Eight years ago, Xiao Wang found out that he suffered from type 1 diabetes: he has been using insulin to control blood sugar. Last year, at the age of 30, he just got married, but he was always [hard] unable to get up when he was having sex. He always felt a little difficult to say. But because he was eager to [make a human], he was urged by his family to go down to the hospital for examination. Originally, this was diabetes at work.
Type 1 diabetes is more common in teenagers, and the onset of type 2 diabetes is getting younger and younger. Diabetes patients in childbearing age have to be parents after all. However, this [human-making] road is not smooth. Sugar magic will set up various ambushes. How should sugar friends deal with it correctly?
Sugar Magic Ambushes Male Sugar Friends
Research results show that 25% ~ 30% of male diabetics under 40 years old will be infertile.
The most intuitive feeling of sugar lovers is impotence, which is medically called erectile dysfunction and ejaculation difficulty. In addition, diabetes can also affect the male fertility process through various ways and even lead to infertility.
1. Effects on reproductive-related hormones
Testicular sperm production depends on the stimulation of sex hormones such as androgen and gonadotropin. Under the action of insulin, glucose in the body supplies energy to cells that synthesize and secrete sex hormones, so that these cells can function normally. Sugar friends are absolutely or relatively deficient in insulin, the normal energy supply of the above cells is affected, and the [production] of sex hormones is greatly reduced.
2. Damage to spermatogenesis and motility
Diabetes patients are often accompanied by pathological changes of testicular arterioles, and the ability of testis to produce sperm declines, causing infertility. Sugar friends have glucose utilization disorders in their bodies, which make the energy sources needed for sperm motility insufficient, affect sperm motility, and further affect the ability to conceive.
3. Inducing erectile dysfunction
Diabetes is easy to cause arteriosclerosis, Blood vessels in the corpus cavernosum of the penis are also affected, As a result, these blood vessels become narrow and stiff, so the penis cannot have a satisfactory congestion process during the erection process, which can affect the erectile function of the penis. Diabetic neuropathy also makes men’s penis erectile reflex insensitive. In addition, anxiety and depression caused by diseases all affect the exertion of sexual function.
4. Causing ejaculation disorder
Including difficulty in ejaculation and non-ejaculation. Diabetes often causes penis blood vessels and nerve innervation ejaculation disease, ejaculation disorder is reasonable. Sometimes neuropathy can also cause retrograde ejaculation, that is, semen does not flow out of the penis, but retrograde into the bladder.
Female sugar lovers are also easy to win.
For female sugar lovers, type 1 diabetes patients are prone to hypothalamic dysfunction due to diet control, metabolic disorders and low body weight, affecting the secretion of related sex hormones, leading to irregular menstruation and ovulation disorders, and are also more prone to menstrual disorders due to autoimmune disorders (such as anti-ovarian antibodies), which can lead to infertility.
Type 2 diabetes patients are mostly obese and hyperinsulinemia, which is also a risk factor for the occurrence of polycystic ovary syndrome. Once suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome, ovulation disorder and infertility will also be caused.
Active Control to Make Sugar Magic Inorganic
What specific measures can better help sugar lovers prepare for pregnancy?
1. Controlling blood sugar is fundamental.
Only by actively controlling blood sugar, blood pressure and blood lipid can we maintain normal metabolism in the body and reduce the continuous damage of diabetes to blood vessels and nervous system as much as possible.
2. It’s important to keep weight
Getting the body weight close to the ideal value, which is about equal to height (cm)-105, in kg, is one of the important methods to prevent infertility. For example, a 170 cm patient, his ideal body weight is about 65 kg. For some patients whose fertility or conception is affected, this is also one of the treatment methods.
Step 3: Quit smoking and drinking
Step 4: Keep a balanced diet
No matter the production of male sperm or the maintenance of normal physiological cycle for women, a variety of nutrient elements are needed. Under the premise of controlling blood sugar and not exceeding the recommended calories, 150-200 g of lean meat, eggs, milk and fish are guaranteed to be ingested every day, and 500 g of vegetables can be ingested to ensure the supply of necessary proteins, vitamins and trace elements.
It is worth mentioning that trace element zinc plays a very important role in sperm motility and metabolism. Men can obtain it from seafood, pork liver, lean meat and other foods.
Step 5 Ask a doctor if necessary
Once the situation is serious and it is difficult to improve the function of sperm or ovulation by relying solely on lifestyle adjustment and blood sugar control, it is recommended to seek the help of andrologists or obstetricians and gynecologists.
There are two other things that need special attention.
For the vast majority of diabetics, they can have children. Before [creating a human], two things must be done well.
1. Women Need to Change Oral Medicine to Insulin
Whether oral hypoglycemic drugs affect and damage human germ cells is still controversial. To be on the safe side, it is still recommended to stop oral drugs half a year in advance and switch to insulin therapy under the guidance of doctors before [making human beings], so as to avoid unnecessary risks.
2. Both husband and wife should do a good job of screening
- Woman: It is suggested to go to gynecology department to check whether ovulation is normal. Ketone body, urine protein, renal function and fundus examination also need to be evaluated. If there is diabetic ketoacidosis, it is not suitable to prepare for pregnancy and needs to be hospitalized immediately. If you have severe diabetic retinopathy (such as massive fundus hemorrhage or retinal detachment), the renal function caused by diabetic nephropathy continues to deteriorate, you should not be pregnant immediately, but you should treat the disease first. Man: Suggest to go to the hospital for routine examination of semen to see if the quantity and quality of sperm are how, so you have a clear understanding of your fertility.
Does the baby get diabetes?
Many young couples are most concerned about whether diabetes will be inherited.
Indeed, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes have certain genetic tendencies, that is to say, children with diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes than ordinary children.
25% ~ 50% of type 1 diabetes has a family history, In patients with type 1 diabetes, the probability of monozygotic twins (i.e. One fertilized egg develops into two fetuses) is 30% ~ 50%. This shows that type 1 diabetes is hereditary, and the problem lies in more than 20 genes in human beings. The younger the onset of type 1 diabetes in childhood, the greater the role of genetic factors in the onset.
The study also found that, 38% of the siblings and one-third of the offspring of patients with type 2 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance (i.e. Pre-diabetes, the stage between diabetes and normal people) will occur, and the probability of monozygotic twins with the same gene getting sick at the same time is as high as 70% ~ 85%, which is also proof of the heredity of type 2 diabetes. More than 30 genetic genes related to type 2 diabetes have been found.
However, this problem must be viewed objectively. Genes cannot be blamed for all the crimes. Sometimes the influence of environment is greater than heredity.
Specifically, the occurrence of type 1 diabetes is related to environmental factors such as artificial feeding instead of breast feeding and large intake of foods containing nitrite (such as pickled products). The onset of type 2 diabetes is related to obesity, unreasonable diet and insufficient physical activity.
Therefore, cultivating the baby’s healthy living habits from an early age, balanced diet, regular exercise and regular physical examination are all helpful to help the baby grow up healthily.
Set up your mind and adjust your body so that you won’t be ambushed by sugar demons on the way to [create human beings]!