2016年5月24日星期二

How Can Chronic Prostatitis Cause Infertility in Men?

As we know, prostate is the biggest affiliated sexual gland of men. It plays an important role in male reproductive system. Its secretion of prostate fluid is the composition of semen. Therefore, if prostate is infected, it will affect the quality of sperm. If left prostatitis untreated, it’s likely to cause infertility in men.  

Actually, in semen of chronic prostatitis patients, they do are some changes. Due to the influences of bacteria and viruses, the nutrition of semen is consumed and the PH value is changed too, so the possibility for sperm to fertilize with egg is reduced. However, there also are some men with chronic prostatitis still have excellent reproductive ability.

What makes chronic prostatitis patients infertile?

Firstly, if a men is infected by prostatitis, the change of prostate fluid composition makes semen changes too, which leads to sperm hard to live and move. In addition,   the liquefy time of semen increases, so that the sperm is hard to meet with egg.

Secondly, the normal PH value of sperm is alkaline, when the prostate fluid changes, it will make the semen acid. However, sperm can only live in a environment that the PH value is between 6-6.5, thus, in this acid environment, the mortality rate of sperm will be high.

Thirdly, when having chronic prostatitis, there are a large number of inflammatory substances such as bacteria and viruses in prostate fluid. Those inflammatory substances can consume the nutrition and oxygen of semen, which makes sperm can’t get enough nutrition to live.

Since you know the damage of prostatitis to the reproductive ability, it’s important to get timely and radical treatment if you have been infected by this disease. Patients in the acute phase can take antibiotics for this kind of medicine is quick and effective on curing prostatitis. After the symptoms have disappeared, patients should take the antibiotics for a couple of days to avoid the recurrence of the disease. Patients in the chronic phase can take herbal medicine Diuretic andAnti-inflammatory Pill. The herbs in the pill can clear away heat and toxins, promote the circulation of blood and Qi, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria. Once the prostatitis is cured completely, the prostate fluid will be normal and so does the semen. Thus, the infertility caused by prostatitis can be cured as well.

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