hi, i'm a man and for the last couple of months i have had swollen bit at the top of my testicle. i found out that i had epididymis after i have visited few doctors and made some tests on me. when i understood that something isn't right there i first thought that i had cancers. i did not, however i have another serious problem. i got epididy-orchitis only because i left the problem for a while which is basically inflammation of the testicle as well as the epididymis. i left this problem without medical attention because i thought that i have it after an accident at my work where i got an injury there. now my both testicles are sore and even though i took some anti biotics my right epididymis is still swollen. the good part is that i dont have any really really bad pain however i keep having a niggling pain that doesnt go away and this is bothersome. i really thought that by this time my problem would stop or at least i won't be so bothered by it. i wanted to ask if anyone else had this problem and how long did it take for you to find a remedy for it? and if this is normal to have it for so much time. also, does anyone have some suggestions for me? what can i do? i would be very happy if someone will leave here some feedback. thank you
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swollen epididymis please help
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well, i'm in a similar situation: my epididymis on my right testicle has swollen and i dont know why because i didn't had any accidents or something like this. i can relate what you're going thru but i'm just scared of cancer and the thought of the removing one of my testicle. i know that it is somehow common for men and it doesn't affect your fertility, however i'm really scared about this. exactly as you said, the pain isn't bad it is just noticiable and bothersome, anyway, who would want to have pains? when i went at the doctor's cab he said that this was normal, is he serious? i mean how can this be normal? almost 3 weeks passed and not a single thing changed. i can't understand what is happening but i'm very upset on the doctor. i just think he doesn't want to help and that's it. moreover i can see that your doctor, noome, said that this isn't as normal as my doctor said. by the way i'm not sexually active so many information that i found searching on the internet about it doesn't apply to me and my situation. recommendations?
Hi buddy, you have some updates for us? After a week of struggling with pain and feeling uncomfortable I finally decided I need to see a doctor until my problem won't be much worse. Obviously my left epididymis is very swollen, I could feel it easily and my doctor could do it too but he said that I need to do some tests before he could have a diagnose for me, however he said he know for sure that he is going to treat me and I do believe him because he is a good specialist. He said that he assumes that it is a cyst (common for many guys) and it can be healed by taking some anti inflammatory medications. I am generally in good health, I work out regularly and I have a sexual active life but I doubt it's something related to STD because I'm in a relationship with my girlfriend for a year and I don't cheat on her (she is healthy because she visited a gyno not so long ago and the results were normal). I have done a urine test and the doctor checked the epididymis and he said that these days he will call me and I will be told what I need to do to get fixed. I hope he will call as soon as possible because this swollen epididymis is causing me big troubles! It is causing me severe pain that is shooting thru my testicle down to my leg and sometimes because of this I am left unable to walk, the pain is too intense and I have to lay down for a moment. The doctor also said that it could be chlamydia but if it won't be so then he will give me the anti inflammatory medications and everything is going to be alright. I really hope so. I also hope that this information somehow helps anyone, you just need to see a good urologist and explain him everything you've got. Be patient and do anything necessary (I mean money, time etc.) and you're going to be fine within few days!
I've also had a similar problem so here is all the information I found on the internet and everything I've heard from all the doctors I've been. It may help you and I hope it will because I know how it feels like to have it. I know that there are various causes for epididymitis. The most wide spread cause is an infection. STDs can be the reason for an infection and any other procedure that can possible introduce bacteria in scrotum such as vasectomy. There was a number of reports that shows heavy lifting also being responsible for epididymis because during this process some urine is forced back into the epididymis so infection can occur. Antibiotics are the usual treatment for this disease but it may take a longer time for a full treatment or a higher dose. That's because that region of the body is very well isolated. Moreover, different antibiotics work for different a bacteria, that is why you may need certain antibiotics, not any of them. Even if the infection is cleared up it doesn't mean that the swelling is going to disappear due to the fact that it is hard for the liquids to reach that isolated part of our body. Aching and feeling feverish are the signs that your infection is still there, not the swelling. When the infection is completely cleared up you may need months for the swelling to disappear - it's not a short term thing. Doctors said that only ibuprofen could be helpful in reducing the swelling quicker. You may want to start the treatment with the antibiotics as soon as possible because if the infection is getting too big the fluids won't help you and the only way to get rid of the infection is to be surgically removed which is impossible without removing the testicle.
