Will there be sexual function after the testicles are removed?

In ancient times, eunuchs cut off male testicles by lottery. Although this situation no longer exists in modern society, once a male suffers from testicular cancer, moderate or severe orchitis and other diseases, the testicles must be removed for the sake of physical and mental health. However, when the pregnancy risk period has passed and the pregnancy begins to gradually recover, male friends will begin to worry about whether orchiectomy will affect their sexual life.

If one testicle is removed, the metabolism of testosterone is obviously reduced by half, and the level of testosterone in the blood is reduced. However, as long as the testicle on the other side is still alive, its role remains. Moreover, over time, the amount of testosterone secreted on this side will continue to increase compensatoryly. Therefore, after one testicle is removed, the male genitals of most people can still harden, maintain intact male sexual function, and continue the family line.

If both male 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, the small amount of male hormones metabolized by the adrenal glands, both in quality and quantity, cannot be compared with the testosterone metabolized by the male testicles. Therefore, the ability to have a sexual life is lost.

With the improvement of medical standards, doctors and experts have studied many ways to solve the sexual problems of male patients with missing or removed testicles. Such as injecting papaverine, phentolamine, prostaglandin El and other vascular-specific drugs into the cavernous body, or through surgical treatment, inserting a male genital prosthesis into the cavernous body to support the male genitals and so on, to help patients restore their sexual life.

During the treatment period, many male patients are worried that their daily lives will change greatly after testicular removal. Some male friends at home will start to wonder whether testicular removal will affect their married life and other issues. Male friends of single men and women will worry about not being attractive to friends of the opposite sex. After the testicles are removed, a certain amount of androgen needs to be supplemented regularly, so there is no need to worry about changes in the appearance of the testicles. The editor here would like to remind all male friends that they must wait for complete recovery after surgery before starting married life.