Patient's question:
Your relative is about to get married and start a family, but the relative has noticed that recently when urinating, it's a bit uncomfortable. Also, during sexual intercourse with the female relative, the male has experienced issues. They went to a nearby hospital and were told it's related to the male's prostate, possibly prostatitis. The question is whether this condition can lead to infertility?Doctor's answer:
When a man suffers from prostatitis, it not only recurs with more severe sexual dysfunction such as impotence and male premature ejaculation but also significantly degrades the quality of semen. Acute male prostatitis can alter the composition and physicochemical properties of semen. If a bacterial male prostatitis occurs again, it can lead to bacteria and toxins in the semen inhibiting sperm activity, causing sperm poisoning, aggregation, and near-death, thereby greatly reducing male fertility.