Ignoring Epididymitis Treatment is Almost Equivalent to Losing Your Fertility

Epididymitis is a common male disease. When the body resistance is low, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and other pathogens will enter the vas deferens, retrograde invasion epididymis, causing inflammation. Therefore, the disease is secondary to urethritis, prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis. Generally, patients with epididymitis will have induration, which mainly occurs in the epididymis' head or tail, and most of them happen in the tail. When there is epididymitis, men must pay attention to it because it is likely to affect male fertility. Epididymitis is a common disease of the male reproductive tract. The treatment of epididymitis can be divided into general treatment and drug treatment. General treatment is that patients need to rest in bed, raise scrotum, help blood return, and reduce pain symptoms. Besides, you can also use a local cold compress to relieve symptoms. Drug treatment is mainly the application of broad-spectrum antibiotics to play an anti-inflammatory role. Patients can get a cure after a standardized treatment. If the antibiotic treatment is invalid, acute into chronic epididymitis, people can take herbal medicine for treatment, and the effect will be more evident than antibiotics, such as Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill. It can treat epididymitis and other male reproductive system diseases, such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, etc. What are the causes of epididymitis? 1. Retrograde infection It is caused by the urinary tract's mechanical operations, such as prostatectomy, especially in the urethra. There may be bacteria in the urine after the operation, which will travel back and forth in the ejaculatory duct during micturition, causing retrograde infection and eventually leading to epididymitis. 2. Epididymitis caused by urine reflux When the occurrence of sterile urine reflux into the ejaculatory duct, there is also a possibility that it will lead to chemical epididymitis. 3. Other diseases Epididymitis is often secondary to prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, and other urinary tract infections, so men must pay attention. What are the harms of epididymitis? 1. Cause various diseases: such as varicocele, prostatitis, endocrine disorders, nephritis, other kidney diseases, urinary tract infection diseases, malignant tumors, etc. 2. Lead to sexual dysfunction: long-term inflammation will damage the male sexual function and a downward trend. In severe cases, it will even completely lose sexual function. 3. Affect fertility: epididymitis needs attention and treatment. Otherwise, it will affect fertility. Because the stimulation of long-term inflammation will make men have no sperm phenomenon or symptoms of sperm death. And sometimes, the bacteria will be transmitted to female friends, causing women's gynecological diseases. 4. Complicated with other reproductive system diseases such as seminal vesiculitis and chronic prostatitis: it mainly manifested as frequent micturition, the urgency of micturition, urethral burning pain, white turbidity at the end of urine, discomfort or astringent pain in the perineum, lower abdomen, testis, and urethra. Long-term epididymitis can also cause seminal vesicle inflammation, make patients have urgency and pain in urination, and even make seminal vesicle damaged and bloody sperm appear. 5. Cause backache: epididymitis can not be cured for a long time, resulting in loss of essence and kidney, loss of vitality, cold limbs, backache, and premature aging. How to do self-care and prevention? 1. Reduce sex before people get a cure to relieve epididymal congestion and edema and lead to more severe conditions. 2. People should be on good bed rest in the acute period and drink appropriate water. They can use a cloth belt to hold up the scrotum to reduce the feeling of falling and swelling. 3. Improve the diet structure and prevent the intake of high cholesterol food. Men with epididymitis should also avoid drinking and eating spicy food. 4. Ensure a good mood and prohibit overwork. People with epididymitis should ensure the regularity of life. Avoid long-term sedentary and frequent sexual life. Keep the private area dry and clean, choose comfortable and breathable underwear as far as possible, and stay away from tights and jeans.