Patients with epididymitis generally have a better prognosis after receiving timely and effective antibacterial medication. However, if the symptoms are not taken seriously and the patient does not receive timely and reasonable treatment, it may spread to the testicles and other parts of the body and even cause more difficult complications such as sepsis, abscess, epididymal obstruction and infertility. If acute epididymitis is left untreated for a long time, it may become chronic inflammation and the prognosis becomes worse.