COVID ORCHITIS - A RARE CASE REPORT

Abstract

Corona virus also known as COVID 19, is an ongoing worldwide pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS – CoV 2). COVID 19 presents differently in different people with the most common symptoms being fever, dry cough and generalised fatigue. Although most patients develop only mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalisation, it has also known to be associated with a wide range of multi-organ complications including pneumonia, ARDS, acute liver injury, acute cardiac injury, rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, DIC, septic shock and MODS.  However the effect COVID 19 on the Genito-urinary tract, especially the male reproductive system has still not been very well established. The male reproductive system is vulnerable to infection and patients with COVID 19 have found to have varied changes in their sex hormones and occurrences of orchitis suggesting gonadal impairment and possible infertility issues in the future.