Epididymoorchitis risk factors
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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 caused by 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[2]
- Anatomic abnormalities of the urinary tract, such as prostatic obstruction in older men (e.g., benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatic cancer, urethral strictures) and posterior urethral valves or meatal stenosis in young, prepubertal boys
- Mumps infection is a risk factor for isolated mumps orchitis infection