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Can epididymitis cause prostatitis or vice versa?
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Nope: Various bacteria can cause either one, but neither condition causes the other one.
Answered 2/14/2021
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Not so: prostatitis in some cases may cause epididymitis but the reverse, no
Answered 2/12/2021
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