What are the long-term consequences of testicular inflammation?

The long-term consequences of testicular inflammation rarely occur with adequate treatment of the disease, but are often severe when the full picture of the complication emerges. If the testicle inflammation is not detected in time or if the pathogen cannot be detected, so that the wrong antibiotics are used, the testicle inflammation can become significantly prolonged. It is also possible that the bacteria settle in the testicle or the surrounding tissue and form an encapsulated cavity there.

This cavity often contains additional pus, in this case it is called abscess formation. An infection of the urinary tract through the testicle inflammation is also possible. It can lead to a urinary tract infection or even a bladder infection.Chronic cystitis can be a risk factor for the development of bladder cancer, but testicular inflammation is only very rarely seen as a chronic trigger.

Which can be caused against it straight with older men or also persons with a bad immune system by an inflammation of the testis, is a urinary tract infection, which rises up to the kidneys. This is known as inflammation of the renal pelvis (pyelonephritis), which in the worst case can develop into blood poisoning. An inflammation of the testicles can also lead to an infection of the surrounding skin layers.

If this is not treated in time, the infection can spread unhindered and the skin dies off over a large area (necrosis, gangrene). Under certain circumstances this can lead to a life-threatening soft tissue infection and is therefore one of the most feared consequences of testicle inflammation. Only in rare cases does sterility occur after testicular inflammation.

It should also be noted that sterility can only occur on the affected testicle. In most cases the other testicle is not inflamed, so that complete sterility cannot occur. Occasionally a so-called testicular atrophy (reduction of the testicle size) occurs as a result of inflammation of the testicle due to mumps. However, this does not affect the function of the testis.