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Psychologist, quilter, mom, wife, Unitarian Universalist
Psychologist, quilter, mom, wife, Unitarian Universalist
![Orchitis or oophoritis — Epididymoorchitis is the most common complication of mumps infection; it occurs among postpubertal males in 15 to 30 percent of cases [1,37,46,47]. Symptoms typically occur 5 to 10 days after onset of parotitis and include abrupt onset of fever (39 to 41ºC) and severe testicular pain accompanied by swelling and erythema of the scrotum. Involvement is unilateral in 60 to 80 percent of cases [9].
In one mumps outbreak including 11 men (mean age 32 years, range 17 to 55) with mumps orchitis, all required hospitalization for management of testicular pain and swelling [48]. Of these, 82 percent had parotitis approximately 10 days prior to development of orchitis, and 91 percent had never received mumps vaccination.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjpx63hz6neymowjvmozdx2r/bafkreidgdwdjnk7d7eaeuni6zoylqbebrmjhidnspr6vsbzritmp6xok24)
![Testicular atrophy has been observed in 30 to 50 percent of unvaccinated patients following mumps orchitis, and decreased fertility has been reported in cases of bilateral orchitis; however, these complications are uncommon and sterility is very rare [48,50]. Sterility has been observed more frequently among men with bilateral orchitis than men with unilateral orchitis [51]. No causal link has been definitively established between mumps orchitis and the subsequent development of testicular cancer; a possible association has been evaluated in several retrospective case series [50,52]. (See "Epidemiology and risk factors for testicular cancer".)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yjpx63hz6neymowjvmozdx2r/bafkreifex72gcslv2yyrjz5c7khfgt5aoust64cqgqv27cjbd43po7hs44)
