The difference between acute orchitis and chronic orchitis is mainly reflected in the different onset and progression of the disease, different causes, different symptoms and so on.
1. Different onset and progression of disease: acute orchitis starts sharply, belongs to acute attack, and the course of the disease progresses quickly, while chronic orchitis starts slowly, and the course of the disease progresses slowly, more than six weeks.
2. Different causes: acute orchitis is often caused by bacteria, viruses and other infections through the bloodstream or through the lymphatic route, and can be accompanied by a variety of acute infectious diseases, such as epididymitis. Chronic testicular inflammation is mostly formed by acute testicular inflammation after the treatment is not complete, may also be trauma or other reasons, can be accompanied by chronic prostatitis.
3. Symptoms are different: acute orchitis is mainly testicular enlargement, pain, scrotal skin redness, radiating scrotal pain and other symptoms, but also can be accompanied by high fever, nausea and other systemic symptoms. Chronic orchitis in most cases no obvious clinical symptoms, a few patients mainly testicular swelling discomfort, testicular hardness, testicular atrophy and other local symptoms.
Whether acute testicular inflammation or chronic testicular inflammation, should be timely medical treatment, by the doctor to clarify the cause of the disease for targeted treatment.