Epididymitis

[bob1989]

Hi,
I'm a 22 year old male. About 3 and a half month ago, my left epididymis and spermatic cord really started to swell, so I went to the doctor, and he diagnosed me with epididymitis. I took antibiotics for two weeks, and when I went back to the doctor, an ultrasound was performed, and the infection had dissappeared, and he said I fine. Now 3 months has past, and the swelling has not gone down, the epididymitis and spermatic chord is still huge. I'm starting to get a little worried.

so my questions are: how long does it take for the swelling to settle? and may it be that there is a recurrent infection?
And last of all, how likely is sterility in cases of chronic epididymitis?

In advance thank you for your reply.

[PatientRamdom]

Hi bob1989
How did it go? I noticed your post and it is from 2011, I am currently having the same problem today did everything went well? Please respond I dunno what to do. Have this for over a month. Didn’t got this from sex.

[mrjoe92]

Hello.

I had epididymitis due to chlamydia. The swelling has gone down and so has the pain. I was diagnosed with this 8 weeks ago.

At the moment I just have small discomforts in testicle that radiates to my leg.

Anyone that can give me some information on when this hell will end?

[Honestliving23]

wow i've had the same problem, i don't know if my infection came bac but i'm on doxy right now i don't know what to do. if you could please tell me bob has your condition improved by now, if so how long did it take? i feel like i could have a mental break down soon. thank you for your post.

[Dr J Singh]

Hello,
These symptoms can be due to recurrent epididymitis, varicocele or hydrocele. Chronic epididymitis is characterized by epididymal pain and inflammation that lasts more than 6 weeks and may be accompanied by scrotal induration. Please get an evaluation done from a urologist and get all these three possibilities ruled out.

I hope it helps. Take care and regards.

[rmprdl1964]

Hi,

I have had this several times and it takes months for things to improve. In my case swelling of the right epididymis is permanent. I used to come down with epididymitis about every 3 to 4 months. As a result things did not heal up before the next infection started again.
To try and stop infections from spreading into the testicles, I had a vasectomy in 1999. As a comlications from the vasectomy in the form of a hematoma, I lost my left testicle a year later. The good news is that I have had no infections of the remaining testicle.

All the best,

Ron