Patient's question:
I got divorced from my wife three years ago, and now I want to have a child. However, last year I was carefully diagnosed with prostatitis, and I haven't treated it well. I'm also quite worried that this disease might affect the child's future and other issues.Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis can affect fertility mainly in the following ways:1. According to urologists, prostatitis can lead to the prostate fluid excreted by the prostate containing a large amount of bacteria, bacterial toxins, and inflammatory secretions. These harmful substances can deplete the nutrients and oxygen in semen, thereby affecting sperm vitality and causing male infertility.
2. The recurrence of prostatitis can lead to the re-emergence of bacteria and bacterial toxins. This can deplete the nutrients in seminal fluid, alter the pH (acidity/alkalinity) of semen, affect the activity of certain enzymes, increase the viscosity of seminal fluid, hinder sperm mobility, stimulate the body to produce antisperm antibodies, and potentially impair male fertility.
3. When suffering from prostatitis, the pH of semen often rises, making it more acidic.