The epididymis on my left testicle is VERY swollen. I had epididymitis about a year ago, a pretty bad case in fact, but the pain went away. Now the epididymis is very very swollen - we are talking about where it should measure 0.25 inches from end to end it measures 1 inch - but there still is not any pain in it. For those who do not know, the epididymis is, from Wikipedia:
"a narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens."
Anyone know what I should do? I'm going to put ice on it and see if that helps.
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VERY swollen epididymis
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I would see a doctor right away it's possibly caused by bateria and for that you'll need an antibiotic
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A year and a half ago I took an antibiotic for it. It didn't get rid of it, so he prescribed another antibiotic. This one was so strong that I was, according to the doctor, immune to anthrax while on it. That is when the pain stopped. If the infection were to come back, wouldn't there be pain?
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A cold compress would seem sensible, and is mentioned as one form of treatment by the wikipedia article on epididymitis. However it's clear that this is going to need medical treatment.
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You would think,the pain can be mild or severe,I'm not sure you long it's been swollen but it could start to hurt eventually,I wouldn't take a chance with my genitals,I would see a doctor as soon as possible.
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There's also a note in the Wikipedia article: "Acute epididymitis has a tendency to spontaneously recur months or years after a successfully treated case".
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I'm a tiny bit scared to go back to him, because he said that if it didn't go away with the "big gun" medicine that he would send me straight to a uroligist and that they would do very uncomfortable things. However, it DID go away, the pain anyway, and epididymitis is known to recur once it has happened, so maybe he would just prescribe it again and that would work for awhile...EDIT: Yeah, it's known to recur, I just hope HE knows that...
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It would be better to go to a uroligist and feel uncomfortable things than to suffer what could possibly happen if you just let it go