Vol 9, No 5 (2008): Practical Diabetology
Review article
Published online: 2008-10-23
Etiopathogenesis of fertility disorders in diabetic men
Diabetologia Praktyczna 2008;9(5):227-232.
Abstract
Fertility disorders concern about 15% couples trying
to have offspring. The causes of difficulty in getting pregnant in 30-50% of couples are male reproductive
system disorders. Nowadays diabetes is more
often mentioned as a cause of male infertility. There
are 400.000 men over the age of 20 years who suffer
from diabetes in Poland. It is estimated that every
second man who reports having erectile dysfunction
has diabetes. The most often mentioned fertility
disturbances in the course of diabetes are: impotence,
disorders of testis function, decreased ability to fertilize
and retrograde ejaculation.
Because the growing morbidity, earlier occurrence
of diabetes and more often putting decision of
having babies aside in time, metabolic disturbances
in diabetes may become one of more frequent causes
of fertility disorders in men.
Keywords: diabetesdiabetic complicationsfertility disorderssexual functions