Diabetes can reduce the fertility of men because this disease has been associated with various risk factors that affect male reproductive capacity, such as erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory disorders, or hypogonadism (testicles dysfunction).
The risk of infertility is increased if there is bad blood glucose control, an increase in the body mass index (BMI), or insulin resistance.
Although sexual dysfunctions are common in patients with diabetes, only some are made an adequate diagnosis and treatment.
However, although sexual dysfunctions are common in diabetes patients, only some are made an adequate diagnosis and treatment.
Therefore, and on the occasion of the celebration of the XIV days of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology (SEQC), experts of this society have indicated that the Andrology Laboratory is key to diagnosing and treating problems such asAzoospermia and ejaculation disorders.
According to these specialists, the lack of sperm in semen or erectile dysfunction (difficulty or inability to achieve erection) can be an indicator of a complex picture.
For a correct diagnosis of sexual dysfunction it is necessary, they explain, to carry out a detailed clinical interview to the patient in which the diseases that may have affected their reproductive health are detailed, and a physical examination that includes the examination of the genital apparatus.
Laboratory analysis, in which parameters such as the volume and pH of a semen sample can be evaluated can provide very valuable information when making the diagnosis and choosing some of the available therapeutic options, from pharmacological treatments or surgical interventions, even assisted reproduction techniques such as obtaining sperm of the testicle and intra -monotoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).