Patient's question:
In the past two weeks, I noticed some pain in my testicles, which has worsened this week. I went to the clinic and received intravenous drips for three days. The doctor recommended that I come to a major hospital for a check-up. Besides the testicular pain and impotence, there are no other obvious symptoms of illness.Doctor's answer:
Hello, if you have orchitis and actively treat it, you can fully recover. In this case, it has almost no impact on fertility. However, if you do not actively treat it, it may cause significant harm to male fertility, and it may even lead to male infertility. Orchitis often triggers more severe conditions, such as varicocele, which can also lead to epididymitis, and sometimes it can cause prostatitis. These conditions triggered by orchitis can reduce male fertility. Since orchitis is caused by bacterial and viral infections, it can severely affect the quality of some sperm in men. Therefore, male orchitis can often impact fertility.