Good symptoms of acute epididymitis

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Epididymitis is a common disease in young adults. Whenever the body's resistance is low, pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus will take the opportunity to enter the vas deferens and retrograde invade the epididymis, causing inflammation. Therefore, the disease is secondary to urethritis, prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis. Generally, patients with epididymitis will have induration. Induration mostly occurs in the head or tail of epididymis, mostly in the tail. After epididymis infection, nodules are often left in the tail or head.

Good symptoms of acute epididymitis

Sudden high fever, leukocytosis, scrotal distension, depression, lower abdomen and groin pain, aggravated when standing or walking. The epididymis on the affected side was swollen with obvious tenderness. When the scope of inflammation is large, the epididymis and testis are swollen, and the boundary between them is unclear, which is called epididymal orchitis. The spermatic cord on the affected side was thickened and tender. In general, the acute symptoms can gradually subside after one week.

Chronic epididymitis is more common, some patients become chronic because of the acute stage can not be completely cured, but most patients do not have a clear acute stage, inflammation is often secondary to chronic prostatitis or injury. The patient often feels scrotal dull pain, swelling and falling sensation, the pain often involves the lower abdomen and ipsilateral groin, and sometimes can be combined with secondary hydrocele. The epididymis is often enlarged and hardened in varying degrees. Mild tenderness and thickening of ipsilateral vas deferens.

Common in children, this is the difference with epididymitis, because epididymitis "like" young people are more common in children. In the early stage of torsion, there is a clear boundary between the testis and epididymis. In the later stage of torsion, the boundary may not be clear. If the testis is gently pushed up, there will be pain, indicating that it is spermatic cord torsion.

matters needing attention

General treatment of bed rest, the application of scrotal care can reduce symptoms, homemade scrotal care with a larger cotton pad will be more comfortable to use. Local hyperthermia can relieve symptoms and promote inflammation to subside. But early use of hyperthermia can aggravate the pain and promote the spread of infection, so it is appropriate to use ice bag local cold compress in the early stage. Sex and physical labor can aggravate the infection, so it should be avoided.