Does prostatitis affect fertility?

Prostatitis is a common male disease, mainly caused by bacterial infection. The onset of prostatitis will have some impact on sex life or work, because prostatitis will cause symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating. At the same time, prostatitis will also have a certain impact on fertility, because prostatitis will change the quality of sperm. Learn more about whether prostatitis affects fertility?

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.