Orchiectomy

Orchiectomy can be performed under local anesthesia, and the masculin in serum can be reduced to castrated concentration within three to eight hours after surgery. It is the most traditional, rapid and effective treatment. The eunuchs in the ancient imperial palaces lost their sexual ability in adulthood because they had castrated their testicles before puberty. It is no longer possible to castrate the testicles in juveniles. However, when you have testicular tumors, severe orchitis, or testicular tuberculosis, you need to remove the testicles. When you have prostatic hyperplasia or prostate cancer, in order to reduce androgen levels and control the disease, you also need to remove the testicles. After these testicles are removed, can they still have sex? If one side of the testicles is removed, the testosterone secretion is obviously reduced by half, and the testosterone levels in the blood are reduced. However, the other testicles are still alive and their functions remain . Moreover, after a long time, the secretion of testosterone on this side will increase somewhat. Therefore, the removal of unilateral testicles, most people can still erect penis, still maintain intact sexual function, can still have children. If both testicles are removed, the source of testosterone in the body will be cut off, and the level of testosterone in the blood will suddenly decrease or even disappear. At this time, the small amount of androgen secreted by the adrenal cortex cannot be compared with the testosterone secreted by the testicles in terms of quality or quantity. Therefore, the ability to have sex is lost. However, with the improvement of medical standards, if vasoactive drugs such as papaverine, phentolamine, and prostaglandin E1 can be injected into the penile sponge, or a penile prosthesis is built into the penile sponge to support the penis through surgery.

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