What are the symptoms of orchitis caused by mumps?

If you have mumps, it is particularly easy to induce other diseases. For example, if you have mumps, it is particularly easy to cause orchitis. For men, orchitis has a high probability of causing infertility after adulthood. Therefore, many patients with mumps must pay attention to the treatment of mumps. The following is a detailed introduction to the symptoms of orchitis caused by mumps. You can learn about it.

What is orchitis?

Orchitis is usually caused by bacteria and viruses. The testicles themselves rarely have bacterial infections, as they have a rich supply of blood and lymph fluid and are more resistant to bacterial infections. Bacterial orchitis is mostly caused by inflammation of the adjacent epididymis. The diagnosis of orchitis is not difficult to establish, such as testicular pain and discomfort, very sensitive and severe tenderness, plus swelling of one or both testicles. The symptoms and signs are relatively clear. Of course, before or at the same time as the swelling and pain of the testicles, there are often symptoms and signs of mumps.

1. Main symptoms of epididymal orchitis

There is tenderness in the groin area, the scrotum is enlarged, and the local skin is red and swollen. If an abscess is formed, the skin becomes dry and thin and easy to fall off. The abscess can also rupture on its own. The boundary between the enlarged and hardened epididymis and the testis is relatively clear, but after a few hours, the testis and epididymis become a hard lump. The spermatic cord becomes thicker due to edema, and secondary hydrocele appears after a few days. There may be secretions in the urethra.

2. Symptoms of chronic epididymal orchitis

Chronic epididymitis is more common. Some patients become chronic because the acute phase is not completely cured, but most patients do not have a clear acute phase. The inflammation is often secondary to chronic prostatitis or injury. The symptoms of this type of orchitis are: patients often feel dull pain and bloating in the scrotum on the affected side, and the pain often extends to the lower abdomen and the ipsilateral inguinal cleft. Sometimes it may be combined with secondary hydrocele.

3. Symptoms of acute epididymal orchitis

The disease occurs suddenly, with high fever, elevated white blood cells, swelling and heaviness of the scrotum on the affected side, pulling pain in the lower abdomen and groin, which worsens when standing or walking. The epididymis on the affected side is enlarged and has obvious tenderness. When the inflammation is large, both the epididymis and testicles are swollen, and the boundary between the two is unclear, which is called epididymo-orchitis. The spermatic cord on the affected side is thickened and also tender.

After getting mumps, the probability of inducing orchitis is very high. Therefore, if you get mumps and it causes orchitis, you must treat the orchitis as soon as possible. At the same time, you must also treat the mumps. Because if it is not treated as soon as possible, the mumps will become serious and have a serious impact on the testicles, which will cause infertility in the future, so it must be treated as soon as possible.