How to Diagnose Epididymitis?

As the symptoms of sufferers with epididymitis seem much similar to other reproductive symptoms without specificity, clinical doctors will take some tests to help the final diagnosis of epididymitis.

What tests do men need take for diagnosing epididymitis?

When sufferers with epididymitis are in the acute period, the pain of affected area may be on one side or both sides of the epididymis; Besides, sufferers have significant swelling of testis and scrotum; their skin may have redness, fever and tenderness when touched. And the feeling of pain will spread to the seminal vesicles, lower abdomen and perineum along with the length of the disease. When they touch the epididymis by hands, the male sufferer may touch different sizes of the tumor or induration on it.

Besides, the sufferers are also recommended to do laboratory tests such as secretions, blood tests and so on. Among them, the secretions can be prostatic fluid, semen and so on. The blood test can be found increased white blood cells, neutrophils and lymphocyte to confirm whether the disease is viral or bacterial epididymitis. As a result, the sufferers can also take the mycoplasma, chlamydia or gonorrhea to decide the next treatment.

In addition, the sufferers are advised to take the B-mode ultrasound to determine whether the lesions are epididymal head, tail or the whole epididymis; it can determine the power degree of echo and the condition of adhesions with the surrounding structures, which can know the overall situation of the epididymis and determine whether there is hydrocele of tunica vaginalis, epididymis hydrocele and so on.

For the sufferers who can not be confirmed or considered in having other diseases, they can consider doing computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Sufferers with epididymitis may suffer from diffuse lesions or localized lesions, among which, the localized lesions mostly may be accompanied by epididymal cysts, abscesses, and so on. The computerized tomography examination is to understand whether there is retroperitoneal metastasis or vicious and so on.

Warm tips:

The above mentioned is the examinations to diagnose epididymitis. To make a confirmed diagnosis, the symptoms and medical history of the sufferers can also be considered. For sufferers diagnosed with epididymitis, they can take the oral herbal medicine Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill to treat their disease, especially for sufferers with failed surgery or antibiotics treatment.