Patient's question:
Please ask the expert for a good method on how to treat orchitis. I am waiting for the answer online, thank you. How to treat orchitisDoctor's answer:
Disease Analysis: Acute orchitis is often caused by hematogenous infection or lymphatic pathway infection and can be associated with various acute infectious diseases. For example, during mumps, the virus can be excreted in urine, leading to acute orchitis.Treatment Suggestions:
1. General treatment: Bed rest, local heat application, and scrotal elevation.
2. Antibiotics are ineffective against viral orchitis and require traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment based on syndrome differentiation.
- Oral ofloxacin, 0.2g per dose, three times daily;
- Or trimethoprim, 0.2g per dose, twice daily, for 5–7 days.
- Intravenous penicillin, 6.4 million U per day, administered twice daily, for 3–5 days.
- For penicillin allergy, levofloxacin injection can be used intravenously: 200mg per dose, once every 12 hours, for a course of 3–5 days.
- Alternatively, gentamicin can be administered intramuscularly: 80,000U per dose, twice daily, for a course of 3–5 days.
Wishing you a speedy recovery!