What is the cause of the pain in the testicles?

For male sexual function, the testicles are a very important factor. If there are certain problems with the testicles, it will lead to male impotence, which will affect the quality of male sex life. Testicular cramps and pain are common symptoms. These symptoms are often caused by male genital diseases such as orchitis, epididymitis, and spermatic cord inflammation. The following will introduce several diseases in detail!

Orchitis

Orchitis is usually caused by bacteria and viruses. The testicles themselves rarely have bacterial infections. Since the testicles have a rich supply of blood and lymph, they have a strong resistance to bacterial infections. Bacterial orchitis is mostly caused by inflammation of the adjacent epididymis, so it is also called epididymo-orchitis. Common pathogens are Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, etc. Viruses can directly invade the testicles, the most common of which is the mumps virus, which mainly invades the parotid glands of children. However, this virus also likes to invade the testicles, so viral orchitis often occurs shortly after the onset of mumps.

Epididymitis

Epididymitis is a common disease in young people. When the body's resistance is low, pathogenic bacteria such as E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus will enter the vas deferens and retrogradely invade the epididymis, causing inflammation. Therefore, this disease often leads to posterior urethritis, prostatitis, and seminal vesiculitis. Generally, patients with epididymitis will have nodules, which mostly occur in the head or tail of the epididymis, and most of them occur in the tail.

Varicitis

Varicitis is mainly an infection of the vas deferens or other tissues (including blood vessels, lymphatic vessels or connective tissues), usually secondary to prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, and especially epididymitis. Simple varicocele is rare and is mostly caused by the spread of infection in other parts of the reproductive system.

Most cases of spermatic corditis are acute, and the pathogens are often common bacteria or tuberculosis, and most of them are accompanied by diseases such as epididymitis. In addition, there are also pathogenic pathogens such as filarial worms and Treponema pallidum. Most of these pathogens invade the spermatic cord through the lymphatic vessels, causing inflammation of the spermatic cord tissue, and sometimes pathological changes such as abscess, necrosis, and granuloma can be formed.