Does prostatitis affect fertility

Update Date: 2023-12-04 Source: Network

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Prostatitis refers to the acute and chronic inflammation caused by prostate specific and non-specific infection, resulting in systemic or local symptoms. The cause of prostatitis has not been fully understood, there are different opinions, which may be related to the following factors. Non bacterial prostatitis is not transmitted to the woman, and non-specific bacterial prostatitis because the woman has a strong ability to resist external bacterial infection in the vagina, so there is no need to worry about the other party being infected. Now let's talk about whether prostatitis affects fertility.

Does prostatitis affect fertility

First of all: chronic prostatitis caused by chronic epididymitis, epididymal fibrosis, nodule formation, vasectomy, ejaculatory duct obstruction and other changes in the output pipeline, resulting in partial ejaculation difficulties, or complete obstructive azoospermia, resulting in male infertility.

Secondly: after the attack of prostatitis, if it is not treated in time, it is easy to appear some abnormal phenomena, which can cause chronic epididymitis, epididymal fibrosis, nodule formation, vas deferens, ejaculatory duct obstruction and other output pipeline will also have certain changes, resulting in partial ejaculation difficulty or complete obstructive azoospermia, and eventually lead to male infertility.

Finally: long term chronic inflammation can change the composition of prostatic fluid, affect the secretion function of prostate, and then affect the liquefaction time of semen, decrease the sperm motility, which can lead to male infertility.

matters needing attention

The patient is in chest knee position or lateral position. After touching the prostate with the index finger along the anus on the front wall of the rectum, the doctor gently presses the prostate from the outside up to the inside down. At the same time, the doctor instructs the patient to lift the anus so that the prostatic fluid can be discharged from the urethral orifice and urinate immediately.