Hello everybody. My husband was diagnosed with 'grave's disease' last March. He is currently on PTU and Propranolol. His doc also recommended the iodine therapy as these meds seem not to be working successfully. Now, we are trying to have baby, and I am concerned about the affect of the iodine on a males sperm and reproductive system. Should my husband consider freezing some sperm before he has this done? Also, does having an overactive thyroid cause womans infertility? I have thyroidtoxicosis so I’m interested to know that as well. We would really appreciate any advice you can give us.
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Thyrotoxicosis can indeed reduce fertility but not in the long term. Actually, it should return to normal after treatment. On the other hand, RAI can damage sperm formation and freezing sperm would be very good thing to do. Males are often advised to wait several months after RAI treatment before planning pregnancy so during that time, if you have frozen sperm, you can try with that. But, RAI, just as Thyrotoxicosis, should not cause total loss of fertility.
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I am a 25 year old mother of a healthy 4 year old plus i am 5 months pregnant and i have graves disease & take meds for it.
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