How Long Does Epididymitis Take To Go Away?

[naughtonjim]

I got diagnosed with epididymitis a week ago and the pain has just now began to leave. Is this common and how long does it normally take for the pain to go completely away along with the swelling? My scrotum hasn't swollen and i've had a ultrasound, blood test, and urine sample and all came back negitive for cancer or a tumor. I'm really frightened about it and hope that this is just epididymitis. Also, the epididymitis came after working out and I also have pain in my tighs, is it possible that i pulled my groin and also have epididymitis?

[xavierq]

Exactly, urine could get more easily into the prostate and epididymis if urinating shortly after ejaculation.

But somehow, ejaculating continuously seems like it might help with an obstruction somewhere, if it were as physically simple as a hose or tube. :)

[antonii]

I now feel a little better Zinc & folic acid supplements have held with my low libido...

[antonii]

I will try to take more sperm booster foods & take enough sleep

[wenker]

hey guys i've had most the symptoms u have been pointing out, and im likely to have epididymitis, doxycycline and anti inflamation pills have been helping so far for me, i agree that it takes time and u have to be patient.
My biggest question and worry is i dont have kids yet, am i still going to have children? please answer this for me,  im 29 years old

[Aid777]

Did you ever find a solution and how about the kids part??

[Fotun]

Likely CPPS - Google:

"Devil In Your Balls" Self-Help Blog Prostatitis / Epididymitis Pain

[xavierq]

[Day 1267/Epididymitis 3.0]

So, this thing is here again with a vengeance, I'm taking over-the-counter ibuprofen to try to manage it, but three days on, it has not been enough.  For the past three months or so, there has been an uncomfortable feeling all the time, but now it does feel like at the beginning, 3.5 years ago.  I might have done nothing just waiting for it to go (the pain comes and goes all the time, but this time it stayed, doesn't go away).

I will visit a new urologist soon.  My last visit to an urologist was  2 years, 3 months ago, at the time he did a rectal examination (I'm still way under 40 for that), and he found my prostate was small and without polyps, so far fine there, then.

But unfortunately guys, this thing lives on, and doesn't go away.  Granted, I'm older and less healthy, and spend a lot of time sitting.  Symptoms as usual: pain behind the left testicle, epididymis feel enlarged, warm feeling in my left leg and inguinal area.  As stated, ibuprofen barely helps or not at all.

[xavierq]

Hi all, a follow up: At some point in the past few years (last post 2019, today 2022) I stopped eating a lot of bread and sugar, and I'm eating oatmeal almost daily, this is because I had very high levels of cholesterol, the MD also prescribed me rosuvastatin 20mg until the year "twenty-forever" as I may have Hypercholesterolemia (diet and exercise alone didn't cut it after a 3 months test).  After starting dealing with that, the epididymitis and hematospermia issues went away!  My blood pressure has also been increasing year-by-year, so everything might be related.  

So, anybody stumbling here, try less sugar, less bread, more grains and vegetables, more exercise (I just walk the dogs 30+min at least, gyms are not my thing), and keep a healthy weight (I lost 10 pounds to get into my ideal height/weight BMI ratio, have kept that since 2019).

What ails me now the most is lower back pain. :P

[anjeshv4]

I have also had this for about a month now. Left epididymis is slightly larger & swollen than the right one. Also the left testicle is a bit more firm than the right one. There was a small rice grain shaped mass behind the left testicle which went away on its own. After the first few days, there is very little pain. But I do feel slight discomfort in the left lower abdomen & the left flank from time to time. Sometimes the left testicle also hurts.  Didn't take any antibiotics due to fear that it'll mess up my gut flora. Just some herbal meds. Hope I'll get better.

[danoonakh]

Here's my story of epididymitis. It started as a lack of libido and difficulties in achieving erection. At that point I had no pain in my testicles whatsoever. Then, a couple of days later, some awkward feeling started in the right testicle. It wasn't a pain, just a strange sensation like a tension or something. It was getting worse day after day - more focused and more pain-like, it was affecting the top and the rear side of the testicle also radiating to the adjacent areas. I started googling as to what it could have been and self-diagnosed myself with epididymitis. I was sure it wasn't  caused by an STD, as I only had one sexual partner who was healthy, so I prescribed myself amoxicillin and a NSAID. For the following 4 days the pain had stabilized, it wasn't changing in any direction. The pain wasn't sharp, I could walk and pretty much do anything, but I couldn't ignore it either - I always knew it was there. I replaced amoxicillin with doxycycline, somehow thinking that if amoxicillin had not been efficient enough, then doxycycline would be better. I took doxycycline for 4 days in total. On the day one already I started feeling a lot better. On the day 2 I was sure the inflammation was gone. Today is the day 5 and the effects of epididymitis are 95% gone, I have my libido and erection back. There's only a slight sensitivity where the pain was, which is not concerning me. I am off of the antibiotics. I wish everybody a quick recovery.