Mumps causes infertility? Men should pay attention!

What is the relationship between mumps and infertility? I believe many netizens do not understand this. Yes, mumps is indeed a disease that often occurs in children, but a small number of adult men also suffer from this disease. Therefore, if adult male mumps patients are not treated in time, they will become infertile.

Most patients are children

Mumps usually occurs in children between 3 and 10 years old, although adults may also get sick. The pathogen of the disease is the mumps virus, and the route of infection is droplets in the air.

Adult males may become infertile due to mumps

Mumps is a common respiratory infectious disease in preschool and school-age children. The pathogen is the mumps virus, which is transmitted through saliva droplets. However, although it is mumps, don't just think that the inflammation is limited to the parotid gland. A small number of male children will experience redness, swelling, heat and pain in the scrotum and testicles one week after the disease, and will have chills and a significant increase in body temperature. At this time, the complication is orchitis, which means that orchitis is a complication of mumps. This is determined by the viral characteristics of the mumps virus. The virus has a special "preference" for the testicles. Mumps patients with orchitis can reach 20%-25% of the total number of patients, and the condition generally lasts about a week. Orchitis in children generally does not affect their future sexual function. If an adult male patient with mumps develops orchitis, it can cause some typical symptoms: testicular tenderness and swelling, testicular reduction and atrophy. If both testicles atrophy, it can lead to azoospermia or oligospermia in adult males, causing infertility in adult males.