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Chronic epididymitis?

I was diagnosed with epididymitis quite a while ago, and prescribed antibiotics for it. Even after finishing this treatment, the symptoms always come back after a few days of not ejaculating. This seems to be the opposite of what I see in other posts on the internet, where people say that ejaculating makes their symptoms worse - in fact, it's the only thing that helps me.
My main symptoms are pain and swelling of the epididymis. It feels like a large lump that is up to double the size of the testicle itself! But ejaculation makes this swelling completely disappear in minutes.

I had an ultrasound where nothing abnormal was found. Does anyone have any suggestions, because I am tired of taking anti-inflammatory drugs to deal with this.
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1580703 tn?1651904887
is there anyway to cure this numbness, loss of sensitivity that is so terrible in the penis?  I have a bulging vein too and may try varicocele surgery and have low testosterone levels and have lost my life
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1580703 tn?1651904887
I am getting painful ejaculation too in the veins or cords and terrible shooting pains in the pelvis with fungal infection.  you could try methenamine/cystex.  also cipro and levaquin may help and diflucan.  I don't like my current urologist he won't give me diflucan and run a prostate imaging

methenamine converts to formaldehyde which it may be impossible for bacteria or germs to develop a resistance to
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No one has any idea?
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