Is male fertility affected by rheumatic disease
Is male fertility affected by rheumatic disease? • Vasculitis: decreased fertility if testicular involvement in PAN; patients with Behçet’s disease have normal fertility. Data is lacking for other forms of vasculitis. • Ankylosing spondylitis: higher rates of varicocele, but no other changes in sperm. • RA: active RA is associated with hypogonadism as well as decreased sperm production and function. • SLE: decreased …