How long does it take to treat epididymitis

Many men are familiar with epididymitis. Simply put, epididymitis is actually a disease caused by the male epididymis. For men, epididymitis is a relatively serious disease. If it is not treated for a long time, it is easy to affect sexual life. Severe cases may also affect male fertility. Epididymitis is divided into chronic and acute, so the treatment time of epididymitis needs to be determined according to the condition.

How long does it take to treat epididymitis?

Epididymitis is a disease that causes inflammation of the male epididymis, which is caused by the spread of previous prostatitis or other reproductive system inflammation to the epididymis. Epididymitis is a serious disease for men. If not treated for a long time, in addition to affecting sexual life, infertility is very likely. Since epididymitis is an inflammation deep inside the body, it takes a very long time to heal.

How long does it take to treat epididymitis? There is no fixed answer to this. First of all, the time of natural treatment varies depending on individual constitution and severity of illness. In addition, epididymitis is divided into acute epididymitis and chronic epididymitis. The treatment time for acute epididymitis is relatively short, but if it is chronic epididymitis, the treatment time will be much longer. The root of chronic epididymitis is deeper and the probability of spreading to other organs is also greater. Therefore, in addition to the use of drug treatment, physical therapy such as hot compresses and other methods are also needed to cooperate with the treatment, so that it can be slowly cured. For patients with very severe epididymitis, surgical treatment may even be required. Then the treatment time may be longer.

Once you find out you have epididymitis, you should seek treatment immediately instead of delaying it or finding it difficult to talk about it. If the disease spreads to a very serious level, treatment will be more difficult and take longer, and the chance of cure will become smaller and smaller.

How to treat epididymitis

If it is acute epididymitis, then medication can be used for treatment. In general, acute epididymitis can be treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Generally, acute epididymitis is accompanied by symptoms of scrotal pain. If the pain is very obvious and aggravated, painkillers can be used to relieve the pain. Support your scrotum with your hands when you sleep in bed every day to relieve pain. If it is chronic epididymitis, the condition is much more serious than acute epididymitis. Therefore, simply using medication is not enough. Physical therapy needs to be continued while using medication. Only a two-pronged approach can cure chronic epididymitis. In more serious cases, such as testicular abscess, surgical drainage is required for treatment. Only when the abscess is completely removed can it be completely cured.

This is the common treatment for epididymitis. The specific treatment method needs to be determined according to the specific situation. You cannot take medication at will based on your own judgment. You must seek medical attention in a timely manner and take medication as prescribed by the doctor. Only in this way can you completely cure epididymitis and restore your body to health.

Contraindications for the treatment of epididymitis

If you often feel pain in the scrotal epididymis, or even swelling and redness of the scrotum, you may be suffering from epididymitis. Epididymitis is a common male reproductive system disease, and many men now suffer from this disease. Currently, the treatment of epididymitis mainly relies on drug therapy, but there are still some contraindications during the treatment. Doing these can make the treatment faster and more effective, avoid leaving sequelae, and cause other diseases in the future.

1. No smoking or drinking

Smoking and drinking themselves have an impact on your health. During the treatment of epididymitis, smoking and drinking should be prohibited to prevent the harmful substances and alcohol in cigarettes from having a greater impact on the disease, aggravating the pain and prolonging the treatment time.

2. Avoid eating spicy and heavy foods

Spicy and heavy-tasting foods also have an impact on the disease. Spicy foods will aggravate the pain. If the inflammation is severe, spicy foods will only make the inflammation worse. Therefore, spicy and heavy foods must be avoided.

3. Avoid frequent sexual intercourse or masturbation

Epididymitis itself is very painful. If you have frequent sexual intercourse while suffering from inflammation, not only will the quality of your sex life be affected, the pain will be aggravated, the inflammation will be more serious, you will sweat during sex, and even overdraw your physical strength. Frequent sexual intercourse is also very likely to lead to impotence, premature ejaculation, and even infertility.