What Is Epididymitis?
1. What Is Epididymitis?
Epididymitis is inflammation of the epididymis. The condition can be either chronic or acute. In acute cases, inflammation is typically the result of an identifiable infection somewhere else in the body, such as the urethra, bladder, prostate or kidney. In most acute cases, inflammation presents in the epididymis and testes for up to six weeks.
Chronic epididymitis, on the other hand, can last for more than six weeks. The symptoms, which come and go, differ from those associated with acute epididymitis and are typically less severe. With chronic epididymitis, symptoms are typically localized to one or both epididymis. Causes of chronic epididymitis almost always remain unknown.
