What are Undescended Testicle in Childrens?

The testicles develop in the abdomen during fetal development. Testicles make and store sperm sex cells. Normally before birth, the testicles drop from inside the abdomen to the scrotum. The scrotum is the thin pouch of skin behind the penis which normally holds the testicles. Undescended testicles are when the testicles do not drop into the scrotum before birth or in the first few months of life.

Cryptorchidism is another term for undescended testicles.

Who is at risk of having undescended testicles?

Undescended testicles can affect any baby assigned male at birth (AMAB). Undescended testicles are more likely to occur in premature babies that haven't had a full nine months to develop before birth.

What are the symptoms of undescended testicles?

The main symptom of undescended testicles is that one or both testicles are not in the scrotum. Usually, there are no other symptoms. Undescended testicles do not cause pain or interfere with your baby's ability to urinate (pee).

What causes undescended testicles?

Their causes are not known, but medical researchers suspect that perhaps a deficiency of testosterone during fetal development could interfere with the way the testicles develop.

There's no indication that anything a pregnant person does during pregnancy will trigger undescended testicles in a baby.

How are undescended testicles diagnosed?

The undescended testicles can be diagnosed by the health provider through a physical examination soon after birth. In case the health provider is not able to feel the testicles, then they may be undescended.

The provider might refer you to a pediatric urologist. A pediatric urologist is the surgeon that specializes in treating conditions affecting the urinary and reproductive organs in children. He would likely perform a few imaging studies, possibly including a pelvic ultrasound to locate the testicles. Usually though, no ultrasound is needed.

How are undescended testicles corrected?

The gold-standard treatment of undescended testicles is an orchiopexy. Where, a surgeon does this in two places; in a little incision on his groin where he searches down inside for the undescended testicles, from your child's abdomen. Again, the surgeon also will have made another small cut inside his scrotum pocket. The testicle should stay there firmly through which it can hold tightly by this small pockets now available to them.

For some time if they discovered on diagnosing that these ones they located in the pockets have failed to work, then they will have all those removed.

What are complications of undescended testicles?

Babies with undescended testicles have a greater risk of:

• Testicular cancer: This is the most common form of cancer diagnosed in those individuals whose sex assigned at birth is male between 15 and 35.
• Testicular torsion: The spermatic cord becomes twisted, and blood supply is cut to a testicle. Extremely painful, the testicle can die unless treated within hours.
• Inguinal hernia: An inguinal hernia is one type of hernia. Something in an organ pops through muscle or tissue in your groin.
• Hypogonadism: Hypogonadism is when your testicles do not produce enough testosterone.

Can undescended testicles be prevented?

No known way exists to help prevent undescended testicles.

What will my child expect if she has undescended testicles?

This type of surgery for undescended testicles is 98% effective. Typically, testicles develop usually in the scrotum by adulthood and there are usually healthy sperm also.

For an undescended testicle, the patient is slightly more likely to suffer from cancer of the testicle. When he goes into adolescence, he can perform his monthly testicular exams himself and receive yearly check-ins with his primary care provider.

Call your child's healthcare provider. If your child has undescended testicles by the time he is six months old, talk to your child's healthcare provider. Call the provider immediately after treatment for undescended testicles if any of the following occur in your child: Heavy bleeding occurs at the surgical site. Signs of infection include redness, swelling, or tenderness of the surgical site, fever, chills, or feeling very tired. He has pain that is severe in the groin area.

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