What You Need to Know Between Orchitis and Epididymitis

Epididymitis and orchitis are two common infectious diseases of the reproductive system. Although they will bring inconvenience to men, there are differences between them.

So what are the differences between orchitis and epididymitis? Let's take a look at the specific introduction!

1. Different parts of the disease

Orchitis and epididymitis are two different diseases. The onset of orchitis is located in the testis, and the onset of epididymitis is located in the epididymis.

2. The symptoms of the disease are different

Patients with orchitis will have symptoms of high fever and chills. Testicular pain will radiate to the groin area, accompanied by symptoms of nausea and vomiting.

Epididymitis patients mainly show scrotal pain, scrotal swelling, discomfort, epididymal swelling, induration, and apparent tenderness. It can radiate to the patient's affected side or ipsilateral inguinal and lower abdominal pain, accompanied by fever or discomfort.

3. Different etiology

Bacteria and viruses usually cause orchitis. Mumps and orchitis caused by virus infection are the most common, mostly blood-borne infections. Bacterial infection rarely occurs in the testis because it has strong resistance to bacterial infection. However, bacterial orchitis is mostly caused by secondary infection after epididymitis.

Bacteria, mycoplasma, and chlamydia usually cause epididymitis. The main route of infection is a retrograde infection of the reproductive tract. Epididymitis is mostly caused by pathogenic bacteria entering epididymis through vas deferens when men have low resistance.

4. The consequences are different

Orchitis can affect the quality of sperm, resulting in a low sperm survival rate and sperm deformity. Moreover, it often leads to the damage of spermatogenic function and affects the spermatogenic function of the testis.

Epididymitis may cause epididymal swelling and form epididymal nodules. It feels like a very hard pimple. Epididymal induration may remain after treatment and may lead to epididymal obstruction.

Through the above introduction, people may have a particular understanding of orchitis and epididymitis. These two diseases will impact men's health, so we must treat them in time.

Using traditional Chinese medicine to treat orchitis and epididymitis has a good effect. The traditional Chinese medicine Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill has the main results of sterilization, anti-inflammatory, and detumescence, promoting blood circulation, Qi and analgesia, diuresis, and gonorrhea. It can treat male urogenital diseases, including male Mycoplasma Chlamydia infection, prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, orchitis, epididymitis, etc.

Taking Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill to treat orchitis and epididymitis can relieve patients' pain, improve human immunity and ultimately cure the disease without recurrence.

What can men do to prevent these reproductive diseases?

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene

To prevent epididymitis, men should first pay attention to personal hygiene, wash their reproductive organs with warm water every day, and change their underwear frequently. In addition, they should clean their genitals before and after sex to avoid inflammation caused by bacterial infection. It is recommended to wear condoms during sex, preventing disease and reducing the probability of accidental pregnancy.

2. Avoid prolonged sedentary periods

Long-term sedentary will not only make the prostate in a state of congestion and swelling, which is harmful to the health of the prostate, but also increase the temperature around the reproductive organs, make the testicle produce an inflammatory reaction, and improve the incidence of epididymitis. Therefore, men should avoid long-term sitting and get up and move for 5 ~ 10 minutes every 30 minutes or so.

3. Stick to exercise

It is suggested that men often participate in physical exercise, making the blood circulation of reproductive organs more smooth and avoiding problems in epididymis due to insufficient blood supply. In addition, appropriate training can also improve human immunity and reduce the incidence of various diseases, including epididymitis.

4. Keep your sex life clean

Many pathogens enter the urethra during sexual life, thus increasing the incidence of epididymitis. Therefore, people who have multiple sexual partners simultaneously or have sex too frequently will increase the incidence of epididymitis. Therefore, to maintain a clean sexual life, it is recommended not to have sexual partners other than spouses.

5. Avoid indirect contact

Indirect contact may also cause epididymitis due to bacteria or bacterial infection, so you can't share personal items with others, such as towels and underwear. In addition, pay attention to disinfection when using public facilities. For example, when using the bathtub or toilet in the hotel, you should wear long pajamas if you have to spend the night in the hotel.

6. Don't wear tight underwear

Too tight underwear will raise the temperature of the testis only because it can become a place for bacteria to breed. When upward infection occurs, it will cause epididymitis. Therefore, don't wear tight clothes and trousers at ordinary times. Try to choose loose and comfortable clothes so that the scrotum can be in an environment lower than the body temperature.