Becoming severely ill from Covid-19 has the potential to cause infertility, reproduction experts say, making vaccination all the more important.
, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV infections have all been linked to decreased fertility. It’s unclear, however, if a respiratory virus, like the coronavirus, could have the same effect. But the fact that male and female reproductive organs have the receptors the Covid virus targets means it’s certainly plausible that the virus could cause fertility issues, she said.
Dr. Eve Feinberg, a reproductive endocrinologist and associate professor at Northwestern University, works with patients with fertility issues every day. She said although she doesn’t think the virus itself directly leads to infertility, she’s noticed that some of her male patients have experienced infertility due to low sperm counts after having Covid. “But, it’s too early and very hard to say whether or not they had a low sperm count prior to Covid infection,” she added.
“Any infection, particularly an infection that involves fever, can affect sperm production and can affect ovulation,” said Dr. Marcelle Cedars, reproductive endocrinologist and director of the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health. There’s no evidence that Covid would be different from that, she said.
But fertility doesn’t end with a viable sperm and egg, at least in the eyes of a fertility doctor. “When I think about fertility, I think about what is the likelihood that a couple will take home a healthy baby,” Feinberg said. “And there is no question in my mind, or any scientist’s mind, that the highest likelihood of having a healthy baby during this pandemic is by getting vaccinated.”
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