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Does Cancer Treatment Affect Sexual Life?
hello, my name is Rania im from egypt
i want to ask about im going to get married to some one, he told me thAT he had cancer when he was 3 years old and he was taking hard treat ment for two years now he is ok but the doctors said that he can’t have any children and he had a test for that , but i want to ask is that only for not having children or we can have non-good children ?, and is he able to have sex normally or he also effected by this treat ment.
thanks
i want to ask about im going to get married to some one, he told me thAT he had cancer when he was 3 years old and he was taking hard treat ment for two years now he is ok but the doctors said that he can’t have any children and he had a test for that , but i want to ask is that only for not having children or we can have non-good children ?, and is he able to have sex normally or he also effected by this treat ment.
thanks
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A person who has taken treatment for cancer at age 3 years and is now an adult is completely cured. There is no likelihood of cancer in him right now but complete details are required and if his doctors have told that he is free from cancer the he certainly has recovered.
About having sex and children after taking treatment for childhood cancer, there are laboratory tests and scans to evaluate in detail. On having children, sperm analysis helps to know if an individual has chances of becoming a father. There are certain parameters in fertility standards where a man can have oligospermia meaning low sperm count or azoospermia meaning absence of sperms. If he is having oligospermia then he can have children after repeated efforts. If there is azoospermia then he might never be able to have children. Once the egg is fertilized by sperm the child developing is usually normal.
Regarding the quality of sexual life, you can directly ask him if he can achieve a normal erection and orgasm by masturbation. If the answer is yes then he can have normal penetrative vaginal sexual intercourse. He can also take penile Doppler scan to confirm this medically and the results are reliable.
Thanks for writing in.
A person who has taken treatment for cancer at age 3 years and is now an adult is completely cured. There is no likelihood of cancer in him right now but complete details are required and if his doctors have told that he is free from cancer the he certainly has recovered.
About having sex and children after taking treatment for childhood cancer, there are laboratory tests and scans to evaluate in detail. On having children, sperm analysis helps to know if an individual has chances of becoming a father. There are certain parameters in fertility standards where a man can have oligospermia meaning low sperm count or azoospermia meaning absence of sperms. If he is having oligospermia then he can have children after repeated efforts. If there is azoospermia then he might never be able to have children. Once the egg is fertilized by sperm the child developing is usually normal.
Regarding the quality of sexual life, you can directly ask him if he can achieve a normal erection and orgasm by masturbation. If the answer is yes then he can have normal penetrative vaginal sexual intercourse. He can also take penile Doppler scan to confirm this medically and the results are reliable.
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