What are the treatments for acute orchitis?

It is very serious, and men with orchitis will have many troubles in life. After orchitis occurs, men often feel that there will be problems during sexual life. The more serious consequence of orchitis is that it will cause infertility, which is very harmful. So how to treat acute orchitis?

Traditional treatments for orchitis include antibiotics, analgesics, and surgical drainage. Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages:

On the one hand, antibiotics and analgesics can only relieve temporary pain, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and the effects are not immediate. Moreover, long-term use will cause pathogenic bacteria to develop drug resistance and have serious side effects.

On the other hand, since the disease often coexists with urethritis and prostatitis, which are difficult to treat infectious diseases, the difficulty of treating orchitis is directly increased. Especially for those who suffer from chronic orchitis repeatedly, sometimes they have to undergo vasectomy or orchiectomy, which brings great harm to the patients.

1. Western medicine treatment

(1) General treatment: bed rest, local hot compress and scrotal elevation.

(2) Antibiotics are ineffective for viral orchitis and Chinese medicine should be used to treat it.

2. Chinese medicine treatment

(1) Damp-heat descending: fever with chills, swollen and painful testicles, hard and dark urine, dry stool, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, and stringy, slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Clear away dampness and heat, detoxify and relieve swelling.

Prescription: 10g each of Scutellaria baicalensis, Fructus Akebiae, Fructus Akebiae, Fructus Plantagoeia (wrapped and decocted), Rhizoma Cynomorii, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae, 6g of Radix Bupleuri, 12g of Radix Glycyrrhizae, 15g of Gentiana scabra, 20g each of Honeysuckle and Toosendan.

(2) Qi stagnation and blood stasis: The testicles gradually swell and become hard to the touch. There is mild pain. The tongue has dark edges with ecchymosis, a thin white coating, and a stringy and slippery pulse.

Treatment method: Promote Qi and blood circulation, and disperse stagnation.

Prescription: 10 grams each of tangerine seed, costus root, bitter orange, Magnolia officinalis, Toosendan, peach kernel, and Corydalis yanhusuo, 15 grams each of kelp and seaweed, 6 grams of Akebia, 15 grams each of Rehmannia glutinosa, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Yuanshen, chrysanthemum, and dandelion, and 30 grams of deer antler grass.

(3) Blood stasis: testicular trauma, swelling and pain, or redness, swelling and burning sensation, blue tongue with ecchymosis, and astringent pulse.

Treatment method: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.

Prescription: 10 grams each of bupleurum, angelica, peach kernel, and pangolin, 8 grams each of safflower and rhubarb, 15 grams of trichosanthes, 20 grams each of dandelion and honeysuckle.

Men should remember to take good care of their bodies when treating acute orchitis. It is better to rest in bed. When treating the disease, you should also drink more. For the treatment of orchitis, if it is still acute, you should prevent chronic orchitis, which will have greater consequences. When orchitis is severe, surgical treatment is required. During the treatment of orchitis, greasy food must be prohibited.