Knowing Epididymitis as Well as yourself

Epididymitis is a disease on the epididymis. It caused by bacteria or inflammation on this part. The symptoms of swollen and inflamed which result to scrotum pain and other cases can be misdiagnosed with the testicular torsion. Although it can be affected for many people, it is prone to those people who have problems in urinary tract and other sexually transmitted disease.

At the beginning, patients with epidiymitis can experience flank or abnormal pain in the vas deferens. With the movement of the inflammation and bacterial infection, patients can experience discomfort confined to a small area of the scrotum. There also will be symptoms associated with urethritis. Generally, the symptoms of epididymitis often develops pain in the testicle at the back portion, fever, chills, pain in groin, swollen and tenderness, enlargement of scrotal and so on.

Epididymitis symptom may also occur on testicle pains, swollen orchitis which can be caused by after- removal of scrotal cyst or vasectomy and sport injury that includes lower abdominal pain. In some cases, symptoms may show up swollen lymph nodes and enlargement of prostate and if needed, doctor recommends urethral smear and a urologic assessment must be completed. And this could only be confirmed by some testicle examinations and laboratories which are conducted through ultrasound or torsion tests. This may also include blood and urine test.

You can prevent this disease by following those tips:

1.       Use condom to prevent or avoid sexually transmitted disease. Sexually transmitted disease is the root of Epididymitis. Condom can stop the contact of body fluid and stop the transition of bacteria such as Mycoplasma and Chlamydia.

2.      You would better to eat more fruits and laxative foods. Fruits can enhance the body resistance of disease and the laxative foods can flush the bacteria in urinary track away to reduce the infection.

3.       Follow the doctor's prescription strictly. You can take Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill and antibiotics to treat this disease. But both of them are drugs, so you cannot take them without doctors’ suggestions. Although antibiotics can cure it within a short course, it has a huge side effect. A long term usage of it can reduce bacteria’s sensitive of drug. Although Diuretic andAnti-inflammatory Pill has no side effects and can be taken for a long time, it still is drug. You cannot take them when you are health. So you would better to take them carefully and follow doctors’ prescription strictly.