Is it possible to have children with chronic prostatitis?

Prostatitis is a male disease with a very high incidence rate today. Most patients suffer from chronic prostatitis. Although the disease progresses slowly, the harm is very serious. Men who suffer from prostatitis for a long time will have many symptoms, such as pain when urinating, and are prone to impotence and premature ejaculation, and their sexual function will be greatly reduced. So will chronic prostatitis affect male fertility?

Is it possible to have children with chronic prostatitis?

Can women with chronic prostatitis have children? Women with chronic prostatitis can have children. Although prostatitis affects fertility, mild prostatitis and aseptic prostatitis will not affect fertility and they can still conceive normally. For more severe prostatitis, bacterial prostatitis and non-gonococcal prostatitis (such as those caused by chlamydia, mycoplasma, and viral infections), sperm quality is affected, which may affect fertility to varying degrees. In addition, having sex with prostatitis may cause infection in the female partner. It is recommended to consider fertility after treatment.

Can prostatitis cause infertility?

Prostatitis may lead to infertility. When the prostate becomes inflamed, it affects the normal secretion of the prostate, resulting in a decrease in prostate secretion, which in turn reduces the secretion of semen, affects the survival and activity of sperm, and reduces sperm motility. If not treated in time, sperm quality will continue to decline, leading to male infertility. If treated in time, the symptoms of prostatitis will be reduced, prostate function will return to normal, and normal conception will be achieved.

The prostate is one of the important organs of the male reproductive system. It is a sex gland with dual secretion functions. The prostatic fluid secreted by it is an important component of semen, accounting for 25%-33% of normal male semen. It participates in the coagulation and liquefaction process of semen and provides nutrients for sperm survival. Therefore, whether the prostatic fluid is infected directly affects the quality of sperm.

Does prostatitis affect sperm?

Does prostatitis affect sperm? Prostatitis can affect fertility, mainly because it affects sperm quality. Prostatitis affects sperm mainly in the following ways:

1. Changes in semen composition:

Sperm activity requires nutritional supplements, and the nutritional components are in the seminal plasma. If you have prostatitis, the seminal plasma will be mixed with some bacteria, inflammatory cells, etc., and the lactic acid substances will also increase. When the toxins and metabolites of bacteria are excreted in the seminal plasma, the living environment of sperm is destroyed, thus causing the sperm activity to decline and affecting normal fertility.

2. Changes in semen volume:

Normal males usually ejaculate about 2-6 ml of semen each time. Since the volume occupied by sperm is very small and can be almost ignored, the amount of semen is approximately equal to the amount of seminal plasma, of which about 40% is the liquid secreted by the prostate. When men suffer from prostatitis, the amount of seminal plasma secretion will decrease, which is not conducive to the survival and activity of sperm, thus affecting normal fertilization.

3. Changes in sperm density:

Sometimes the amount of seminal plasma will increase, and the sperm density will decrease. The sperm will be diluted, and if the sperm density is low, you may suffer from oligospermia, which will affect your fertility function.

4. Sperm transport disorder:

Prostatitis can easily lead to many other diseases, such as chronic epididymitis, epididymal fibrosis, etc., which can easily form nodules; vas deferens, ejaculatory duct obstruction, etc., which can cause changes in the ejaculatory duct. These conditions can lead to sperm transport disorders, causing partial ejaculation difficulties, and if complete obstructive azoospermia occurs, it can lead to male infertility.