Don't think that only women will have inflammation. Men will also suffer from inflammation, such as epididymitis. And it is also a high incidence rate of male diseases. It needs the attention of males. Many men are familiar with prostatitis, but what is epididymitis? Let's learn about it.
What is
epididymitis?
It is a common disease in young people. When men's physical resistance decreases, bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus easily enter the vas deferens and retrograde the invasion of the epididymis, resulting in inflammation. The epididymis is the only way for sperm. If there is inflammation, it will bring specific harm to men. In serious cases, it will even affect fertility.
Harm of epididymitis
1. Loss of fertility
We know that the living place of sperm is in the epididymis. If attached, it will affect the sperm's fertility and even reduce the sperm's fertility.
2. Affect sexual life
If men suffer from epididymitis are not treated in time, it is easy to harden the epididymis. Then during sexual life, ejaculation pain may occur due to the contraction of the vas deferens, resulting in the impact of sexual life.
3. Cause other disease
Bacteria mainly cause epididymitis. If men do not seek medical treatment in time, it may lead to other diseases, such as prostatitis, endocrine disorders, varicocele, etc. These diseases will endanger men's health, so men should pay more attention to them.
Cause of epididymitis
1. Low resistance. Epididymitis often occurs in young and middle-aged men, closely related to the decline of body resistance caused by high work and study pressure, excessive fatigue, and irregular life of men in this age group. Pathogens often invade the epididymis at this time to cause inflammation.
2. Secondary to other genitourinary infections. The most common pathogenic bacteria causing epididymitis are Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus. Most of these bacteria are caused by other inflammation of the urogenital system, countercurrent into the epididymis through the vas deferens, and then reproduce inside the epididymis, causing epididymitis. This transurethral instrument operation and frequent catheterization are common inducements of acute epididymitis.
3. Perineal environment is easy to cause urinary tract infection. The front of most men's underwear is double-layer, which will lead to long-term high temperature and humidity in the perineum, which is easy to breed bacteria, resulting in urinary tract infection and epididymitis. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the part clean and dry.
4. Bad living habits. The blood circulation of the epididymis can be affected by sitting for a long time, which can easily affect the blood circulation. Irregular sexual life is also easy to get epididymitis. Excessive drinking and eating a lot of spicy food can aggravate the symptoms of prostatitis and induce epididymitis.
How is epididymitis treated?
Epididymitis is divided into acute epididymitis and chronic epididymitis. The treatment of acute epididymitis needs to stay in bed and raising the scrotum. In the early stage, you can choose to apply with ice. You need a hot compress or hot hip bath in the late stage. You can take oral painkillers.
Antibiotics should choose drugs sensitive to bacteria and need to be administered intravenously. Change oral antibiotics after 1-2 weeks and then treat for 2-4 weeks to prevent chronic inflammation. Commonly used drugs include cephalosporins, quinolones, azithromycin, and so on.
In treating chronic epididymitis, the effect of simple application of antibiotics is not necessarily ideal. In addition to broad-spectrum antibiotics, physical therapy such as a local hot compress is also necessary. The epididymis can also be treated with berberine or neomycin plasma penetration.
If it is complicated with chronic prostatitis, it must be treated simultaneously. The herbal medicine
Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill comprises more than 50 kinds of natural herbs. In treatment, it has many effects, such as clearing heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, diuresis, and drenching, anti-proliferation, anti calcification, etc. It is combined with meridian-inducing drugs such as the seed of cowherb, which can "lead" the efficacy to the affected area and treat epididymitis and prostatitis simultaneously to achieve the purpose of cure.