Is orchitis serious?

Orchitis is a type of male disease and is also a disease we often encounter in urology. There are many causes of orchitis. It is generally believed that trauma, infection and tumors may cause orchitis in male friends, so we recommend that male friends should do a good job of preventing orchitis in their daily lives. Below we will tell you whether orchitis is serious.

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.

1. High fever and chills.

2. Testicular pain, with radiating pain in the scrotum, thigh and groin areas.

3. The diseased testicles are swollen and tender. If purulent, they feel like purulent effusion when touched.

4. Often accompanied by scrotal skin redness and swelling and intrascrotal hydrocele.

5. Children with viral orchitis may sometimes experience parotid gland enlargement and pain.

In the above article, we introduced a common men's disease, that is, orchitis. We know that the occurrence of orchitis will not only cause pain to the patient but also cause fever and other conditions in the patient. Therefore, orchitis is a very serious disease.