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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Male Anatomy -part 1

I actually wrote a post about this last time I was here, but for the new comers, I'll explain it again. 

When a baby boy is born, the testicles descend into the scrotum and the little orifice which allowed them to pass down from the abdomen closes naturally. Most of the time. 

However, sometimes the hole remains open and allows fluid to trickle down and accumulate in the scrotum. This is called a Hydrocele, for those of you who want to read up. In the western world, mom realizes something weird is going on and takes the baby to the doctor. The liquid is drained, the hole is closed, and the problem is over. 

In Tchad, they don't come in until they can't walk anymore, and that usually takes years. So we get a lot of grown, sometimes elderly men, with giant scrotums full of fluid. In other words, giant balls. 

We drain it, sew it up and they can go home. With normal sized parts...

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