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Follow up on nitrofurantin orchitis question/ for dr lin.i do have orchitis alone,not std, was tested.on nitrofurantoin,what to do? not really working

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here are some ...: As previously stated, likely to have orchitis alone is very low; if yes, it would result from blood circulation, not from urinary tract because it's impossible to skip epididymis and "jump to testis. The known example for circulatory origin is mumps orchitis, which is caused by virus and requires no antibiotics. Nonetheless, without face-to-face inquiry and exam, it's hard to come up accurate Dx..

Answered 9/28/2016

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