How to distinguish acute and chronic epididymitis? The occurrence of epididymitis is related to these four factors

Testitis is a common disease in male genital areas, which is caused by the spread of infection in nearby organs. In addition, the disease often occurs in young adults. Acute testitis is characterized by sudden pain in the scrotum, rapid swelling of the testis, obvious contact, and fever and other symptoms. If the treatment is not complete in the acute stage, it will turn into chronic epididymitis, which can be seen as epididymis induration, and can be accompanied by scrotal sagging, swelling pain, and abdominal cramping. Testitis and epididymitis are caused by epidemic mumps, typhoid fever, influenza, urethritis, prostatitis and other infections, and are divided into acute and chronic types.

There are differences between acute and chronic testitis

1. Symptoms of acute testitis: sudden increase of high fever white blood cells, swelling and settlement of the lateral scrotum, pain in the lower abdomen and groin, and deterioration when standing or walking. The affected epididymis is swollen with obvious tenderness. When the scope of inflammation is large, both the epididymis and the testis are swollen, and the boundary between the two is unclear, which is called epididymis orchitis. The spermatic cord of the affected side is thickened and there is tenderness. Generally speaking, the acute symptoms gradually disappear after one week.

2. Symptoms of chronic testitis: Chronic testitis is common. Some patients become chronic due to incomplete cure in the acute phase, but many patients have no clear acute phase. Inflammation often occurs in chronic prostatitis and injury. Patients often feel pain and swelling of the lateral scrotum. The pain is related to the lower abdomen and the ipsilateral groin, and sometimes can be combined with secondary hydrocele. Testicles are often enlarged and hardened to some extent during examination. There is slight tenderness, and the vas deferens on the same side can be thickened.

Experts noted that the traditional treatment of orchitis is mainly antibiotics, painkillers and surgical drainage. These methods can only relieve temporary pain. The treatment standard does not cure the root cause, and the effect is not lasting. If taken for a long time, the pathogenic bacteria are resistant to drugs, and the side effects are also large. Therefore, patients should never buy drugs for treatment. In order not to cause complications, we must go to a regular specialized hospital.

Introduction to the pathogenesis of testitis

Testitis is closely related to urethritis and prostatitis, and they affect each other. That is to say, urethritis, prostatitis and seminal vesicle inflammation are the causes of testitis. The main infection factors of orchitis are as follows:

1. Retrograde infection: Inflammation caused by pathogenic bacteria that reverse to the testis along the vas deferens. About 60% of orchitis is caused by retrograde infection, more than half of which is caused by retrograde infection.