I've had the symptoms of the infection (fever, swelling, aching) went to the doctor, gave me an useless antibiotic. 3 days of taking it but my situation was getting worse continously. After that he took me off that antibiotic and recommended Augmentin. I've had a total treatment of 14 days (full 2 weeks) until it finally seemed that my infection is gone. I'm now a week post the last day I took the antibiotic and everything seems fine, my epididymis is still enlarged and hard but it seems that I'm getting better. I really hope that all of you are O.K. by now.
5 days ago I have seen for the last time my doctor. Actually I consider that all was useless taking in consideration that he did not help me. He just mentioned the same thing that I knew before and nothing new. I did the test of ejaculation, the test is very unpleasant but I had to do it. To explain it better, you have to ejaculate 5 times in one day in the laboratory of your urologic and the worst starts when the doctor start to massage your prostate between the ejaculations. So this is not so funny. I thing that everybody knows how is to massage the prostate, basically the doctor with his finger is rubbing your prostate and this happens 4 or 5 times between the ejaculations. When the doctors finish this and the problem is known he prescribes different kinds of antibiotics and drugs for about 150 days. Honestly this thing started to scare me because I heard many times that there are many risks that you take when you start to consume this kind of drugs. Some said that you can actually end up in a wheel chair. So at this point I decided to not use these drugs.
I find the best option for me and I seriously I thought about doing this many times. The option is about removing the swollen part of this disease. I spoke with my doctor about this and he told me that the only problem what this can cause it’s some pain, but this pain will leave alone without some other interventions. Nowadays my prostate is much better and I feel myself secure and very happy that I have decided to do this. The swelling is now much smaller. I have some pain during the day but I think that after some time it will pass. It is brief and don’t cause to me discomfort. I’m very happy also because without using some drugs my right testicle’s pain had passed. I feel some inconsiderable pain just during the morning when I woke up and that’s all. Before the intervention I have taken some medicines but I stopped and I saw that there are very noticeable results, even without those drugs. i consider that this is a good thing and information for those that take different kind of medicines for this disease. I recommend you to stop doing this, because I’m sure that you can feel much better. If there is somebody that has pain in the scrotum during the treatment, don’t worry because it’s normal, I had it too.
I recommend to you also to take a hot bath or to use a hot tub in order to improve your circulation. It can also help you to eliminate the heavy pain. When getting out of the hot tub just weight out your scrotum in your hand and carry it for some minutes, otherwise it will hurt you, and it will be flamed and heavy but after this everything will pass. Another recommendation is to have your underwear always tight not just during the day but also during the night in order to support your scrotum. Don’t go to bed without it, this is very important to get used of this recommendation. I usually before sleeping secure myself that I sleep on my back and I put my scrotum up high. This helps very much to flow your disease. If speaking about ejaculation, there could be some problems. If you had the same problem that I have than you have to ejaculate every 2, 3 days, but if you had some other disorders that I think that every 5 ,6. It can be very painful sometimes so that why you have to do this very carefully, to watch out if there is no blood or some other things that can create big problems after this. With after ejaculation you feel some pain, don’t wait till it will become insupportable. I usually use ice to eliminate the pain. I don’t know what about other but I’m a chronic masturbator, so for me is very difficult to restrain myself. Before the disease and the intervention I usually masturbated every single day. So the above recommendations are for those that had the same situation that I have. I tried to not masturbate for some weeks, it was hard but I felt myself very well, without pain. Obviously there are some disadvantages of not masturbating. The thing is that I started to have discharges during the night and in the morning it was difficult to restrain.
Speaking clearly I have to say that being off some antibiotics that my doctor prescribed caused to me other problems. After some weeks that I decided to stop taking the antibiotics I started to feel my joints hurt, especially my knees and my ankles. This pain was unsupportable and I decided to talk to my doctor. I started to administrate other thing like glucosamine or something like that. It helps with the tissue fluid, practically it rebuild your tissue and after some time the pain pass away. So, please don’t repeat my mistakes and if you decided to not administrate anymore antibiotics then speak with your doctor to prescribe you something for your tissue fluid. Nowadays I feel myself much better, I have no pains and I started to ejaculate regularly 1 or 2 times a day. The only problem that persists now is that I started to notice that my fluid is not like it was before. It changed the color and the consistence. The fluid is similar to a pudding and it’s scared me a little. It is not clear anymore it’s milkier and sometimes it’s similar to gelatin. I think to speak with my doctor about this; maybe it’s not as scary as I think it is.
