How Do You Treat Epididymitis?

Epididymis is a series of small tubes attached to the back of each testicle that collects and stores sperm. The inflammation or infection of epididymis is called epididymitis. The common treatments for this illness include antibiotics and bed rest. There are also other treatments, such as pain-relievers, elevation of the scrotum, cold compresses, etc. How do you treat epididymitis? 

 

Epididymitis is often caused by bacteria infection, thus antibiotic therapy is usually prescribed by doctors. Its strong antibiosis property can effectively kill the causative bacteria. However, the curative effect is little for some of you because of the drug resistance or tolerance, and damage to kidneys an liver. Therefore, you have to try other medications to control the condition. 

 

Have you ever heard of herbal medicine? It’s a kind of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that is made from purely natural herbs with no side effects. It can be used as a new treatment options for epididymitis. You may be curious about the effectiveness of this medication. In fact, it has been used for over 2000 years in China and has helped majority of patients come back to normal life. 

 

A herbal medicine called Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill has been used for epididymitis for several years. It has already cured many male patients with this disease. Patients with epididymitis usually have sensitivity to touch or pressure in the affected testicle, pain in the abdomen or pelvis, and enlarged testicle. In the view of TCM, the pain is caused by the blocked blood and Qi. Thus, by adding herbs with properties of improving blood and Qi flow, the pain and discomfort can be eliminated efficiently. It also contains herbs like talcum, antago seed, dianthus superbus, and polygonum aviculare which can provide good effect on inducing diuresis to relieve stranguria, so that the burning pain when urinating and frequent urination can be cured gradually. Moreover, other natural herbs can eradicate the pathogenic bacteria include houttuynia cordata, scutellaria baicalensis, honeysuckle. Thus, the root causes of epididymitis can be removed, and then the recurrent rate can be greatly reduced.

 

To ensure a safe and efficient treatment, herbal medicine is better than antibiotics on the treatment of epididymitis. It can also used to cure chronic epididymitis for it can keep a continuous treatment.