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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Risk factors for epididymoorchitis include: | Risk factors for epididymoorchitis include:<ref name="pmid19378875">{{cite journal |vauthors=Trojian TH, Lishnak TS, Heiman D |title=Epididymitis and orchitis: an overview |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=79 |issue=7 |pages=583–7 |year=2009 |pmid=19378875 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Sexual activity]] and infection with [[sexually transmitted diseases]], such as ''[[C. trachomatis]]'' and ''[[N. gonorrhea]]'' | *[[Sexual activity]] and infection with [[sexually transmitted diseases]], such as ''[[C. trachomatis]]'' and ''[[N. gonorrhea]]'' | ||
*[[HIV]] is a risk factor to epididymoorchitis infections with [[viruses]] and [[fungi]] | *[[HIV]] is a risk factor to epididymoorchitis infections with [[viruses]] and [[fungi]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]
Overview
Risk Factors
Risk factors for epididymoorchitis include:[1]
- Sexual activity and infection with sexually transmitted diseases, such as C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhea
- HIV is a risk factor to epididymoorchitis infections with viruses and fungi
- Strenuous physical activity
- Riding motorcycles/bicycles
- Prolonged periods of inactivity and sitting
- Recent urinary tract surgery or instrumentation, such as cystoscopy and bladder catheterization
- Anatomic abnormalities of the urinary tract, such as prostatic obstruction in older men and posterior urethral valves or meatal stenosis in young, prepubertal boys
- Mumps infection is a risk factor for isolated mumps orchitis infection