I hope that I helped you with some information and I hope that this is also helpful not just to those that had this problem but also to every man. Stay healthy and take care of yourself.
Hey guys, I experience the same thing and you know I started to think that there is no hope for us. It started to me 3 years ago and I felt instantly very bad. I don’t know how to explain my situation. When I found out about this I decided to quit smoke and to start to do some spots. At the beginning I thought that it will pass away if I am going to quit all the unhealthy habitudes and with that I’ll start to do all the things the right way, I’ll be ok. It seems that nothing happened and nothing changed. Everyday things are getting worse and I don’t know how to deal with it. Don’t ask me what my doctor said. I consider that I have the most stupid urologist in the world that doesn’t know what to do and what to prescribe me. All this time he prescribed me strange things and when I wailed about the fact that I have an insupportable pain he told me that it will pass without any types of pain killers and that I should simply wait.
Because of this issue all my life changed. My social life ended some years ago and I’m always very depressed. I know my girlfriend is very sad about this situation and she tried many times to help me.Trust me I have tried all the possible things… I tried all medications available and I tried the hot bath too but nothing helped and the pain started to become more and more insupportable. I started to feel that my life ended and I can’t have anymore a good social life and I can’t have a good sexual life. The thing that I hate most is that my girlfriend suffers too.
My hope that everything will change started one month ago when my girlfriend and I found out that there is clinic in Germany where doctors can really help. I have read many reviews about this clinic and about the doctors and all are positive. I knew from the beginning that this is very expensive but for me it doesn’t matter. I decided to collect some money and to go. For me this is the last chance to change everything and to turn my life back. Hope that everyone will find the right thing… and I hope that those how are suffering of this issue will recover very soon...
MY story is the same, I have suffered from this for more than 2 years and during this time I tried everything. My doc is a really good one and he feels very bad because of my condition. I can see that he is trying to help me and to advice the best thing for me. During this past 2 years I tried 2 types of antibiotics and in the beginning I felt that they helped. The first symptom that passed away was the swollen part and after this I got rid the pain of and all the other issues that I felt. When finally everything seemed to be okay and when finally I started to have a complete sexual life the swollen part appeared again. I have no explanation for this and my doc too. After the first antibiotic he prescribed me the second one but this time nothing changed. I started to be very worried about my situation because I understood that my doc never has had a similar situation during his career. He was advised by many other doctors that prescribed me many other type of oil and creams that changed nothing. The only thing that nowadays helps me to get rid of the pain is my regular and good quality underwear and some painkillers recommended since the beginning from my doctor. I have noticed that if you buy good quality underwear it can change you entire life.
I still hope that I’ll find good remedies for this but when I read all you comment here I start to think that this is impossible to pass over it.. Hope that I’m wrong, no folks.. I really hope
I started to experience this issues since February and I am feeling so bad about this situation.. I never have had this thing before but I have read about all the side effects of this disease on different forums. When I discovered that I have this issue suddenly I remembered all those things that I have read on the forums and on the reviews. During the first month the swollen part wasn’t the only part that caused me pain. I started to have some stomach pain and back pain. It was more like a discomfort than pain but it was really insupportable. The problem about the urination follows me since the beginning, usually in the morning… this period of the day become the most critical one. I did the urine test and also the blood test and my doc found it normal. According to this test, and even if my tests were okay my doc prescribed me cyproflacxin. I expected that this one will help me but instead of this I received different kind of side effects that multiplied to other old ones become for me an atomic bomb. I couldn’t sleep during the night and I was scared to wake up at the morning because I know what to expect. IN addition to the insupportable urinating difficulties I started to feel some burning sensations and a weird feeling while ejaculating. I couldn’t resist as much as I thought on this drug and I decided to stop. Now I don’t administrate anything and I started to feel like at the beginning without the additional side effects.
I don’t know what to do now but I hope that if somebody will find something will write here. Trust me I’ll do the same thing, I’ll be very happy to help you.