Patient's question:
These past few nights, I've been urinating frequently every day, needing to get up four or five times at night. Last night, I had incontinence and wet the bed directly. After being diagnosed at the hospital, I was told it's prostatitis. I've been prescribed some medication to take, but I haven't divorced yet. I'm worried that having prostatitis might affect my ability to have children.Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis does not affect fertility. The prostate is an accessory gland organ of the human body that contributes to the composition of sperm, but it does not independently bear the significant function and impact that some promote as the "soul-protecting gland." It seems that men with prostate diseases are somehow rendered incapable, causing people to feel fearful.First, prostate diseases, like other urological conditions, are common diseases, and some can be completely treated or cured. They do not account for all male reproductive issues. For example, infertility, sexual dysfunction, or even all discomforts are not solely attributed to the prostate. In reality, the prostate is merely a component of semen.
Third, prostatitis is also a common disease, and bacterial prostatitis can be cured.