Can epididymal tuberculosis be cured?

I believe that everyone must be relatively unfamiliar with diseases like epididymal tuberculosis. Epididymal tuberculosis is a term used in Western medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, the symptom of epididymal tuberculosis is called tuberculous epididymitis. The occurrence of epididymal tuberculosis can easily bring many kinds of harm to patients, so everyone should pay attention to symptoms like epididymal tuberculosis. So, can epididymal tuberculosis be cured?

Western medicine mainly treats epididymal tuberculosis through two approaches: anti-tumor drugs and surgery. Anti-tumor drugs should be used in combination. The drugs and dosages are as follows:

Western medicine treatment of streptozotocin: 1 gram intramuscularly daily for 2 weeks, then 1 gram twice a week.

Isoniazid: 0.1 g each time, orally 3 times a day.

Sodium para-aminosalicylate: 8-12 grams per day, taken orally in 3 divided doses.

The above drugs should be used in sufficient doses without interruption, generally for 3 to 6 months, and then the treatment effect can be estimated based on symptoms and signs, as well as semen and prostatic fluid tests. If the above drugs are ineffective, you can consider using drugs such as thiosemicarbazide, cycloserine, ethionamide, pyrazinamide, kanamycin, etc. During drug treatment, you should pay attention to rest, strengthen nutrition, and supplement vitamins.

When the epididymal tuberculosis nodules are large, with a diameter of more than 0.5 to 1 cm, and the lesions are extensive, even forming tuberculous abscesses or involving the scrotal wall to form sinuses, and anti-tumor treatment is ineffective, it means that the epididymal tuberculosis is already terminal and the epididymis has lost its function. Keeping it is not only redundant, but may be harmful to health, so it is better to remove it surgically. If the testicles are not affected, they must be retained.

There is no doubt that bilateral epididymisectomy will result in loss of fertility. Although some doctors try vasectomy, the success rate of the operation is very low, so the chance of restoring fertility after the operation is also very small.

In the above article, we introduced a very harmful disease, that is, epididymal tuberculosis. We know that the occurrence of epididymal tuberculosis can easily bring harm to the patient's health. The above article introduces in detail whether epididymal tuberculosis can be cured.