Michelle Hinman's List: Varicocele- Reproductive system disease

• 15% of guys between 15-25 years old, and they mostly occur during puberty
• This is because a guy's body is organized so that blood flow on that side of the scrotum is greater, so varicoceles happen more often in the left testicle than the right.
• A varicocele is usually harmless and more than likely won't affect a guy's ability to father a child.

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• Varicoceles are abnormal enlargements (dilations) of the pampiniform plexus of veins within the scrotum.
• Left-sided varicocoele are more common than right-sided varicocoele
• causes
• Varicoceles are present in an estimated 15 percent of all men
• 40 percent of men undergoing evaluation for infertility are found to have a varicocoele and decrease sperm motility

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