epididymitis is a common disease of young and middle-aged men. It can be caused by sex or the infection or inflammation of surgery. You should be cautious when you have symptoms including testicular pain, swelling, fever, and more. Pain associated with epididymitis can be severe which bring great trouble to masses of men. Fortunately, it can be treated gradually if patients choose appropriate treatments to the disease.
Epididymitis treatment:
1. Special treatment
If the patient can get treatment within 24 hours, using 20 ml procaine with 1% or narcotic drugs to testis for local anesthesia. Maybe it can completely relieve pain, also, the temperature usually drops rapidly. Inflammatory mass can absorb in a few days, otherwise it generally takes two to three weeks to absorb. As one injection can not fully achieve the goal, sometimes another injection will be taken the next day.
2. General treatment
This is mainly for acute epididymitis. Stay in bed for 3 to 4 days. Scrotum Torr could be used to relieve pressure of testicular. Painkillers and local heating can be used if you feel very painful, and it also can relive the inflammation, but some doctors generally recommend not to do so cause the early using of hyperthermia may aggravate pain and promote the spread of infection. So it’s appropriate to use ice to treat with it. Do not have too much sex life or physical labor which may aggravate infection.
3. Herbal medicine
At the end of treatment of epididymitis, you do not feel painful or itch, but sometimes you still feel uncomfortable. This may be due to the fact that it isn’t completely cured. If you keep using anti-inflammatory drugs, the effect will not be very good. Patients can consider the using of traditional Chinese medicine. Herbal medicine like Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill which is recommended by many famous doctors has marked treatment effect. Experiments show that Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill works well on epididymitis. It is made of natural herbs that will not bring any side effects like drug resistance and kidney damage.
4. Other suggestions
• Taking morning exercises. Regular exercise can improve body resistance.
• Attention to sex health. If conditions permit, the couple should try to get a comprehensive examination, and do therapy together.
• Eating healthy food. Your choice of food must be light.
• Keep an optimistic attitude. Do not feel much too stressful. Try to cooperate with the doctors to do the treatment actively.