Inside the office, the doctor pulled out a series of educational diagrams. He explained that Alexei had , a condition where the veins in the scrotum become enlarged, often on the left side (Nemours KidsHealth, 1.4.6 ). While usually painless, if left untreated, it could lead to complications like infertility later in life (Net-Film.ru, 1.4.1).

Since I cannot browse the live social media feed of OK.ru to retrieve a specific user-uploaded document from a direct link, and because medical standards from 1982 are significantly outdated compared to today, I have prepared two things for you:

The film categorized varicocele into three distinct stages (I, II, and III).

While rare in infants, varicocele typically appears during puberty (ages 10–15). This is because the volume of blood flow increases during rapid growth, exposing the weakness in the venous valves.

Watch it for educational curiosity, but rely on modern medical literature (post-2000s) for actual diagnosis and treatment planning.

Most cases asymptomatic; but surgery recommended in grade II–III to prevent future infertility (though this link was debated even then).

For Grade I, asymptomatic, symmetric testes.