[Lucky]

Hi,

Is it possible for a male patient to father a child after having SAA and undergoing immunosuppressive therapy, possibly ATG/cyclosporine?

I did my research and found following threats:
1. ATG/cycloporine may act as a chemo drug, which may cause temporary or permanent infertility
2. If a patient undergoes 4-day Cytoxan treatment (as it is at John Hopkins), then it may affect his testosterone levels, which eventually may adversely affect his fertility
3. blood transfusions may cause iron overload which may adversely affect reproductive organs in both men and women
4. In case BMT is needed, then the chance of being infertile (for males) is quite big

Please correct me if I'm wrong above. Can you please share your experiences regarding this issue? If I had ATG/cyclosporine treatment, is it possible for me to father a child afterwards? Have you heard of similar cases. Or if I have iron overload in my body (and it adversely affects my reproductive organs), how much time it takes for iron to drop to normal level?

I am trying to create different threads for different subject I have questions about. I could include them in one thread, but I thought this might be useful for someone who might be looking up similar questions. If I'm doing it wrong, sorry guys for "spaming" the forum.


Thanks!