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Chemotherapy can recover sperm for several years

BY Iris Wheatley 2020-07-24

  Can chemotherapy treat sperm for several years? We all know that the side effects of chemotherapy are very serious. In addition to causing digestive symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and constipation, bone marrow suppression, hair loss, and kidney Symptoms such as impaired function have a great influence on the sperm of male patients. So, how many years can chemotherapy restore sperm? Originoo_42964_50253383_l.jpg

  The impact of cancer chemotherapy is systemic, so it is said that chemotherapy still has a certain impact on fertility, But whether it has an effect depends on the location of the tumor, the degree of the disease, the patient''s age, physical condition, treatment and recovery and other specific conditions can be determined, so the tumor chemotherapy has an impact on this, this The extent of the impact varies from person to person.

   Testis is highly sensitive to anti-tumor drugs. The degree of germ cell damage is related to the amount of drug received. Generally speaking, within 2 months after the start of chemotherapy, the number of sperm is basically normal or slightly Decreased, and after 2 to 3 months, it gradually showed a tendency to sperm deficiency. Clinically, symptoms such as testicular atrophy, sperm deficiency, and azoospermia often occur, causing infertility. But sometimes the sperm deficiency can be transient. If the sperm count returns to the normal range after treatment, the sperm motility and fertilization ability are usually in a normal state.

  Some scholars have investigated the sexual quality of life of 31 patients with malignant lymphoma between 17 and 45 years old. The results are as follows:

  ①At the time of diagnosis and before the start of chemotherapy, there have been 40% ; Patients with decreased libido, 55% patients have no satisfaction in their sexual life;

  ②During chemotherapy, there are further 55% patients with decreased libido, 45% patients There is no satisfaction in sexual life;

  ③ One year after the end of chemotherapy, the degree of sexual life can be restored to the state before the onset. In the investigation of patients with seminoma, most research results show that there is no significant change in the patients'' libido, erection ability and hyperactivity before and after chemotherapy; there are a few reports that the patients will have low libido during the chemotherapy process.

  The impact of chemotherapeutic drugs on sperm depends on the dosage and dosage of the drugs used at the time of treatment. Some effects will be more serious, and some effects will be a few years after the completion of chemotherapy It disappeared afterwards, and the impact on fertility at this time is not great.

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