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Can bacterial orchitis cause testicular atrophy? or is that only mumps?

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Orchitis: Bacteriall epididymoorchitis generally does not cause testicular atrophy or fertility issues.

Answered 9/29/2016

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here are some ...: Either mumps or bacterial orchitis will result in testicular atrophy but in different ways. For unknown reason, mumps usually affects the whole testis leading to its detrimental effects to whole testis; bacterial orchitis is uncommon but usually from the extension of bacterial UTI to bacterial epididymitis so usually involving just a part of testis but responding well to antibiotic Rx so less...

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