Check Yo Self 💙 It's Testicular Cancer Awareness Month! You know what that means... Feel Those Nuts, and Get a Check-up! Also, visit a great website like Feelyournuts.org for more information! ⬇️ An individual's lifetime risk of developing testicular cancer is approximately 1 in 250, accounts for 1% of all the cancers in men, and the most common in ages 15 - 34. It also has the highest cure rates among all cancers (>90%). However like all cancers, it can recur. • • -Feel your Nuts- • The two most common types of testicular cancers are *seminomas; slow growing cancer, and *non-seminomas; fast growing cancer. Prominent symptoms include pain, swelling, and lumps in testicles/groin areas. • • -Check Yo Self- • Risk factors include undescended testis (cryptorchidism), family history, mumps and inguinal hernia. Surgical removal of a testicle will not affect fertility. *Chemotherapy, on the other hand, can harm sperm count & quality. Sperm banking may become an option to consider. • Don't wait for April, self-exam monthly! ~ (factual information adapted from the American Cancer Society’s publication, Cancer Facts & Figures: 2017) ~ #checkyoself #sexpertcoach #savethetesties #testicularcancerawareness #testicularcancer #fuckcancer #publichealth #healtheducation #healthandwellness #sexualhealth #sexualwellness #selfexam #selfexamination #checkyourself #menshealth #menswellness #sexcoach #lovecoach #sexcoaching #bodyawareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbBIAgvgmd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
