Question 1

can a person with diabetes donate sperm?

Accepted Answer

No: Most facilities have exclusion criteria for semen banks, and diabetes is one of the diseases that generally precludes donation.

Question 2

help please! could diabetes cause low sperm?

Accepted Answer

Sperm count: Diabetes can cause a low sperm count - it would be important to get a semen analysis and possibly have the lab look for retrograde ejaculation.  This is a situation where the sperm end up in bladder.  They can be retrieved by the lab and used with assisted reproduction if needed.

Question 3

how do diabetes make they're low sperm cells high??

Accepted Answer

Spelling and grammar: Hi. Do you mean "How do diabetICS make THEIR low sperm cell count go up"? Diabetes per se doesn't cause a low sperm count. You're young to have chronic complications, although it's not impossible. See a fertility clinic, but don't assume your diabetes is what's causing your low sperm count.  Good luck! (And practice spelling and grammar).  :-)

Question 4

can diabetes cause low sperm count?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it can: Recent researches have shown that men with diabetes have low sperm count. Uncontrolled blood sugar level and fluctuating blood sugar levels lead to low sperm count. In addition, a research shows that semen volume is lower in diabetic men compared with non-diabetic men and that the nuclear dna in diabetic men's sperm cells is more fragmented.

Question 5

i am male, 28 years suffering from diabetes. i done sperm count is low mortility also low can u help me please?

Accepted Answer

IVF or IUI : In general, there are not a lot of treatments that can improve sperm count. However, that does not mean that it is hopeless. In cases of male factor infertility intrauterine insemination (iui) or in vitro fertilization (ivf) can be very successful. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi) refers to the direct insertion of a sperm into an egg during ivf. It has allowed many men to become fathers.

Question 6

my husband and i are trying to get pregnant but he has diabetes and a heart condition and taking many medications he lost the sperm can he produve mor?

Accepted Answer

Probably: Obviously, i don't know the specifics of your husband's condition. But in general, neither diabetes nor heart disease should interfere with his fertility (quality of his sperm) or his libido (desire) although long term diabetes can interfere with his potency. (ability to have an erection).

Question 7

i have been told that high blood sugar stops sperm production. can my husband get me pregnant and he has diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Your husband's: fertility is not INSTANTLY affected by his blood sugar!
It should be a goal to keep him healthy and a normal blood sugar is a part of that goal however if he is fertile to begin with his blood sugar will not interfere with that

Hope this is helpful
Dr Z

Question 8

i am male , 30 yrs , suffering from type 1 diabetes . got my semen analysis done where the sperm count is low,  mortility almost nil.... help me out ?

Accepted Answer

? varicocele: Your sperm count might be low if semen was collected soon after previous ejaculations, ideally collection should be after at least three days after last ejaculation. Poor motility could be related to a varicocele. You can self examine and feel your left scrotum whist standing up, varicoceles feel like "a bag of worms", disappear when lying down. ? Consider ivf if sperm count remains poor.

Question 9

me and my other half are trying to conceive. due to type 1 diabetes and reoccurring infections he has to take co-amoxiclav which is 500mg amoxicillin and 125mg clavulanic acid. how will this effect his sperm?

Accepted Answer

: Shouldn’t affect the sperm at all, but to be certain may want to check with fertility specialist or have motility study done on sperm

Question 10

me and my other half are trying to conceive. due to type 1 diabetes and reoccurring infections he has to take co-amoxiclav which is 500mg amoxicillin and 125mg clavulanic acid. he had to take these almost constantly. how will this effect his sperm?

Accepted Answer

: Men get somewhat a pass on the effect of exposures. Millions of sperm are created in a continuous process daily. Any of those impacted by drug/drink/etc. do not swim as well as the healthy one so they don't make it to conception. That said, neither his T1DM nor random antibiotic use have a significant effect. I wouldn't worry about.

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Can diabetes cause low sperm count?

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I am male, 28 years suffering from diabetes. i done sperm count is low mortility also low can u help me please?

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My husband and i are trying to get pregnant but he has diabetes and a heart condition and taking many medications he lost the sperm can he produve mor?

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I have been told that high blood sugar stops sperm production. can my husband get me pregnant and he has diabetes?

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I am male , 30 yrs , suffering from type 1 diabetes . got my semen analysis done where the sperm count is low, mortility almost nil.... help me out ?

A member asked:

Me and my other half are trying to conceive. due to type 1 diabetes and reoccurring infections he has to take co-amoxiclav which is 500mg amoxicillin and 125mg clavulanic acid. how will this effect his sperm?

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Me and my other half are trying to conceive. due to type 1 diabetes and reoccurring infections he has to take co-amoxiclav which is 500mg amoxicillin and 125mg clavulanic acid. he had to take these almost constantly. how will this effect his sperm?

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