Patient's question:
I am a university teacher, 25 years old, married. I got mumps in June last year, and the doctor said it might cause orchitis. I didn't pay much attention to it. Recently, while taking a shower, I suddenly noticed that my left testicle had shrunk. I looked up some information and found out if orchitis is serious and what are the causes of orchitis. Is orchitis a serious illness?Doctor's answer:
Common orchitis includes non-specific and mumps orchitis. Any purulent sepsis can lead to acute purulent orchitis of the second-order neurons, and even result in testicular abscess. The causative pathogens are mostly Escherichia coli, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In fact, the most common cause of purulent orchitis is actually the spread of infection from epididymitis, so it should be referred to as epididymo-orchitis. Patients often experience testicular pain that radiates to the groin, a noticeable sensation of heaviness, accompanied by high fever, nausea, vomiting, and leukopenia.