Where to go to check for testicular cancer
Dr. Oz Teaches 300 Men How to Check for Testicular Cancer | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN
since you asked here's some gloves for
you these should fit take those on now
first little show-and-tell here what are
these called where did the name come
from no no no no no
yeah they grow on a tree right and guess
what they grow like this one lower than
the other and they're always two of them
in pairs
it's the Aztec word for testicle cuz
that's actually what the testicles look
like now yeah that in mind let me ask
you a quick question how many of you
have penises that bend to the left well
that's that question Oprah yeah how many
of you bend to the right
how many of you don't know you gotta go
left or right you're not going down the
middle so let's do one more time I'm
gonna go to the left areare I'm gonna go
to the right okay look the reason your
penis bends won't wear the other is
because usually one testicle is lower on
the side opposite that so when it's up
happening is the penis if mine are like
this mine goes to the left okay the
penis bands to where the testicle is
lower so actually has room to bed and
that's a very natural thing to happen
people panic over that all the time
but there's no need to but I brought you
something even better that is attached
to go your secures yeah squeeze that oh
not too hard he busted the boss
I busted the balls
we got two of them right once they're in
the other now here's how you do it your
your testicles have this this sort of
thick shield on top of them at age 15
you guys are start examining it your
testicles the best way to do it is sit
in a warm bath because it relaxes
everything get it get them on your
fingers and just sort of feel both they
should be the same so I'll do it
yourself come on do that yeah I want to
bust this one on the top of the testicle
is is a collection sack for sperm it
takes about 70 days for sperm to mature
so the sperm goes from testicle into
this collection sack just above it and
from there they're stored until they go
through this tube which is called the
vas deferens you know why they call it
that I have no idea cuz if they cut it
that makes a vast difference now you had
a question before go ahead and ask it if
you get a vasectomy can you reverse the
procedure alright so that's a good place
talk about how this vas deferens works
when they do a vasectomy they go in
through the scrotum they actually take
this bend it and clip it and cut it like
that so what ends up happening is the
sperm backs up into the testicle you
still have ejaculation because the fluid
around the ejaculation is not coming
from your sperm it's actually sent from
the prostate other glands around that
area but when you reattach yourself the
surgeon has to go in there with very
small sutures and reconnect it's very
fragile too and sometimes you've made
antibodies against your own sperm
because they were backed up in testicles
so the big side effect of a vasectomy is
wanting to reverse it because it's not a
uniformly successful procedure fair
enough alright so the testicles are easy
to examine and make a lot of sense when
you do exam then what are you feeling
for you feeling for nodules you're
feeling for enlargement of the testicle
you're looking for sort of a full
feeling down there sometimes you get
fluid and what a lot of folks don't
think about which is important is you
actually get sensitivity of the breasts
because testicular cancers are often
endocrine cancer they they send out
chemicals that can change the way you
look pay attention to those subtleties
and you can save your someone else's
life
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