makes
02:00 men worried about sexual activity but directly it is not associated with
02:05 sexual dysfunction and the relief of that fluid actually most of the time
02:10 makes men a little bit happier and less dragging effect in the scrotum causing
02:16 problems during intercourse. For the month of June we're going to devote the
02:22 whole month to pediatric problems and the first week we're going to talk about
02:27 undescended testicle. If your child suffers from undescended testicle or you
02:32 worry you yourself as an adult might actually have one testicle that's hiding
02:36 away, then you stay tuned for next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.
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