Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a term used to describe drugs that can kill cancer cells. Cancer cells multiply fast while they grow; these drugs specially designed to kill fast-growing cancer-related cells in the body.
The goal of chemotherapy is to kill cancer or to improve the life of cancer patients. It is known to be an effective way to treat a variety of diseases. However, the risk that comes with chemotherapy cannot be over-emphasized; some side effects are mild and easily managed, while others can lead to severe complications.
Effects of Chemotherapy in Male's Fertility
As the day goes by, every woman ages, and as a woman ages, her ovaries tend to produce few eggs.
Women who are diagnosed and treated for cancer younger than 35 have higher chances of becoming pregnant after chemotherapy. The younger you are, the more excellent opportunities your ovaries have to produce fertile eggs even after chemotherapy; meanwhile, if you are older and closer to menopause ( from ages 45 ), their chances of being pregnant after chemotherapy are very slim.
The closer you are to menopause stage which is average age are 51, the more likely it is that you'll be in menopause after chemotherapy and won't be able to become pregnant.
Women who take high doses of chemotherapy are more like to become infertile than women who take lower dosages. Types of chemo medicines are also responsible for sterility. Some drugs have more severe effect on ovaries.
You should know that it is essential to wait at least eight months to get pregnant again after chemotherapy. Birth control will prevent you from getting pregnant with an egg already damaged during chemotherapy.
If you have cancer of ovary then your chance of losing fertility is higher than if you have breast cancer.
