Love Island star Chris Hughes has received praise for having a testicular examination live on ITV’s This Morning.
The 25-year-old was examined by Dr Chris Steele, to raise awareness about testicular cancer.
The reality star showed off a scar on his own testicle, as he told hosts Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes about his own health scare.
He said: “I was around 14 and I noticed like a build up of veins and eventually got it looked at [six years later, aged 20] and they referred me to hospitals… I ended up having three operations on my left testicle, and that was more down to safety with infertility, because the veins take oxygen.”
“My sperm count was quite low, I have had a hydrocele. I have had four operations on them.”
“It surrounded my left side and I had keyhole [surgery] in my hip region but that didn’t work and I have a big scar across my pubic region where they’ve cut in and coiled the veins off in that area to hopefully settle them down slightly.”
Chris also revealed that he’s had his sperm frozen, as he explained, “My two brothers are completely infertile…”
He continued, “Although one brother does have a child now, it was a miracle child. But my other brother, Will, does not have a sperm in his body. My count was quite low but I did get some frozen.”
Chris encouraged young men out there to never be embarassed about getting checked, and reassured viewers that doctors have literally “seen everything”.
Following his appearance on This Morning, many took to Twitter to praise Chris for his bravery.
SO much respect for @chrishughes_22 for taking part in the live testicular examination on @thismorning ???????? that takes a lot of guts but could genuinely save lives, what a guy!????
— Ellie Pool (@lifewithgfellie) November 28, 2018
This is so important, I’ve had a scare and it was the worst feeling in the world!
So much respect for @chrishughes_22 telling his story and doing a live examination on @thismorning #Movember2018 pic.twitter.com/1QTuwUZexT
— Connor???? (@conrowlands_) November 28, 2018
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