Reproductive system complications
In addition to affecting the digestive and respiratory systems, the disease can also cause reproductive complications. It can even result in male and female infertility.
sterility in males
Almost 98% of men with cystic fibrosis are infertile because the conduit connecting the testes and prostate gland is either completely clogged with mucus or the sperm canal is completely absent. This condition is also known as congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens (CBAVD). Patients’ sperms never transform into semen, rendering it impossible for sperm to reach the ovary and fertilise it. Sperm deficiency in sperm results in slender ejaculation and diminished sperm volume.
Even though patients with cystic fibrosis cannot become biological fathers, there are fertility treatments and a few surgical procedures that, in some cases, make it possible for them to do so.
