Post Date April, 15 2023
Epididymitis is a common disease of young adults. When the body's resistance is low, pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus will enter the vas deferens and retrograde invade the epididymis, causing inflammation. Therefore, the disease is often secondary to urethritis, prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis. Generally, patients with testitis have induration, which mostly occurs in the head and tail of the testis, and mostly in the tail.
There are also two types of testitis
1. Acute testitis
Sudden fever, increased white blood cell count, swelling and falling sensation of the affected scrotum, involvement pain in the lower abdomen and groin, and deterioration when standing or walking. The affected testicle is swollen with obvious tenderness. When the scope of inflammation is large, the testicles and testicles swell, and the contact between the two is unclear, which is called orchitis. The spermatic cord on the affected side becomes thicker and there is tenderness. Generally speaking, the acute symptoms gradually disappear after one week.
2. 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 usually occurs in chronic prostatitis or injury. Patients often feel pain and swelling of the lateral scrotum. The pain is related to the lower abdomen and the ipsilateral groin. Sometimes it can be combined with secondary hydrocele. The epididymis often enlarged and hardened to different degrees during examination. There is slight tenderness, and the vas deferens on the same side can be thickened.
Does epididymitis affect sexual life
At the beginning, sex should not be too frequent. Orchitis is particularly easy to recur, and it is difficult to completely eliminate the bacteria in the delicate and circuitous affected part of the duct. If you have sex too often, the bacteria will regenerate and reoccur, but don't worry about recurrence. Long-term sexual life, sperm deposition in the affected part, and the affected part is full of blood, which also causes congestion. In short, after illness, whether acute or chronic, we should thoroughly treat this disease and have sex moderately. This is good for preventing repeated attacks.
Although chronic epididymitis has little effect on the sexual function of male patients, it will harden due to long-term inflammatory stimulation. When sexual intercourse reaches the climax of ejaculation, the affected area and vas deferens will contract, causing pain. Sometimes the pain will continue for a period of time after sexual intercourse, thus affecting the quality of sexual life.
How should epididymitis be checked out?
1. Symptom examination of epididymitis
