Patient's question:
I have been married to my partner for more than three years. Last year, my partner gave birth to a big, strong baby. Last month, my partner said they wanted to have a vasectomy. But I heard that women undergoing tubal ligation experience a lot of pain and that it can also have a significant impact on their health. I went to the hospital to consult a doctor and asked myself what kind of help I would need if I were to have a vasectomy: Does vasectomy actually affect a man's sexual ability?Doctor's answer:
After vasectomy, the channel for sperm to run outside the body is cut off. Although the testicles still continuously produce new sperm, they can only stay within the testicles and epididymis, gradually dying and decomposing, and finally being absorbed and disappearing. In reality, under physiological conditions, some sperm also age, die, and are absorbed, but unlike after vasectomy, not all sperm die, decompose, and are absorbed. The normal process of ejaculation still exists during sexual intercourse. Since semen primarily comes from the seminal vesicles and prostate, and the ligature is located before these two glands, the discharge of semen remains normal. However, because there are no sperm, the volume decreases by about a few percent, a change that is imperceptible. Additionally, since the Leydig cells that produce androgens are located outside the seminiferous tubules and are completely unaffected by the surgery, vasectomy does not affect a man's secondary sexual characteristics, sexual desire, or sexual life, nor does it impact health or the ability to engage in various physical activities.