How long to abstain from sex for epididymitis

  Epididymitis is divided into acute epididymitis and chronic epididymitis. Patients generally need to abstain from sex for 3-6 months to prevent aggravation of the disease during treatment.  Epididymitis is often caused by factors such as sedentary, irritating diet, urinary tract infection, etc. The germs invade when the body’s resistance is lowered, causing the patient to have symptoms such as swelling, pain and fever in the epididymis. Usually, acute epididymitis needs to be treated with standard antibiotics and may take up to 3 months of treatment to be completely cured. However, sometimes acute epididymitis will turn into chronic and the treatment time will be relatively longer, taking about 6 months to be cured. Since patients with epididymitis may aggravate local congestion or may turn the condition from acute to chronic if they continue to have sex, abstinence is required during the treatment period.  In addition, during the treatment of epididymitis, patients need to pay attention to rest and regular rest and rest, and they need to eat a light diet and not to eat stimulating food so as not to affect the treatment.