What are the drugs for treating epididymitis

Epididymitis is a very common male disease and also a disease that can have a great impact on the health of the male reproductive system. After this disease occurs, it needs to be treated in a timely manner, and then the appropriate treatment method should be selected under the guidance of a doctor. Drug therapy is the most common treatment for epididymitis. So, what are the drugs that can treat epididymitis? This will be introduced below!

1. General treatment

Resting in bed and using a scrotal support or a homemade cushion to support the scrotum can relieve symptoms. For those with severe pain, painkillers can be used, and local heat therapy can relieve symptoms and promote the disappearance of inflammation. However, using heat therapy too early can aggravate pain and risk promoting the spread of infection. Therefore, it is advisable to use ice packs for local cold compresses in the early stages. Sexual intercourse and physical labor can aggravate the infection and should be avoided.

2. Drug treatment

The efficacy of antibiotics alone in treating epididymitis is poor, because of the pathological changes after the acute phase of epididymitis, local fibrosis of the epididymis, and scars often hinder the entry of antibiotics into the epididymal tissue. Treatment with antibiotics alone is not effective. Combined treatment with bacteria-sensitive antibiotics can be used. The results showed that the total effective rate in the acute phase was 82%, and the total effective rate in the chronic group was 76%.

The combination of Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of epididymitis has obvious advantages over the simple use of antibiotics. It can only improve symptoms and soften the epididymal lumps that have hardened for a long time, but it cannot completely absorb the lumps. If the symptoms do not improve after treatment and the epididymal lumps do not change, surgical treatment can be considered.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions

1. Dabuyin Pills

Phellodendron chinense, Rehmannia glutinosa, 15g each, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Tortoise shell, 12g each, 1 spoon of pig spinal cord (steamed and taken), 30g of honeysuckle, 20g of litchi kernel. Take it in decoction, 1 dose per day, 10 days as a course of treatment. Functions: nourishing yin and clearing away heat, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain. It is reported that this prescription has been used to treat 10 cases of acute epididymitis, 7 cases of chronic epididymitis, and 1 case of chronic epididymitis with hydrocele, all of which achieved satisfactory results.

2. Flavored Tangerine Soup

10g each of bupleurum, red peony root, toosendan fruit, and dandelion, 12g each of litchi seed, citrus aurantium seed, and oriental water plantain, 20g of capillaris, 15g each of gentiana macrophylla and plantain seed, and 6g of raw licorice. Take 1 dose daily, decoct in water twice and take the juice in 2 doses. One course of treatment is 10 days. This prescription soothes the liver and regulates qi, eliminates dampness and clears heat. Mainly used to treat epididymitis. According to clinical reports, among 16 patients with epididymitis, 9 were cured and 7 were effective after being treated with this prescription with modifications, and all showed improvement within 1 to 2 courses of treatment.

3. Chaiju Ube Soup

6g each of bupleurum, lindera strychnifolia, and green tangerine peel, 9g each of tangerine seed and aconite root, 12g each of seaweed, large fritillaria, and white mustard seeds. Take it in decoction, 1 dose per day. Mainly used to treat epididymitis. This prescription has been used to treat many cases of epididymitis, all with good results. Generally, recovery will be achieved after taking 7 to 10 doses of the medicine.