Post Date December, 03 2023
What is the relationship between respiratory diseases and male infertility? With the rapid development of society, environmental pollution is becoming increasingly serious, and respiratory diseases are also favored by many people. Many men are beginning to worry about the question "Can respiratory diseases lead to male infertility?" If you want to understand the answer to this question, please take a look at the detailed introduction below with the editor.
The relationship between male infertility and chronic respiratory diseases is very close, and it is one of the important factors that directly lead to male infertility. This is reflected in patients who have a history of chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis, and who have oligospermia or azoospermia during the seminal night examination, but the testicular volume and serum FSH and LH levels are normal. Such diseases require further research.
"Male infertility is not only related to the reproductive organs, but also to many other causes. Without identifying the true cause, it is difficult to cure.". It is now found that male infertility is also related to the respiratory system, such as chronic pneumonia, rhinitis, and other diseases that can lead to a disease called ciliary immobility syndrome.
Ciliary immobility syndrome was found in 1975 through research. Its incidence rate is very high in areas where close relatives get married, and patients often have a history of respiratory obstructive disease, infection, etc. Some male infertility patients have sperm that survive but are unable to move, and the reason for hindering sperm movement is due to abnormalities in the structure of the axons in the sperm flagella. About 50% of patients have visceral translocation, and their sexual organs are also developing normally. The semen volume and sperm count are within the normal range. Sperm staining shows that the sperm is alive, but cannot or rarely moves. Ultrastructural examination shows pathological changes in axons.
However, there is also a syndrome called ciliary stagnation, which is mostly manifested in patients with chronic respiratory diseases during childhood. In adulthood, their sperm tail cilia are abnormal, and their ability to swim forward is weak, with some only swinging in place. Through electron microscopic observation, it was found that there were abnormal changes in the ciliary structure of the sperm tail, as well as abnormalities in the ciliary cell structure of the respiratory tract mucosa. Therefore, this infertility is caused by abnormalities in ciliated cells.
Many male infertility patients caused by ciliary immobility syndrome develop symptoms such as coughing and bronchitis when they are young, and can be treated with antibiotics or other methods in adulthood. Although their physical development is normal, respiratory diseases have an impact on semen, and there is a risk of inducing infertility.
(Intern Editor: Huang Jiazhen)
