Drooping, low-slung testicles are considered sexy by some erotic aficionados, while others prefer the aesthetics of a puffy, engorged pair of sacs. Although big balls sometimes suggest churning testosterone, if the pouch is too prodigious, it might spell a case of the horrifying tropical disease, elephantiasis. The pachyderm-titled ailment can swell scrotums to stupendous, ungainly dimensions. Male sex glands stricken with elephantiasis may look like they're pumped up with gallons of proliferating semen but the truth is far less glamorous. Parasitic filiarial worms infest the lymph system, which fills the afflicted cavities with watery fluid.
Experts say there's hope.
International pharmaceutical companies like Smithkline Beecham have joined with WHO to eradicate this scrotal scourge by the year 2020. The drugs abendazole, diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin effectively destroy the perfidious parasite. So men, if you return from tropical zones with your testicles rapidly expanding, don't brag about your growing manliness, just rush to the nearest clinic. Slightly larger sacs might appeal to your lover, but waddling bowlegged with Great Pumpkin gonads is not only grotesque but painfully unsexy. Elephantiasis sufferers generally lose their sexual capacity because the once-penetrating penis is eventually engulfed by the swollen tissue.