The reason that a doctor performs this examination is to check for a Varicocele. A Varicocele is a swollen varicose vein that may be in the scrotum and is usually on the left side. The physician checks for a hernia, which is when a portion of the intestine decends into the pubic area, and possibly into the testes. When you cough, your abdomen expands/contracts, therefore moving the intestine if it has descended. The doctor can feel this, and determine whether or not you have a hernia. This question has been answered by a healthcare professional, not an M.D.
The doctor checks the testicles and the area around them to make sure everything is healthy and that a you don't have any problems, like a hernia.
When going for physical to join the armed services. You all line up in your underwear and go behind a screen one at a time, lie on the doctors bed for him to feel your testicles and get you to cough.
Throw them over your shoulder and run to the doctors
You actually feel them in your Scrotum.
Empty testicles.
Testicles 'drop', at the latest, a few weeks after being born. If you cannot feel testicles in your scrotum, you should consult your doctor immediately.
Testicles are supposed to feel colder than the rest of the body. That's why they sit outside in their own sacs.
so you won't cough in the doctors' face...
Normally, the testicles drop by age 1. If you cannot feel any testicles, please see a doctor, soon. There can be serious complications if you wait.
Most doctors are against euthanasia.
Yes. He will not be able to have children and will have to have sex hormone treatments as he matures. If you can, see an endocrinologist. Your doctors may also suggest artificial testicles as he matures so he will not seem out of place by others.
When you can feel that both testicles have descended at about 5 to 6 weeks of age.
It's normal, just as when your testicles haven't drop yet.