Post Date December, 02 2023
Varicocele (VC) may be heard by many people, but it is not well understood. However, this disease is closely related to men. It is a common urogenital disease and also the main cause of male infertility. The incidence rate is very high in young adults, accounting for 10%~15% of the normal male population, and 19%~41% of male infertility.
What are the symptoms of varicocele
What is the feeling of a man with varicocele in his daily life? When you are tired or walking for a long time, you will have the feeling of falling and swelling of the scrotum. After resting and lying flat, this symptom can be relieved and disappeared. For married people, it mainly affects the male reproductive function.
Why does varicocele affect fertility
The spermatogenic function of men is accomplished by the testicles. In addition to the spermatogenic function, the testicles secrete androgens. The completion of these two functions depends on the internal environment of the testicles. The testicles have very strict requirements for temperature. Normally, we say that the temperature in the scrotum should be about two to three degrees lower than that in the body, and varicocele will increase the temperature in the testicles, In addition, some toxic substances in blood metabolism will interfere with the normal metabolic function of the testis. Therefore, due to these reasons, the spermatogenic function of the testis will be damaged. Some data show that in male infertility, about one third of the cases are caused by varicocele of the male, so it can be seen that varicocele is a disease with great influence for men.
Varicocele is divided into three degrees
Clinically, varicocele is currently divided into three degrees. Of course, the third degree is the most serious and was once relatively light. Therefore, once you have a problem in this regard, you can go to a regular hospital to find a specialist doctor for examination. First, the doctor will do a physical examination. If necessary, you can do color ultrasound in the scrotum to further determine the degree of varicocele and whether it is necessary to carry out surgery.
Yang Dazhong, Secretary-General and Andrologist of the Professional Committee of Sexual Medicine of the Chinese Sexuality Society
Whether varicocele needs treatment
Of course, we can say that if varicocele is very mild and has no impact on fertility, we can ignore it. When we treat varicocele, the most important thing is surgical treatment. The first is the obvious sense of bloating, and the second is the impact of marriage on fertility. These two cases need to consider surgical treatment. If there are no other special cases, we can leave it alone, In general, varicocele usually occurs on the left side. This is mainly because the shape of the left spermatic vein is compressed by many other parts of the body. Therefore, varicocele is almost always left and can be seen on both sides. Therefore, severe varicocele can cause contralateral varicocele. If it is simple right varicocele, it is rare. If it is, there may be other diseases, such as kidney tumor, which will cause local reflux obstruction. Therefore, simple right varicocele must be cautious.
What is the connection between blood essence and varicocele
Many men believe that blood sperm is caused by varicocele. In fact, there is no connection between the two. Generally speaking, semen carries blood. First of all, where does the blood come from? When it comes to this question, we should consider what the composition of semen is. We say that the composition of normal male semen is 70% seminal vesicle fluid, about 30% prostatic fluid, and other so-called urethral glands, epididymis fluid, and sperm account for a small proportion. Since the composition of semen is mainly seminal vesicle and prostate, So once there is blood sperm, obviously the most important problem is seminal vesiculitis and prostatitis. These two are the most common. As for varicocele, which is not involved in semen, it certainly has nothing to do with blood sperm.
