If your hands have ever wandered down there to play with your testicles, you may notice a size difference. However, there is no need to panic. This is very normal. For many men, the right testis hangs lower than the left in the scrotum. You need to know what healthy testes should feel and…
If this question comes off as odd to you, then it’s because you’ve started to wonder if men even have breasts. We call them breasts, but do they even qualify for that tag? We say they do because they have nipples too. That’s on a lighter note. You should know that a modest…
On men’s health today, we’d be learning about Prostatitis. The Prostate is a walnut-shaped organ in the male which produces the seminal fluid that bathes the sperm and makes it semen. It is prone to developing health conditions as men age, but the more common conditions such as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate…
Last time, we discussed blue balls. Let’s go for red today. The epididymis is the coiled tube behind the testicles where produced spermatozoa are stored. The testes produce the sperm but stored as described above. This tube could get inflamed due to instigating factors and (known as Epididymitis,) or affects the testicles as in Epididymo-orchitis.…
The term ‘blue balls’ is one many of us should be acquainted with. Many say you develop blue balls because you’re not ejaculating enough and your testes are ‘overflowing’ with sperm. This statement is mostly not true. The testes cannot overflow with sperm because sperm is not stored in the testes! So, what do blue…
Most likely, the first thing that comes to mind is how? The penis has no bone, so how does it get fractured? On a lighter note, it doesn’t matter that an erection is playfully referred to as a boner. It really has no bone. Read on to learn about the rare phenomenon, penile fracture. What…
There’s actually a thing where a man has symptoms akin to pregnancy. Yes, you read that right. It’s known as Couvade syndrome and was discovered in 1865. But don’t fret, it doesn’t mean the man is pregnant, as that’s one ‘never’ in medicine that’s yet to be countered. Couvade syndrome is also known as sympathetic…
Akanmu is a 15 year old SS3 student who was working with his father on the farm one hot afternoon as he was on a short break from school. He felt a sudden sharp pain around his groin which made him let out a short scream, which didn’t get beyond the notice of his father,…
Normally, the event of ejaculation in men takes place simultaneously as he orgasms. In fact, an ejaculation is our only vivid sign of orgasm in men. Many would be surprised to learn that an orgasm can happen with no form of ejaculation whatsoever. This is referred to as a dry orgasm. Now, is a dry…
As a man, feeling any pain down there can elicit emotions anywhere from mildly unsettling to downright scary. These emotions are usually in the right place as any form of pain at all should be a cause for concern, especially when it disturbs one’s erection or urination. Some may even come along with other tell…