How is acute epididymitis caused?

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Acute epididymitis is a non-specific infection of the epididymis, which is the most common infectious disease in scrotum. Most of them are caused by the retrograde infection of posterior urethritis, prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis along the vas deferens, and the bloodstream infection is rare. How is acute epididymitis caused? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

How is acute epididymitis caused?

Acute epididymitis is often caused by hematogenous infection or lymphatic infection, which can be associated with a variety of acute infectious diseases. If suffering from mumps, the virus can be excreted with urine and cause acute epididymitis. There are two common types of acute epididymitis: nonspecific epididymitis and parotitis. Any purulent sepsis can be complicated with acute purulent epididymitis, and even cause testicular abscess.

The pathogenic bacteria of acute epididymitis were Escherichia coli, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In fact, the most common cause of suppurative acute epididymitis is the infection caused by the spread of epididymitis. Therefore, in fact, it should be epididymitis. Patients often have testicular pain, and radiation to the groin, with obvious falling feeling, accompanied by high fever, nausea, vomiting, high white blood cell count, while testicular swelling, tenderness is very obvious, scrotal skin is red and swollen. If you find this situation, you need to go to the hospital in time.

Mumps epididymitis is caused by virus infection. Because of the planned immunization in China, the incidence rate of measles, rubella and mumps in childhood has been reduced significantly in recent years. The disease is rare before puberty. Orchitis often occurs 4-6 days after the appearance of mumps, but there may be no symptoms of mumps. About 70% of the testes were unilateral, and 50% of the testes were atrophied.

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Attention should be paid to genital hygiene. Young men should avoid excessive masturbation and frequent sexual life. Due to sexual excitement, urethral dilatation and congestion are easy to induce epididymitis due to retrograde infection.