Lately I feel pain in my scrotum, think that’s connected with bacterial infection I had. I cure that infection, but this pain appeared 5 days ago. I visited my urologist and he gave me some antibiotics and told me to rest in bed. He told me we have to take care not to earn chronic epididimitis. What is epididimitis, chronic epididymitis, and what’s treatment for it?
Epididimitis is the series of small tubes which are attached to the back of each testicle, that collect and store sperm in it. That is one of the most scrotal pains, which is infection and subsequent inflammation of these coiled tubes. Epididimitis often appears as secondary bacterial infection, especially infections of the urinary tract. Also sometimes it came after sexual transmitted diseases. Sometimes it develops in chronic epididimitis and that is inflammation even when there is no infection. Cause in unknown, there are some theories that could be hypersensitivity of certain structures. Even nerves and muscles may be reasons to cause or contribute to the condition of epididymitis. Physical examination and ultrasound is needed to distinguish chronic epididymits from a range of other disorders that causes scrotal pain. Chronic epididymitis is hard to cure. An antibiotic doesn’t help because there is no infection. Surgery is one of the solutions.
Is Epididimitis contagious? Can it be sexually transmitted?