What is varicocele phlebitis

Update Date: 2025-12-21 Source: Network

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In recent days, my husband always said that he was not comfortable, he would be red and swollen, and his spirit was not very good. After going to the hospital for examination, I found out that he had varicocele phlebitis. Now I'll share with you what is varicocele phlebitis.

What is varicocele phlebitis

First, the main clinical manifestations of varicocele phlebitis are swelling and pain in the spermatic vein area, induration in the swelling part, purplish skin, and decreased sperm, which can cause infertility. Timely treatment of genitourinary system infections such as prostatitis, urethritis, reduce the chance of inflammation, is also an important means to prevent the occurrence of the disease; varicocele general prognosis is good, mild patients do not need surgical treatment.

Second, the main clinical symptoms are: most of them have no obvious symptoms, only the feeling of falling and swelling in scrotum, the symptoms and signs are aggravated when standing upright or increasing abdominal pressure, and the earthworm like soft mass can be touched in scrotum. It is generally considered as subclinical varicocele when the diameter of vein is more than 2 mm, and clinical varicocele when the diameter is more than 5 mm.

Third, varicocele phlebitis is related to infection. Often caused by venous blood flow or thrombosis, causing venous inflammation or varicocele tendril venous plexus tortuous expansion, the formation of varicocele. The disease is more common in young adults, often occurs in the left side, but bilateral incidence is not uncommon, can be as high as 20%.

matters needing attention

Patients with varicocele phlebitis should improve working conditions, reduce labor intensity, long-term physical labor and standing work should have medical elastic socks or medical elastic bandage to protect the affected face (no ulcer), do more ankle joint stretching exercise, try not to smoke, prevent cold, damp, injury, eat more light food and fruit, less salt, when taking medicine with vitamin C, it is conducive to medicine We need to fully absorb.