Patient's question:
Last night while taking a shower, I touched my testicles and felt some pain. I woke up earlier and seemed to have a fever, which got worse in the afternoon. I went to the hospital for a check-up and was told I have orchitis. I'm really very worried. Could you please tell me: How can orchitis be treated better?Doctor's answer:
There are three ways to cause orchitis: hematogenous transmission, lymphatic transmission, and direct spread through the vas deferens. The most common types are nonspecific orchitis and mumps orchitis. If orchitis recurs, it is essential to seek timely examination and treatment from a professional and reputable urological hospital. Swollen testicles with a bluish appearance, interstitial edema, vas expansion, and seminiferous tubule degeneration can affect the epididymis. When inflammation scars, it can lead to seminiferous tubule dilation, testicular atrophy, soft texture, loss of testicular function, and infertility. In addition to syphilis infection causing orchitis, a mass-like presentation can also be referred to as a syphilitic tumor.