Adrenal disease cause male infertility

In medicine, adrenal disease seriously affect male Physiology, it can cause male sexual dysfunction and oligospermia or azoospermia symptoms, which can cause male infertility.

There is a common disease: Cushing Syndrome, adrenocortical hypofunction, etc.

Adrenal disease may cause male infertility

1, Cushing Syndrome may cause the male libido

Cushing Syndrome, also known as Cushing's syndrome Cushing by cortisol hormone excess cortisol.

Blood in high concentration of cortisol can make male patients of libido and erectile dysfunction; some patients blood testosterone levels lower, testis atrophy, spermatogenesis obstacles, interstitial cells degenerate and fibrosis of the seminiferous tubules, which ultimately lead to infertility.

Cushing more performance for the polulation, full moon face, Buffalo back, pendant belly, supraclavicular Fossa fat pad; more blood quality appearance, skin purple sheath, hairy, acne, hypertension and osteoporosis, impaired glucose tolerance.

Reproductive system performance: libido, erectile dysfunction, testes, penis can become soft. Therefore cause male infertility.

2, primary adrenocortical hypofunction caused germ barrier

Primary adrenocortical hypofunction, also known as Addison disease, adrenal cortical atrophy or damaged caused by cortisol or lack of aldosterone, such patients may have a sex drive attenuation performance, reduce testosterone synthesis, spermatogenesis obstacles, which happened to oligozoospermia or azoospermia.

Patients have symptoms and effects of sexual impotence.

Primary adrenocortical hypofunction more manifested as: (1) aldosterone deficiency group because the body's natural ability to decline and that serum potassium hydrogen ion excretion exception, cause low blood sodium, low potassium blood volume, and mild metabolic acidosis.

Performance: anorexia, gravis, low blood pressure, chronic dehydration, weakness, weight loss (2) groups of cortisol deficiency can cause loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal distension, dyspepsia; weak, indifference, drowsiness, mental disorders, dizziness, Vertigo, hypotension, oliguria, etc. (3) reproductive system of male sexual dysfunction, libido and impotence, oligozoospermia. Therefore cause male infertility.

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