Patient's question:
Recently, I have had high fever, chills, and testicular pain radiating to the groin, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. I was diagnosed with acute orchitis, with symptoms including redness and swelling of the scrotum, enlarged testicles, hydrocele, significant tenderness, and sought treatment at the hospital. However, the result was that I was diagnosed with orchitis. What are the effective treatments for orchitis?Doctor's answer:
1. Acute orchitis of damp-heat accumulation type: Symptoms include feverishness with aversion to cold, swelling and pain of the testicles, hard texture, dark and (: difficult to pass) urine, dry stools, red tongue with greasy yellow coating, and wiry, slippery, rapid pulse. Treatment is based on clearing damp-heat and expelling toxicity to resolve abscesses.2. Acute orchitis of qi stagnation and blood stasis type: Symptoms include gradual swelling of the testicles, hardness upon palpation, mild pain, dark tongue with petechiae on the edges, thin white coating, and wiry, slippery pulse. Treatment is based on promoting qi circulation and blood flow to resolve stagnation and dissipate nodules.