What are the symptoms of orchitis in children?

We know that a healthy man actually has two testicles. And after all, the testicles are all the same size. But once the child's testicles have problems, it is often quite serious. Active treatment is needed. Otherwise, the patient will often experience uncomfortable symptoms. What are the symptoms of orchitis in children? How to prevent it?

In the acute phase, there is high fever, chills, testicular pain radiating to the groin, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Acute mumps orchitis usually occurs 3-4 days after the onset of mumps, with a high fever of up to 40°C, often accompanied by prostration, redness and swelling of the scrotum, enlarged testicles, hydrocele, and obvious tenderness. If it is mumps, enlarged parotid glands may also be found.

Prevention of orchitis: It is generally believed that orchitis should be treated with large amounts of broad-spectrum effective antibiotics given intravenously in the early stages to control inflammation in order to reduce the occurrence of purulent orchitis and testicular abscesses, with particular attention paid to acute mumps orchitis. Acute mumps orchitis bilateral lesions can cause irreversible damage to spermatogenesis and even testicular atrophy, leading to male infertility. Therefore, the key to preventing orchitis is to vaccinate susceptible children under one year old. The use of live attenuated mumps virus vaccine can prevent mumps and concurrent orchitis. Mumps hyperimmune globulin can reduce the development of the disease. Routine use of estrogen or adrenal glucocorticoids may have the effect of preventing orchitis in children with mumps, but there is still controversy.

1. Middle-aged men should pay attention to the maintenance of their testicles. Testicular care is an important means to solve male dysfunction. Men can massage their testicles with both hands when taking a bath or before going to bed. Use your thumbs to gently pinch the testicles clockwise and counterclockwise for ten minutes each. Long-term persistence will definitely be beneficial.

2. If you feel any unusual pain during massage, it may be orchitis or epididymitis. Please go to the hospital for examination in time.

3. Bilateral lesions of acute mumps and orchitis can cause irreversible damage to spermatogenesis and even testicular atrophy, leading to male infertility.

4. You should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and increase the intake of vitamin C and other ingredients to improve the body's anti-inflammatory ability.

5. Eat less so-called "irritating foods" such as pig's trotters, fish soup, and mutton, so as to avoid increased secretions in the inflamed area, further infiltration and spread of orchitis, and aggravation of symptoms.

Warm reminder: When patients have orchitis problems, they should be careful not to eat spicy and irritating foods. If they eat chili peppers casually, it will often further aggravate the symptoms. And for the sake of health, the patients themselves should not smoke or drink, and should not stand or sit for long periods of time.