Talk:Testicular self-examination

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Build up of fluid

build up of fluid? same as build up of sperm?

Build up of fluid is an hydrocele than can be due a tumor among other causes. A sperm cyst is an spermatocele. Spermatocele appears in the epididymis, while and hydrocele forms arround the testicle inside the tunica vaginalis surrounding the testicle, and since it is filled with liquid has a soft touch.

What about small white lumps the size of sesame seeds inside the testicle?

Merging

I don't think this deserves its own article. Maybe this should be merged into the general article for Testicles. I feel very awkward.

Why do you think it should be merged? What makes you feel awkward? This health topic, while a bit sensitive, is clearly important by itself in my opininion. Maximilianklein (talk) 22:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Looser after a shower?

Seriously? I guarantee a woman wrote that. The ol' sack is loosest after sleeping in a warm bed. During/after shower it tightens up so hard it's difficult to clean, let alone palpate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 23:20, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Your supposed to examine yourself during a shower - when the muscles around your scrotum loosen to release heat caused by the warm environment. They should tense up when your cold.--JustinReno (talk) 21:58, 29 October 2009 (UTC)Justin Reno

I heard a doctor confirm this fact that it's best to test after showers, I'll try and find a source. Maximilianklein (talk) 22:08, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Only have one!

I only have one testicle after having lost one due to it ascending into my body as a child. I cannot for the life of me find any information on how to check for testicular cancer when you only have one testicle, so, whilst I do test, I don't think I ever do it properly. Shouldn't there be a section on here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.19.51 (talk) 19:04, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Correlative Media?

I know that adding any images which depict nudity or genitalia is controversial, but it seems disproportionate and unfairly biased to have two instructional images on the article for breast self-exams for women, and none on this equivalent article for men. (The bias is even more pervasive on Wikimedia Commons, where there are currently 28 good images of breast self-exams, and only 1 for testicular self-exams which I myself recently posted.)

I am not advocating the use of my own video or still shots captured from it to augment this article, but it only seems fair and balanced to provide instructive informational graphic images for this TSE article if similar images are already provided for its BSE companion. This is a procedure that many men don't know about or don't know how to perform correctly, and every piece of additional information we can provide here will help save lives.

Calscot84 (talk)

Med School Edits

Article chosen Testicular self-examination

Why this one? Include WP rating scale? How fit with your interests. We were assigned this article. The WP rating is high priority, and the quality is start. A high rating is only assigned to about 10% of articles on Wikipedia. This signifies that the article fits under the category of common highly medically relevant topics. This topic fits with our interests because we would like to ensure that future patients are able to receive accurate information to help discover potential testicular cancers before it progresses to a higher stage.

You WP editing team (up to 3) JM, IB, NT

Initial Analysis of the article On initial read, the article does not use inclusive language, such as “men” rather than individuals who have testes. The article is also brief, highly repetitive and uses vague language.

Overall organization, what changes The overall organization is okay; we agree the following categories should remain: background, uses, technique, findings, and limitations. However, the society and culture category seems out of context and should likely be removed.

What will you add? We would like to add a table showing a summary of current national and global recommendations around TSE.

What will you remove? We will remove the “Society & Culture” section given that the information in this section is irrelevant to the medical context of the article. Particularly, the framing of the testicular exam as a form of sexual play seems inappropriate and misguiding and is not substantiated with any evidence.

What will you augment? We will augment the medical relevance of a testicular exam as well as the recommended techniques that should be used to perform this examination.

What will you decrease coverage of? The article sexualizes the testicular exam and includes references to pop culture, neither which are relevant information or necessary to include.

Roles in the project. List members and planned roles. NT: Background, limitations

JM: Technique, findings

IB: Uses, Add section called professional guidelines

Everyone: Lead section and overall revisions

Team coordination plan: Each week, we will touch base with one another to see how our portion of the project is going. If our team members have questions or need help, we will address it then. We will also be sure to have effective communication by creating a group chat. To edit this in a collaborative manner, we will have a google doc to place our preliminary ideas and then directly edit the article page when we work on this together.

WIP presenter JM — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inder.bal (talk • contribs)

Peer Review: It might clarify things if you could provide a link to USPSTF category D distinction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremyccwang (talk • contribs)

Peer Review: TSE Your intro paragraph is clear and easy to understand. However, I would make one minor change. In the sentence "Testicular cancer typically presents with a painless testicular swelling or lump or any change....". I would change the positioning of the article "a" to read as "Testicular cancer typically presents with painless testicular swelling or a lump or any change.."

A minor change but for clarity, I would change the sentence "Recommendations vary with some physicians recommending the use of monthly TSE for men ages 15 to 55" to read as "Recommendations vary with some physicians recommending monthly TSEs for men ages 15 to 55"

A minor change but for clarity, I would change the sentence "The benefit of TSE is uncertain due to there being no randomized control trial studying the use of TSE" to "The benefit of TSE is uncertain due to the lack of randomized control trials focused on studying its use."

Overall great article!

Mmehari (talk) 05:43, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Foundations 1 CIC 2021: MS2 Wikipedia Peer-Review

The articles is easy to read and full of useful information. I think one way to improve the language of the article to make it more inclusive would be to replace the word "man" with something like "person with testicles". Also, I think it might be useful to mention that there are conflicting data on the usefulness of the TSE in the introduction - to ensure that that information is present for someone who decides to only read the intro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ucsfmedstudent97 (talk • contribs)

Regarding such language changes, the Wikipedia community's consensus is against that per this discussion. To say something different from what a source says is WP:Original research and is not allowed. Other reasons were given at that discussion. Such terminology has a high likelihood to offend more than the alternative - many people do not like being reduced to their genitalia, as they see it. All terms have exceptions, and people know that. Wikipedia is not for advocacy of any kind, including attempts at language-reform. Crossroads ^-talk- 03:23, 21 September 2021 (UTC)