What to do if you have orchitis caused by mumps

Everyone should have heard of these people. It is a common infectious disease. Because the current medical level is constantly improving, it is not difficult to treat. If mumps occurs in women, there will be no trouble. But if it occurs in men, then you must pay attention. Mumps can cause orchitis. If it is serious, it can easily lead to male infertility. In this case, what should be done about orchitis caused by mumps? Let's introduce it in detail below.

Mumps is a respiratory infectious disease caused by the mumps virus. Children and adolescents are the most susceptible to infection, especially patients aged 5 to 15. Experts point out that the course of mumps is 7-12 days, and patients are best isolated for 3 weeks. If patients stop taking medication without being completely treated, it will cause a variety of complications. If a person develops mumps after puberty, the virus will also parasitize and reproduce in the male testicles, causing mumps orchitis, which may cause male infertility. 15% to 25% of male mumps patients develop orchitis, with about 2/3 of them being unilaterally affected and 1/3 being bilaterally affected.

The harm of mumps to men actually comes mainly from its complication - mumps orchitis. Although mumps orchitis is not common, clinical investigations have found that this type of orchitis has a great impact on male fertility.

Mumps is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the mumps virus, which is mainly transmitted through the patient's saliva and nasopharyngeal secretions in the air and dust. The mumps virus is highly contagious. Once the human body is infected with this virus, it will not only cause mumps, but also invade other glands, such as the submandibular gland and pancreas, and may be complicated by encephalitis.

It should be noted that if a person contracts mumps after puberty, the virus will also parasitize and reproduce in the male testicles, causing mumps orchitis, which may cause male infertility.

Mumps orchitis is mainly manifested by testicular swelling, pain, redness, and fever, which occurs after mumps. According to statistics, about 30% of patients with orchitis caused by mumps have irreversible damage to their sperm, and the affected testicles are highly atrophied. If bilateral infection occurs, the testicles may atrophy, causing sperm production disorders and infertility, but androgen function is generally normal.

The above is an introduction to what to do if mumps causes orchitis. If you get mumps in childhood, the impact on the testicles is not very large, because the testicles are not fully developed in young children. Even if mumps occurs, it will not be complicated by trichodermitis. Therefore, it will not have a certain impact on fertility in adulthood. If mumps occurs during adolescence, the consequences will be more serious. Therefore, parents must pay attention and go to the hospital for treatment in time when their children have mumps.