Post Date December, 02 2023
If men suffer from prostatitis, they must be treated in time, because prostatitis may cause some harm to men, and may also affect their fertility, leading to infertility. Now let's invite experts to introduce the reasons why prostatitis affects fertility.
1. There are some biologically active substances in the prostatic fluid that are closely related to the reproductive process, such as fibrinolytic enzyme affecting the liquefaction of semen, hyaluronidase determining the ability of sperm to drill through the egg, lecithin bodies providing essential nutrients and energy for sperm activities in semen, and so on. When inflammation occurs, the production of these biologically active substances decreases or their activity decreases, which will affect the survival and quality of sperm to some extent.
2. When suffering from prostatitis, the acidity and alkalinity of semen may change, making the semen acid or alkaline. When the pH of semen exceeds the minimum requirement that sperm can adapt to, sperm vitality and viability will be reduced, and may also have a negative impact on fertility.
3. In chronic bacterial prostatitis, the prostate fluid contains a large number of bacteria, bacterial toxins and inflammatory secretions. Inflammation can also spread to adjacent genital organs such as epididymis, seminal vesicles and other parts, causing seminal vesiculitis and epididymitis. These two places are mature places for sperm production. Once suffering from inflammation, it will greatly affect the quality of male sperm, leading to male infertility.
4. In chronic aseptic prostatitis, the secretion of glands in the prostate gland may be reduced, resulting in the reduction of semen volume, which is not conducive to the survival and activity of sperm. In addition, because the activity of the liquefaction factor-enzyme in the prostate fluid decreases and the coagulation factor increases, the semen is difficult to liquefy for a long time after being discharged from the body, and it is in a gelatinous state for a long time, thus delaying the liquefaction time of the semen. The so-called non-liquefaction or incomplete liquefaction of the semen hinders the motility of the sperm, or reduces the motility due to the laborious sperm movement and excessive energy consumption, and even causes the increase of sperm mortality; However, the author also encountered many cases where the sperm activity of grade a was more than 25%, although the liquefaction was not complete, and soon made the woman pregnant.
