Hello sir/mam, I have mumps from last 2 days and today I consult a general physician he gave me some medicine and told watch for the inflammation of the testicles and also said that it leads to infertility is that infertility is lifelong I am a little bit scared by this please help.

Dr. Karuna ChawlaHomeopath23yrs exp

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Mumps is a viral infection that principally affects the parotid glands. However, it can also affect the testicles, giving rise to a condition called orchitis, which means inflammation of the testicle. If orchitis occurs before puberty fertility is usually unaffected. In the case of post-pubertal males it is estimated that 30% of males who develop mumps also develop orchitis during the course of the illness. In a third of these cases both testicles are affected. Orchitis can result in atrophy of the testicles, which in turn can impair sperm production. However complete sterility is rare in post-pubertal males that develop orchitis. It is important to emphasise that both testicles have to be affected by orchitis and mumps without orchitis carries no threat to fertility.  

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